Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020) | Portland Book Review

Everything is Negotiable by Meg Myers Morgan

by Seniye Groff | Jul 15, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Self-Help

The premise of Everything is Negotiable is that there are five tactics to get what you want in life, work, and love, and is focused on women. Morgan’s perspective is based on her personal life coupled with her work in academia. She provides numerous examples and...

Ike and Kay by James MacManus

by L Ruby Hannigan | Jul 12, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Romance, War & Military

The life of Kay Summersby changed dramatically that fateful day she became a driver for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in London, 1942. Kay worked with The Motor Transport Corps and was assigned to drive the American General around the war-torn areas of London and...

Abracadabra! The Magic of Trying by Maria Loretta Giraldo, illustrated by Nicoletta Bertelle

by Megan McIntyre | Jul 8, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

Author Maria Loretta Giraldo and illustrator Nicoletta Bertelle have created a fresh, endearing, and memorable book about trying new things and not giving up. Before reading and confirming on the back page, the book just felt like Giraldo and Bertelle had worked...

Fractured Destinies by Rabai al-Madhoun, translated by Paul Starkey

by L Ruby Hannigan | Jun 27, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction

This is a complex novel written about the heart-breaking loss of Palestinian people; a loss of home and country. Julie was the daughter of a Palestinian-Armenian woman named Ivana. Ivana fell in love with a British doctor she met in Palestine. Julie’s mother was...

The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson

by Seniye Groff | Jun 21, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

Miranda Brooks has loving parents and a doting uncle who owns Prospero Books. Her uncle, Billy, celebrated each of Miranda’s birthdays by entertaining her with a scavenger hunt and a visit to the book store. Miranda relished these birthday hunts and when they suddenly...

The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr

by L Ruby Hannigan | Jun 14, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Romance

The View from Alameda Island is a story about two middle age people trying to dissolve their own tragic marriages, separately but at the same time and possible second chances in life. Lauren Delaney lived the high life according to her co-workers and friends. She was...