Carolyn Howard Johnson On the Subject of Book Reviewing

Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the founder of Authors’ Coalition, an award-winning author and poet, a columnist for My Shelf, and an instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Her books include the popular titles The Frugal Promoter and The Frugal Editor, both USA Book News’ Award winners. Carolyn is also the editor of The New Book [...]

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Book Review: Homer’s Odyssey, by Gwen Cooper

Would you adopt a four-week-old stray kitten with a serious handicap? This is what author Gwen Cooper did and she writes her anecdotes in Homer’s Odyssey, a book that will warm the hearts of cat lovers.
Homer’s Odyssey is the story of an unusual cat — not only because he’s blind, but because he’s one of [...]

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Book Review: Dog Nanny, by Ann Whitaker

When Julie Shields temporarily loses her job as a vet technician, Fate throws in her way an opportunity to make some good money training two poodles living with a rich couple in a mansion in Waco, Texas.
What does she have to lose? Julie loves dogs and, after all, she has a lot of experience in [...]

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Interview with Gail Pool, author of Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America

Former Boston Review Editor Gail Pool has been involved in literary journalism for three decades. She has been a magazine editor, a review editor, a critic, a columnist, and a freelance journalist. Her columns, essays and articles have appeared in publications such as the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Houston Post, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, the Kansas City Star, Columbia Journalism Review [...]

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Book Review: The Unseen, by Alexandra Sokoloff

I have read all of Alexandra Sokoloff’s novels so far, and I can only say she keeps getting better with every book.
In this her third novel, she once again (as in her first one, The Harrowing) chooses an academic environment: the story takes place in Duke University, North Carolina. Our protagonist, Professor Laurel MacDonald, has [...]

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Book Review: A Deadly Habit, by Andrea Sisco

A Deadly Habit is an unusual mystery as far as mysteries go. It is laugh-out-loud funny and features a feisty, willful heroine that will both test your patience and steal your heart.
Penelope Santuci — known to friends as Pen — is a probation officer. When her big shot laywer ex-husband is murdered, she becomes the [...]

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Review of Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork

Marcelo in the Real World is a beautifully written novel and one of those stories that will stay in your mind long after you’ve finished reading it.
The story is told in the first person from the point of view of Marcelo, an autistic 17-year old. When the novel begins, Marcelo is going to a private [...]

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Review of OPERATION EMU, by B. Brandon Barker

Third-rate Hollywood actors and top NASA astronauts come together in this quirky, hilarious romp of a novel.
Somewhere in the depths of NASA, a team of scientists begin to conduct a top secret operation called OPERATION EMU… Soon afterwards, a Hollywood producer puts together a team of actors for a mysterious, low-budget movie…
Some time later, [...]

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Press release: The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing is a 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist

(Kingsport, TN – May 15, 2009) — We are pleased to announce The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, written by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards, is a 2009 Next Generation Book Award Finalist.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – May 15, 2009 – The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing was written not only with the [...]

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Review of Sorrow, by John Lawson

Sorrow
By John Lawson
Drollerie Press
Fantasy
Lawson’s novel begins with a mysterious traveller who is on a mission, secretly carrying a box which contains a precious, powerful weapon.
Then the story moves to Vestiga Gaesi, where we meet Faina, the seductive yet naive fourteen-year old girl with a mysterious past who is staying at the Viscount’s luxurious home—where the [...]

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