by Site Owner | Dec 10, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, Body, Mind & Spirit, Cooking, Food & Drinks, Crafts & Hobbies, Education, Parenting & Families, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Home & Garden, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Reference, Self-Help
Idiot’s Guides: Yoga by Sarah Herrington Alpha Books, 247 pages, $19.95 Explore the World of Yoga the Easy Way “Yoga is a practice for anyone of any age, background, belief system or body type.” New to the practice of Yoga or know...
by Site Owner | Nov 19, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
A Less Than Enthralling Read By Fay Weldon St. Martin’s Press, $25.99, 344 pages Long Live the King, the second book in Fay Weldon’s trilogy, returns the reader to the Dilberne family at the turn of the 20th century in England. Lady Isobel faces menopause,...
by Site Owner | Oct 31, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
A Refreshing, Satisfying Read By J. Courtney Sullivan Alfred A. Knopf, 383 pages, $26.95 The Engagements opens with Mary Francis Gerrety, the real life copywriter who created the DeBeer’s famous advertising slogan in 1947, “A Diamond is...
by Site Owner | Sep 18, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
A Good Mystery From a New Talent By G.X. Chen Tate Publishing, $12.00, 164 pages The body of Yi-yun Lin, a young college student from China, is found on the floor of her boyfriend’s apartment. The boyfriend, Tom Meyer, is a cold, self absorbed musician, who is...
by Site Owner | Sep 4, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
A Diamond In The Rough, But a Diamond Nonetheless By Peter Purchase Dune Publications, $62.02, 408 pages In The Albatross Necklace, Peter Purchase has constructed a rather unique novel. Written in two parts, which are almost separate stories, one single...