Featured Books

Adventures of the Saci Kids by Pamella A. Russell
Angel Encounters by Cindy Mackenzie
Baseball Career That Ended in... A Split Second, A by Jerry Guibor
Between Light and Dark by Rian McMurtry
Beyond the Mountains and Across the Seas by Hal Davis
Brave Little African Girl, The by Thabitha Mathabatha
Bridge to the Mainland, A by Veronica Knight
Bridging the Opportunity Gap by Dr. Danielle Hyles-Rainford
Channel of Love by Susan Carroll
Crimes in the Name of Liberty by Pascal Konneh
Debts and Vengeance by Janet M. Dann
Defending Guns, The by Steve Prevosto
Distance Too Far by Mary Pryor
Easier Said Than Done by TJ Anthony
Event Horizon by Mike Stockdell
Exploring Wine Regions, Bordeaux France by Michael C. Higgins, PhD
Finding Your (Lost) Joy by Laurel Khiabani
For Such a Time as This by Darell B. Dyal
Freddie and Johnnie and Other Colorful Characters by Terry Shannon Escobar
General in Command by Michael M. Van Ness
Ghost of Daniel Morris, The by Aundrel Scarborough
Ghosts and Other Vital Organs by Vincent Hollow
Heal Yourself of Anything Example Glaucoma by Nancy Lynne Harris, M.A.
Hell on Horrsman Road by Honest Chunk
HomoAmerican - The Secret Society by Michael Dane
How to Meet Your Soulmate by Hanieh
How to Prevent Diabetes by Dorris S. Woods, PhD, RN, CS
In the Shadow of a Star by JL Smith
King's Broad Arrow, The by Kathryn Goodwin Tone
Learning to Be Oneself by Mabel Moyano and Daniella Barberry
Lighthouse by Tico Yang
Love of Vera, The by Alice Magro
Marriage Tree, The by W. J. Eaton
Measuring the Mountain by Adrian Stadtmiller
Memoir of the Minotaur, The by Tom Shachtman
My Child is Autistic? What Do I Do Now? by R. Kali Ashby
My Dear Boy by Kim Joonmin
My Epiphany by Dr. Bahador Ghahramani, P.E., CISM, CPE
Naked Truth: Or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit by Carrie Hayes
Naples, Florida, COVID -19 Terror Tale by E. E. Hunt
OOPS! Wrong Family by Debi Toporoff
Palsy I Am Not by Terrell Scott
Penn’s Woods by Bernard Charles Barnick
Pinkerton and the Wizard, The by Harvey Hetrick
Poems From the Edge by Ginny Worley
Poems from the Wilderness by Jack Mayer
Quilt Whispers by Doris Steiner Diener
Rainstorm of Tomorrow by Renyuan Dong
Rare Bird Alert by Richard H. Peake
Rats in a Maze by Peter Bailey
Ravens of Snover Canyon, The by Philip I. Moynihan
Shock Wave 2 by Florian Louisoder
So-Called Normal by Mark Henick
St. Michael Poker & Drinking Club by Ned Randle
Story of Homo Loquens, The by Dan M. Mrejeru
Story of Pooville, The by Fenton Roades
Suicide Dilemma, The by Rebecca Morgan Gibson, LCSW and Lynn Mills
Thought and Time by Karur Rangan
Truth, The by Bob Gabordi
Unsigned, Undelivered Letter, The by Rt. Hon. Rev. Dr. Philip A. Rahming, J.P.
Wakaf Tuan Farrer: Settlement Officer by Abdullah Sani Bin Ismail
Walking Shadow, A by Gary Bolick
When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew by Hendrika de Vries
White Seed by Paul Clayton
With Tangra Against the Wind by Captain Nikolay Djambazov
Woven Flag, The by Margaret Fourt Goka
Yanks Behind the Lines by Jeffrey B. Miller
       
 
 
 
 
The Book Killers: Wandering Plots
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.
 
Perhaps the worst killers of books, albeit fiction or nonfiction, are narratives that lead nowhere fast or, even, those that meander over long periods of time. It's a primary violation of the contract with the reader: a book that says nothing or accomplishes little. For a period leading up to the 1990s, the bookstore shelves were brimming with beautiful prose seeming to serve either the author or a higher sense of literature. They gained prizes and put us to sleep faster than a late night PBS documentary. They helped to kick the industry in the gut and, in the end, to transform mainstream publishing into what it is today, for better or worse. ...
 
 
Reviews for November 2020
Accidents in Time by John H. Plumb
AAnatomy Of The Truth by W. D. McComb
Angel Encounters by Cindy Mackenzie
Baseball Career That Ended in... A Split Second, A by Jerry Guibor
Beast of Bellevue, The by Grace Chen
Between Light and Dark by Rian McMurtry
Beyond the Mountains and Across the Seas by Hal Davis
Brave Little African Girl, The by Thabitha Mathabatha
Bridging the Opportunity Gap by Dr. Danielle Hyles-Rainford
Easier Said Than Done by TJ Anthony
Event Horizon by Mike Stockdell
Finding Your (Lost) Joy by Laurel Khiabani
For Such a Time as This by Darell B. Dyal
Freddie and Johnnie and Other Colorful Characters by Terry Shannon Escobar
General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms by David Bush
Ghost of Daniel Morris, The by Aundrel Scarborough
Ghosts and Other Vital Organs by Vincent Hollow
God of the Bible, The, Vol. I by Rev. Leo Kuykendall
Heal Yourself of Anything by Nancy Lynne Harris, M.A.
Hell on Horrsman Road by Honest Chunk
How to Meet Your Soulmate by Hanieh
How to Prevent Diabetes by Dorris S. Woods, PhD, RN, CS
In the Moment by Mick E. Jones
In the Shadow of a Star by JL Smith
Jericho's Trumpet by Robert Gallant 
Journey, The by Clarence Mike Dunaway
Learning to Be Oneself by Mabel Moyano and Daniella Barberry
Lighthouse by Tico Yang
Lotsa Laughs by Ben Sheldon
Love of Vera, The by Alice Magro
Marriage Tree, The by W. J. Eaton
Measuring the Mountain by Adrian Stadtmiller
My Child Is Autistic? What Do I Do Now? by R. Kali Ashby
My Dear Boy by Kim Joonmin
My Epiphany by Dr. Bahador Ghahramani, P.E., CISM, CPE
Naples, Florida, COVID -19 Terror Tale by E. E. Hunt
Palsy I Am Not by Terrell Scott
Penn’s Woods by Bernard Charles Barnick
Pinkerton and the Wizard, The by Harvey Hetrick
Poems from the Edge by Ginny Worley
Rare Bird Alert by Richard H. Peake
Ravens of Snover Canyon, The by Philip I. Moynihan
Reluctant Warrior, The by Charley Green
Story of Pooville, The by Fenton Roades
Thought and Time by Karur Rangan
View to the Maze by Ujaz Tresong
Wakaf Tuan Farrer by Abdullah Sani Bin Ismail
With Tangra Against the Wind by Captain Nikolay Djambazov
 
 
 
 
Focus Review
Born Crazy
by Bonnie Sanford Collins Bostrom
The Canelo Project

book review by Kate Robinson

"The journey requires of us the ability to leap into darkness, play tag with time and break our own hearts."

Bostrom’s childhood in the 1940s on a remote ranch in northeastern New Mexico gives her a unique grasp of the rhythms of the natural world, and the simple life oriented toward family and community that shaped her requires a great deal of stamina, resolve, and patience. Bostrom reveals much about the matriarchs of both sides of her family as well as paying homage to the patriarchs, offering a window into the ongoing manifestation of the divine feminine that arises in all cultures. The title seems to nod not only to the oddities and imperfections of Bostrom’s life but to the crazy wisdom that is inherent in the very act of living. She humorously points out in one essay that sperm are both male and female, a simple but revelatory fact not acknowledged in what many see as the patriarchal slant of American culture.
 
 
 
 
Recommended Reviews
Adventures of the Saci Kids by Pamella A. Russell
Bridge to the Mainland, A by Veronica Knight
Bridging the Opportunity Gap by Dr. Danielle Hyles-Rainford
Channel of Love by Susan Carroll
Christmas Peas and Princesses by Terry Boucher
Crimes in the Name of Liberty by Pascal Konneh
Distance Too Far by Mary Pryor
Exploring Wine Regions: Bordeaux, France by Michael C. Higgins, PhD
Illuminations by Raymond J. Klein
Memoir of the Minotaur, The by Tom Shachtman
Murder in the Atchafalaya by Jim Riley
OOPS! Wrong Family by Debi Toporoff
Poems from the Wilderness by Jack Mayer
Quilt Whispers by Doris Steiner Diener
Rainstorm of Tomorrow by Renyuan Dong
Rats in a Maze by Peter Bailey
Rob The Vatican by Robert Gallant
Safekeeper, The by Esther Archer Lakhani
Seeing the Light through Black Death by Laurence W. Trotter II
So-Called Normal by Mark Henick
St. Michael's Poker & Drinking Club by Ned Randle
Tips from Your Job Coach by Dona M. Woodley
Unsigned, Undelivered Letter, The by Rt. Hon. Rev. Dr. Philip A. Rahming, J.P.
We Were Family by Christine Chatterton

 
 
 
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