Book Review: Words’ Worth, by Jane Riddell Independent authors often don’t realize that they need help with self-editing. While using Strunk and White’s Elements of Style is the standard for syntax and grammar, there’s more to self-editing that the nuts and bolts. The independent author, while rereading their chef d’oeuvre, may not notice things like…
DetailsBook Review: I Am the Ocean, Samita Sarkar After graduating from college, author Samita Sarkar couldn’t find a job. She apparently sulked for a while and then decided to go on an adventure. This practitioner of Hare Krishna from Toronto, Canada, decided to couchsurf her way through NYC; Washington, DC; and Miami, Florida, carrying only…
DetailsBook Review: Washing the Dead, by Michelle Brafman Michelle Brafman doesn’t need my 5-coffee-bean review because she is a multi-award-winning author, including for Washing the Dead, her debut novel. But it’s an extraordinary debut novel, several years old now, and I’d like to share a good story with you. “Washing the Dead” refers to the…
DetailsBook Review: The Gallery of Missing Husbands, Lawrence J. Epstein Although this story reads beautifully, it is difficult to review The Gallery of Missing Husbands, by Lawrence J. Epstein. First, it is short, so it is necessary to write delicately so as not to give anything critical away here. Second, it is dense, with many…
DetailsBook Review: Facing Cancer as a Friend, Heather Erickson Reviewed by me for the Readers’ Favorite website and copied here: Facing Cancer as a Friend: How to Support Someone Who Has Cancer is Volume I of Heather Erickson’s “Facing Cancer …” series. Facing Cancer as a Friend is a simple and direct look at the…
Details251 Things to Do in Tofino, Kait Fennell Kait Fennell’s book celebrating the town of Tofino (British Columbia, Canada) is so much more than the list of 251 things to do there. It’s an energetic and passionate paean to her adopted town. She came for the surfing and found a friendly, diverse, environmentally conscious, and…
DetailsBook Review: Blackbeard’s Daughter, by Diana Strenka It’s extremely difficult to give a poor review to an indie author, especially when they seem very nice, like this author, Diana Strenka. But I have an obligation to steer my readers away from a bad book, like this one written for young adults, Blackbeard’s Daughter. I wanted…
DetailsBook Review: The Shekinah Legacy, by Gary Lindberg The Shekinah Legacy is the story of religious cabals, sometimes allied, sometimes enemies, and their search for the bones of Jesus. While religion is a huge part of the plot, I didn’t see this book as a religious work. The book is also called Book 1 of…
DetailsBook Review: Wildflower, Drew Barrymore This collection of autobiographical stories by Drew Barrymore definitely qualifies as a travel book. She has traveled around the world, literally, more than once. Drew Barrymore seems to use every major experience in her life as a teaching/learning experience. One of my favorite of her frequent phrases is: “my heart…
DetailsBook Review: My Million Dollar Donkey, by Ginny East Starting with a bit of back story here, Ginny East lived in Florida, running a successful dance studio, as well as owning property. She married Mark, handsome and six years her junior, who became her partner and fellow dance instructor. Two areas of unhappiness eventually collided.…
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