by Retired Reviewer | Aug 7, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit, Home & Garden
In 1997, Zen priest and author Karen Maezen Miller and her husband took a leap of faith and purchased Southern California’s oldest private Japanese garden. Dating back to 1916, the garden needed significant attention. Over the next sixteen years, the garden...
by Site Owner | May 28, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction
A Book Not To Be Missed By Paula Huston Slant, $27.00, 312 pages In 1993, a priest disappears into the jungle of Southern Mexico. Political tensions are running high between various factions, and the Catholic Church is unwilling to seek or provide satisfactory answers...
by Site Owner | May 27, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction
A Story of Those Haunted by the Past By Elisabeth Gifford St. Martin’s Press, $25.99, 320 pages Written by Elisabeth Gifford, The Sea House takes place in Scotland’s harsh Outer Hebrides and interweaves the stories of the inhabitants of the land who were...
by Site Owner | Apr 8, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: AuthorHouse Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] In The Ancient Whisper, M. A. Appleby takes the reader on a wild ride....
by Site Owner | Apr 2, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] At the very beginning of Solace of Stone, George Nobel and Charlotte...