by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Nov 3, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Humor, Poetry, Reference, Sponsored
From the beginning, Barrie Gauthier sets forward that his new book, The Black Cat Guide to Grammar Through Light Verse, is intended to provide entertainment as well as education. Many of his verses in its pages do bring out a smile. From the first poem, a...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Aug 24, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Sponsored
The historical novel Choose to Rise: The Victory Within by M. N. Mekaelian opens its story in a Chicago university in May 1971. Vartan Hagopian, an old professor with a splitting headache steps into his past while starting class. His unusual behavior causes the...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Aug 1, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sponsored, War & Military
Like any good story, most memoirs have at their core an event or a thematically related series of events. Generally, traumatic ones. Kari Rhyan’s debut memoir Standby for Broadcast provides this to an extreme. Her experiences as a combat nurse in Afghanistan entwine...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | May 16, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Poetry, Sponsored
In his debut book of poetry, Death of a Rose, Rise of the Black Petunia, Dawdu M. Amantanah exhibits the depth and focus of his poetic form. Each of his poems builds on his previous ones. His rhythm and cadence are unique. Sometimes their beat is obvious and...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | May 10, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Featured, Religion, Sponsored, Travel
Having grown up in a Catholic family, discussions often focused on a wide variety and number of appearances by Mary. Due to those family talks, I recall the first time the visions at Medjugorje rippled out to public recognition. Judith T. Lambert’s slender volume, A...
