Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication, and Music by James Rhodes

by Dick Weissman | Apr 20, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music

Rhodes has concocted an unusual format for this memoir, which is also in development as a feature film. The chapters are titled as “Tracks,” as one would find on a record album. Each track includes an introductory page that references a specific performance of a piano...

It Only Hurts When I Can’t Run: One Girl’s Story by Gewanda J. Parker

by Julia Gaskill | Sep 23, 2015 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: MSI Press Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble [/alert] It Only Hurts When I Can’t Run: One Girl’s Story by Gewanda J. Parker tells the tale of Oma, a young black girl with a rocky...

Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture–and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding

by Kelly Kobayashi | Sep 17, 2015 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Social Science

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audio Book, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Smoothly treading a path that avoids sensationalism...

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

by Sarah Hutchins | Jul 3, 2015 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Knopf Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audio Book, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] One in every 30 children in the United States is...

Wild Horse Girl by E. A. Bundy

by Site Owner | Nov 18, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Young Adult

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Singing Winds Press Formats: Paperback Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Wild Horse Girl is the story of Jenny Miller, whose family inadvertently adopts Amanda...