by Axie Barclay | Mar 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Books About Books
Facts about Jane Austen are reiterated again and again by biographers and yet we continue to wonder who was this woman that wrote these novels and, more importantly, what does her writing have to say about its author? Helena Kelly presents a ground-breaking theory in...
by Norman West | Feb 8, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Nautical
Who could deny, in their heart of hearts, that they’ve sometimes yearned for a sailboat or at least a windjammer cruise. Jim Lynch gives much material to provide a vicarious experience for readers, and if you’re one of the few who hasn’t felt the...
by Howard Leighton | Nov 8, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Religion
In the early hours of the morning, Cardinal Lomeli, Dean of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, will begin to fulfill the most important duties of this position – overseeing the papal conclave – as he learns the Pope has died. As the...
by Howard Leighton | Oct 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Humor
Onto a small nightclub stage steps a fifty-seven-year-old “stand-up” comic (Doveleh Greenstein), who spends the next several hours telling a few straight forward jokes, audience insults, self-flagellation, and fills the rest of the evening with his life story. He has...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Sep 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Harry Eide has gone missing down the frozen river in the town of Gunflint, Minnesota. When Gus Eide learns his father is missing and presumed dead, he hurries over to inform Berit Lovig of the news. Berit has shared the past thirty years of her life with Harry as his...
