Featured Books

2 x 2 on the Ark by Mary J. Giuffra, PhD
3:15 pm: Musings in Hong Kong by Mukta Arya
3D Disneyland by David Bossert
Adventures of Professor & Auggie, The by Mark A. Vogel
Adventures of Uncle Billy & Ross, The by Solon Phillips, Esq.
AFM by Joy Ballentine
Against My Better Judgment by B.T. Polcari
Alaska 1949 – 1969 by Thomas Norton
Alaska Inferno by Lolo Paige
All Votes Matter! by Jerry Spriggs
Apocalyptic 2020 by Saundra T. Russell RN MA RDN
Art of Forgiveness, The by Carolyn CJ Jones
Art of Wisdom, The: Volume I by Tammy Lea Fabian
At The End of Everything by G. W. Lücke
Baby Bumbu by John Koski
Baseball Psychology by Jack R. Helber
Betrayed by Beverley Chalmers (DSc(Med); PhD)
Billion Dollar Bracket by Drew Bridges
Bloodroot by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
Burning Where Breath Used to Be, The by Jen Karetnick
Careering by Tamara S. Raymond
Celestial Music by Arturo Cuscó
Charlie the Click Bug by Raymond Sobrino Jr. 
Circle of Life, The by Frank Natale
Courting Rejection by B. Harlan Deemer
Creatures of Habit by Shane Liston
Credit the Crocodile by Godfrey Harris
Crimson Letters by Tessie Castillo, Michael J. Braxton, Lyle May, Terry Robinson, George Wilkerson
Cromby's Axiom by Gary J. Kirchner
Eban and the Dolphins by Carolyn Davis
Economic Policy for Future Presidents by JD Foster
Eek! My Ink! by Raven Howell
Ex Libris by John Oehler
Dead Horses by David E. Knop
Deeply by D. E. Payne
Dementia: A Love Story by Stephen Lewis
Devil’s Bookkeepers: Book 3, The by Mark H Newhouse
Dog’s Life, A by Peter Boygo
Entanglement by John K. Danenbarger
Estelle by Linda Stewart Henley
Exit Strategy, The by Lainey Cameron
Forever Wild, Forever Home by Melanie and Mark Shellenbar
Good Ol’ Chuck by Ms. Shyanne
Grandmother Moon and Roy G. Biv by Katharine Anne Young, RN MSNH
Growth of Consciousness by John K. Landre
Helen's Orphans by Ron Fritsch
Hidden Treasure (or) Where is Jesus by Karen Weinant Gallob
Hidden Women: Charlemagne's Celtic Domain by Jacqueline Widmar Stewart
Hot Shot by L. Wayne Daye
How to be a Buddhist Millionaire by Matt Jardine
In the Aftermath by Beth SK Morris
Intrepid - Commanding Presence by Leon De Adrian
It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay
Johnny Boy by John Califano
Leadership by Major General Craig B. Whelden
Life Journey & The Miracle of the Lotus Sutra by William Dang
Life’s Scars and Wisdom by Devangeo Hicks
Living the Oath by Michael Ron Hayward
Measuring Up by Janet M. Dann
Mom's Gone Missing by Susan A. Marshall
Mothers of Pine Way by Corrine Ardoin
Mountains of Paris, The by David Oates
Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories by Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Mrs. C: A Holiday Fantasy by S.P. Perone
Murder at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts by Dr. Philip Emma
Natalie Stone by Martin J. Ryan
National Parks, The by Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach
Oh! Olivia by Patricia Fry
Old Cape Blood Ruby, The by Barbara Eppich Struna
Out Here in the Darkness by Abra Steven
Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire by Angela Fortnum
Peripheral Visions and Other Stories by Nancy Christie
Poems for Mental and Spiritual Healing by Rufus Johnson
Poems from a Gypsy Heart by Verle Jean
Quarter Rats by J.R. Klein
Reckoning Book One, The by Jeffrey Pierce
Relax...You're Not Going To Die - Part I by Darryl Phillip
Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson by Emile Henwood
Rescuing General Patton by Curtis Stephen Burdick
Rone Isa by Robin Murarka
Saints and Martyrs by Aaron Roe
Santa Fe Tom by Rachel Bate
Sing Like Never Before by Justin Stoney
Sky Is Red, The by Giuseppe Berto
Social Consciousness Pedagogy by Charles Pidgeon
Somatosensory Science Facts by Sehej Bindra and Charles Pidgeon, PH.D
Spirituality in the 21st Century by Frank P. Daversa
Story of Homo Loquens, The by Dan M. Mrejeru
Sunrise in Florence by Kathleen Reid
System of Nature in the 21st Century, The by Robert Almada
Tales of the Monkey King by Teresa Chin Jones
Teaching Professionals by Nigel Wilson, PhD
Temple of Eternity by R. Scott Boyer
Three Quick Steps by Robert Emmett
Torched by Joe Edd Morris
Twelve Gifts from the Garden, The by Charlene Costanzo
Twelve Gifts of Birth, The by Charlene Costanzo
Underprivileged Overachiever by Y. A. Salimu
Voice of the Rooster and the Lessons It Teaches, The by Ellen Beth Berman
Vortex Street by Page HIll Starzinger
Wanton Thoughts by Mukta Arya
What Seems True by James Garrison
Wheel of Time, The by D. W. Kreger
When the Magnolia Blooms by Ann DeFee
While the U.S. Sleeps by Winston Langley
Whimsical Times by Mukta Arya
Whispers of the Sidhe by C. L. Roberts-Huth
Who's Controlling You? by Mardi Harjo
Wife in Bangkok, A by Iris Mitlin Lav
Woven Flag, The by Margaret Fourt Goka
         
 
 
 
 
The Book Killers: Poor Revisions - Level Four, Presentation
In this ongoing series, Christopher Klim, author and senior editor of the US Review of Books, takes a look at common errors that undermine books.

All fine writing is the result of rewriting. I don’t know who coined that phrase, but it is certainly a fact. The first draft is the art of writing. The revision process exists to recognize mistakes and mop up the mess, and readers never witness the accident. Readers seek the ease of flawlessness.
 
LEVEL FOUR: PRESENTATION
 
With the hardest work in place, take time to examine the basics of language, before submitting your work to agents and editors. Mistakes in this category should never occur, but too often I receive student prose with grammar and spelling errors. Solid presentation separates you as a professional writer in every form of the medium, from advertising copy to fine literature. Make a habit of presenting clean copy.. ...
 
 
Reviews for July 2021
3:15 pm: Musings in Hong Kong by Mukta Arya
Adventures of Uncle Billy & Ross, The by Solon Phillips, Esq.
AFM by Joy Ballentine
Alaska 1949 – 1969 by Thomas Norton
All Votes Matter! by Jerry Spriggs
Apocalyptic 2020 by Saundra T. Russell RN MA RDN
Assassin's Legacy, The by D. Lieber
Baby Bumbu by John Koski
Charlie the Click Bug by Raymond Sobrino Jr. 
Controversy of Climate Change, The by Joseph Jablecki, PhD
Courting Rejection by B. Harlan Deemer
Credit the Crocodile by Godfrey Harris
Deeply by D. E. Payne
Entanglement: Quantum and Otherwise by John K. Danenbarger
Estelle by Linda Stewart Henley
God Question, The and The Galapagos Colony by Stan Freeman
Girl's Greek Odyssey, A by Nicki Collins Geigert
Good Ol’ Chuck by Ms. Shyanne
Health Care for All by Jerry Rhoads
Hidden Treasure (or) Where Is Jesus? by Karen Weinant Gallob
Hidden Women: Charlemagne's Celtic Domain by Jacqueline Widmar Stewart
Hot Shot by L. Wayne Daye
Intrepid - Commanding Presence by Leon De Adrian
It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay
Life Journey & The Miracle of the Lotus Sutra by William Dang
Life’s Scars and Wisdom by Devangeo Hicks
Measuring Up by Janet M. Dann
Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories by Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Mrs. C: A Holiday Fantasy by S.P. Perone
Murder at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts by Dr. Philip Emma
Mystery of Grimly Manor, The by Donna Wren Carson
No Names to Be Given by Julia Brewer Daily
Old Cape Blood Ruby, The by Barbara Eppich Struna
Out of Evil by Eleanor Riley
Paradise Palms by Paul Haddad
Peripheral Visions and Other Stories by Nancy Christie
Poems for Mental and Spiritual Healing by Rufus Johnson
Poems from a Gypsy Heart by Verle Jean
Quarter Rats by J.R. Klein
Reflections on Mountaineering by Alan V. Goldman
Rone Isa by Robin Murarka
Secret to Everything, The by Neel Burton
Sky Is Red, The by Giuseppe Berto. Translated by Julia Purdy 
Social Consciousness Pedagogy by Charles Pidgeon
Special Interest by Aaron T Knight
Spirituality in the 21st Century by Frank P. Daversa
Sunrise in Florence by Kathleen Reid
Teaching Professionals by Nigel Wilson, PhD
Torched: Summer of ‘64 by Joe Edd Morris
Truth of the Unknown Interpreter, The by Paul Aramouni
What Seems True by James Garrison
While the U.S. Sleeps by Winston Langley
Whimsical Times by Mukta Arya
Whispers of the Sidhe by C. L. Roberts-Huth
Wife in Bangkok, A by Iris Mitlin Lav
Will Computers Revolt? by Charles J. Simon

 
 
 
Focus Review
 
Genealogy Lesson for the Laity
by Cathryn Shea
Unsolicited Press

"Use your head.
Imagination is a peculiar clay,
infinity captured
in the dark matter we don’t understand."

One of the most alluring and powerful things about poetry is that it offers the poet the opportunity to say things indirectly, using the simple selection of words to make the ordinary magical. For example, there is the attention to detail in poems like “Drano Didn’t Work,” which chronicles the hiring of a drainage company to service the author’s home. The same care is given to poems about bad hospital food and the dread of an unpleasant diagnosis or a dying friend. This collection of poems broaches these big and small eventualities of life with the same gravity, processing them with the same levity. It illustrates how the same coping tools can tackle any problem, and how a sardonic but compassionate view will find the silver lining in any challenge. ... (read more)
 
Recommended Reviews
2 x 2 on the Ark by Mary J. Giuffra, PhD
3D Disneyland by David Bossert
Adventures of Professor & Auggie, The by Mark A. Vogel
Against My Better Judgment by B.T. Polcari
Alaska Inferno by Lolo Paige
Art of Wisdom, The: Volume I by Tammy Lea Fabian
At The End of Everything by G. W. Lücke
Baseball Psychology by Jack R. Helber
Betrayed by Beverley Chalmers (DSc(Med); PhD)
Bloodroot by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
Burning Where Breath Used to Be, The by Jen Karetnick
Camper Girl by Glenn Erick Miller
Careering by Tamara S. Raymond
Celestial Music by Arturo Cuscó
Circle of Life, The by Frank Natale
Creatures of Habit by Shane Liston
Crimson Letters by Tessie Castillo, Michael J. Braxton, Lyle May, Terry Robinson, George Wilkerson
Cromby's Axiom by Gary J. Kirchner
Dementia: A Love Story by Stephen Lewis
Devil’s Bookkeepers, The: Book 3 by Mark H Newhouse
Economic Policy for Future Presidents by JD Foster
Eek! My Ink! by Raven Howell
Ex Libris by John Oehler
Exit Strategy, The by Lainey Cameron
Frickin Short Life by Khawar Salim
Grandmother Moon and Roy G. Biv by Katharine Anne Young, RN MSNH
Growth of Consciousness by John K. Landre
How to be a Buddhist Millionaire by Matt Jardine
"Imagiland" starring Ozzie and Jerome and the Twins by Pamalamadingdong
Johnny Boy by John Califano
Just One Look by Joanne Kukanza Easley
Leadership by Major General Craig B. Whelden
Living the Oath by Michael Ron Hayward
Mom's Gone Missing by Susan A. Marshall
Mountains of Paris, The by David Oates
National Parks, The by Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbac
Oh! Olivia by Patricia Fry
Out Here in the Darkness by Abra Stevens
Reckoning Book One, The by Jeffrey Pierce
Relax… You’re Not Going to Die - Part 1 by Darryl Phillip
Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson by Emile Henwood
Saints and Martyrs by Aaron Roe
Sing Like Never Before by Justin Stoney
Somatosensory Science Facts by Sehej Bindra and Charles Pidgeon, PH.D.
Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel by Alice McVeigh
System of Nature in the 21st Century, The by Robert Almada
Tales of the Monkey King by Teresa Chin Jone
Temple of Eternity by R. Scott Boyer
There Was No Music by Michael Peters
Theology for the Rest of Us, A by Arthur Yavelberg
Three Quick Steps by Robert Emmett
Twelve Gifts from the Garden, The by Charlene Costanzo
Twelve Gifts of Birth, The by Charlene Costanzo
Underprivileged Overachiever by Y. A. Salimu
Voice of the Rooster and the Lessons It Teaches, The by Ellen Beth Berman
Vortex Street by Page HIll Starzinger
Wanton Thoughts by Mukta Arya
When the Magnolia Blooms by Ann DeFee

 
 
 
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