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Book review: ‘The Man Behind the Curtain’ by Ron Elgin
If there is one thing that has gone right in Ron Elgin’s life, it was marrying his wife “Beautiful Bonnie.” I say that after reading this advertising executive’s newest book The Man Behind the Curtain...
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Book Review: ‘Crunch Time: How to be Your Best When It Matters Most,’ by Rick...
Ever been in a high-stakes, mega-pressure situation in which it’s critical you perform at your best? It’s a situation aptly described in sports terms — in a clutch, bases loaded — and there’s a reason...
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Book Review: ‘Family Illusions’ by Bess George
Family Illusions is the first book in the new “Hidden Dangers” romantic suspense series by award winning author, Bess George. Charlie Gomez grew up believing that she was an illegal immigrant. Her...
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Book Review: ‘Dreaming Sophia’ by Melissa Muldoon
Author Melissa Muldoon presents spellbinding artistic expression in her delightful story, Dreaming Sophia. Sophia is without a doubt, a dreamer. Yet when tragedy strikes, grief takes over, as young...
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Book Review: ‘5 Poppin 6 Droppin’– True Crime from King Ray Raven
According to King Ray Raven, in 5 Poppin 6 Droppin, the African-American gang called Bloods was birthed during the 1970s in Los Angeles. The East Coast version of the Bloods didn’t appear until 1993,...
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Graphic Novel Review: “Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt” by George O’Connor
Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt by George O’Connor and published by First Second Books is the ninth addition to the bold Olympians series telling the tales of the Greek pantheon. It has been a long...
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Book Review: “SoHo Sins,” A Hard Case Crime Novel by Richard Vine
Typically, when you think of the kind of gritty crime fiction repped by Hard Case Crime, the first thing that comes to mind is a private dick operating out of a low-rent office. But in Richard Vine’s...
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Book Review: ‘The Leavers: A Novel’ by Lisa Ko
“There’s no heavier burden than a great potential.” Charles Schulz. Sometimes a writer can outthink herself. I found this to be the case with The Leavers: A Novel. The central character is a boy from...
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Book Review: ‘Cooking to Die For: Black and White Edition’ by Eric Moebius...
Having been warned against using the word “unique” in reviews, let me just say that Cooking to Die For is unusual. This will not be a surprise to any reader familiar with Eric Moebius Morlin, who...
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Book Review: ‘Papa, Where Are You?’ by PJ Easterbrook
Based on true events from the early 1920s, Papa, Where Are You? by PJ Easterbrook is the story of two young sisters who, through a series of perverse and appalling circumstances, are first taken from...
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Book Review: ‘A Last Chapter of the Greatest Generation’ by Judson I. Stone
A Last Chapter of the Greatest Generation by Judson Stone reminds us that the debt we owe as a nation to the greatest generation cannot be underestimated, and Dr. Stone knows that firsthand. As the son...
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Book Review: ‘Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean’ by Jonathan White
When I first received this book for a review I thought I would learn some neat facts for impressing people on trivia night. I was ready to learn, but I wasn’t ready to feel. Tides: The Science and...
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Book Review: ‘Reverence’ by Joshua Aaron Landeros
In his debut novel Reverence, Joshua Aaron Landeros delivers an action-packed, post-apocalyptic tale that will have readers asking for justice in the battle for world domination. It’s 2065 and much of...
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Book Review: ‘The Ultimatum’ by James Besaw
Jim Besaw’s new novel The Ultimatum will have readers on the edge of their seats, gripped with fear for the future, filled with worry over what terrorists might do next, and ultimately, finding...
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Book Review: ‘March: Book Three,’ Graphic History by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin...
Say what you will about our present president’s propensity for going on the Tweet attack against anyone he thinks his enemy, but he definitely did John Lewis a favor when he started slamming the...
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Book Review: ‘Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland’ by Lavinia...
Notting Hill Editions publishes outstanding essays with painstaking principles of organization. Its collections depend upon structures with its reliable brand of what I call magnetic cling. This...
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Book Review: ‘Love, Life, and Logic’ by Uday Mukerji
Love, Life, and Logic by Uday Mukerji begins with Rohan Fernandez waking up to find Adeline, a German student from the University of Vienna, lying next to him. He remembered her coming to his apartment...
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Hitler’ by Shigeru Mizuki
The graphic novel Hitler by Shigeru Mizuki from Drawn + Quarterly presents the life of the twentieth century’s most infamous dictator in a personal way that few do. While some biographers hold Hitler...
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Book Review: ‘Breakup/Breakdown’– Poems by Charles Jensen
Breakup/Breakdown is a fascinating chapbook of poems by Charles Jensen. These are poems about heartbreak and loss. After all, we lose things in life, like people and laptops and places: “I understand...
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Book review: ‘Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music and the Path to...
Susanna Reich Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music and the Path to Justice by Susanna Reich is a picture book intended for children in grades 3 through 7. But, like the music and message of Pete...
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