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Review: The Unauthorized Biography of Michele Bachmann (And Other Stories) by Ken Brosky

A great read, often moving, The Unauthorized Biography of Michele Bachmann (And Other Stories), by Ken Brosky is a collection of ten short stories and one essay. The writing is true, the voice unique, the stories, literary gems.

Except for the title story, all works have been previously published. The list of their publications is impressive—The Barcelona Review, Santa Fe Writers Project, Gargoyle Magazine, Pif, Cream City Review, and others.

Reading this book gave me my own journey.

Not content with the proffered PDF*, I bought the book on Amazon because I wanted to experience the ebook the way […]

Review: Raising Rufus by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

Raising Rufus: A Maine Love Story by Carla Maria Verdino-Sullwold is about a couple in their sixties who choose to leave their hectic lives behind in New York to live in their dream retirement home in Maine along the coast. Gus and Maria Sundergaard have survived forty years of marriage and their relationship has been full of love and devotion. However, Gus has kept a couple of secrets that cause discord in the relationship and Maria senses that there are issues but is fearful to push for answers. To complicate matters, Gus struggles with depression, which frightens Maria.

The couple […]

T B Markinson2014-05-19T22:28:56+02:00January 11th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Beyond Broccoli by Susan Schenck

Beyond Broccoli, Creating a Biologically Balanced Diet When a Vegetarian Diet Doesn’t Work is full of very interesting facts that concern the vegetarian lifestyle and your health. I’m not a vegetarian or a vegan. I like my steak once in awhile. But I really learned a lot. Who knew: I have a vitamin B12 deficiency! I don’t have enough protein in my diet either.

If you are a vegan/vegetarian against eating and drinking all things pertaining to animals, it would be good for your health to read this book. I was so happy that the author, Susan Schenck, included the […]

Michele Aguilar2020-02-21T06:37:23+02:00January 6th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Health Book Reviews|

Review: The Chosen by Shay Fabbro

Book one of the Portals of Destiny is The Chosen, and Shay Fabbro takes reader to five planets with distinct environments, beings, and cultures. From their prophetic scrolls, the Gentrans know of the horror of the Mekans, planet-invading machines that remove all minerals and resources, essentially killing all inhabitants and rendering a planet lifeless. And they are coming.

The Gentrans, a water-dwelling race whose description brings to mind a soft, multi-colored sea horse, see hope in a small group of individuals on each of four other planets — Earth, Volgon, Astra and Kromin. Prophets on Gentra guide the Masters, […]

Elaine L. Orr2012-01-05T13:42:23+02:00January 5th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Maji by L.M. Meier

Maji, The Untold Adventure of the Men of the East is a fictionalized tale which will remind many readers of the Christian story of the three wise men seeking out Jesus in Bethlehem. However, the story is much more than a quaint retelling of this treasured event. Instead, it is a look behind the scenes at not only the journey of the three wise men, but also a coming of age tale about Zebedeo, a young Maji in training who accompanies the men on their journey. It is Zebedeo who drives the plot of the story as he must make […]

Chris Singer2014-05-19T22:32:11+02:00January 3rd, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Historical Fiction Book Reviews, Religious Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Song at Dawn by Jean Gill

Historical thriller/love story set in Narbonne just after the Second Crusade. 1150 in Provence, where love and marriage are as divided as Christian and Muslim. On the run from abuse, Estela’s musical talent finds a patron in Alienor of Aquitaine and more than a music tutor in the finst troubadour of the age, Alienor’s Commander of the Guard. Weary of war, Dragonetz los Pros uses Jewish money and Moorish expertise to build that most modern of invntions, a papermill,drawing the wrath of the Church down on his head. Their enemies gather, ready to light the political and religious powder-keg of […]

Lela Michael2014-05-19T22:33:19+02:00January 2nd, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Historical Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: The Truth About Us by Dalene Flannigan

The Truth About Us is about three women and how one vicious act led to another, changing the arc of their lives forever. Erica, Grace, and Jude probably looked like typical Canadian college girls living the good life — roommates in a townhouse Erica’s father owned, free to study or party, able to plan for their futures. But a book about normalcy would hardly be worth reading, and you want to pick up Truth About Us.

It takes nothing from the wonder of this book to say that The Truth About Us is about secrets and betrayal on many levels. […]

Elaine L. Orr2014-06-19T18:02:04+02:00December 31st, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Literary Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Chasing the Runner’s High by Ray Charbonneau

If there’s one thing Ray Charbonneau understands, it is runners. In Chasing the Runner’s High he may claim that he isn’t sure what a typical runner is, but if the proof is in the pudding, not only is Charbonneau a true blue, died in the wool, run in the sun, rain or snow runner, but he talks the runner’s language. And it sounds like heaven.