Expertly combines fantasy and realism to create a story that captures the despair and ultimate triumph of motherhood and self-discovery.
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Manga Review: ‘7 Billion Needles’ Volume One by Nobuaki Tadano
A manga variation on a classic s-f novel proves an engaging character-driven entertainment.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations,’ by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner
Most of the fun in Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations comes from the sense that the reader is hearing Gardner talk to Evans in her actual voice.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Raising Your Twins’ by Stephanie Woo
Don’t let this book’s title fool you. While Stephanie Woo is the mother of twins — hence, her title, Raising Your Twins — this book applies to raising any children, whether one or multiple. Her real-life parenting tips as well as advice on how to maintain your relationship with your …
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: ‘Native American Classics,’ Edited by Tom Pomplun, John E. Smelcer and Joseph Bruchac
Stories can be divided into two categories: stories about life in the frontier and fables that have clearly been passed down through the generations.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Elsewhere’ by Richard Russo
Pulitzer Price winning novelist memories of life with mother are not always warm and happy.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees’ by David More and John White
Should satisfy the deeply rooted dendrologist within you.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy’ by Mark P. Witton
I now know that practically everything I learnt about pterosaurs 30 years ago was, while the "wisdom" of the time, entirely wrong.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Let It Be’ by Chad Gayle
"Let It Be" is a realistic but not entirely enjoyable novel about a woman and her children surviving the aftermath of divorce in the 1970's, which employs a literary gimmick involving the Beatles' "Let It Be."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen’ by Al Jourgensen with Jon Wiederhorn
A rock and roll tale that is dirtier than that of Motley Crue’s 'The Dirt.'
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