Category Archive: Non-Fiction

Book Review: Desert Choir By Susan Wells Bennett

If you have not as yet read any books by Susan Wells Bennett,  this is the book for you.    Desert Choir is an anthology containing several pieces of short fiction,  as well as… Read More

Book Review: Kingdom Of Sharks by Andrew Johnston

This is not the first time I have reviewed a memoir about an extended visit to China.   Normally I would begin this review of Andrew Johnston’s Kingdom Of Sharks by explaining how Johnston,… Read More

An Impossible Position OR Book Review: The Little Pink eBook of (mostly) Cancer Cartoons

This post should have been a little song of praise for Kate Matthews,  a cancer survivor whose The Little Pink eBook of (mostly) Cancer Cartoons  is new this week.    Unfortunately,  Amazon.com does… Read More

Do You REALLY Need a Guidebook To Play Farmville?

OR  Book Review:  Farmville For Dummies by Angela Morales and Kyle Orland I have previously written of my distaste for books that call their readers “dummies”  or “complete idiots”  right there in the… Read More

Book Review: Iglu by Jacob Sackin

Most serious observers agree that we have already begun to see the effects of climate change and global warming.   Author Jacob Sackin projects a hundred or more years in the future and… Read More

30 Day Book Challenge: Day 2– Least Favorite Book

As difficult as choosing my all time favorite book for yesterday’s post was,   I found choosing my least favorite book an even greater challenge.   It’s not that I never dislike any… Read More

eBook Review: StoryWonk’s Booklet Of Simple Advice For The Self-Publishing Author

I’m finding that I rarely go to the library any more.    I’ve become very enthused about Smashwords and about self-publishing.   I’m very pleased that I now often receive e-books for review.… Read More

Book Review: Damn You, Scarlett O’Hara by Darwin Porter and Roy Moseley

Six hundred and fifty page celebrity biographies are my idea of a reading challenge.    While I was of course familiar with Vivien Leigh from her iconic performance as Scarlett in Gone With… Read More

Book Review: The Youngest Light by Jane Chin

Memoir, it seems,  is quickly becoming one of the most popular niches in the indie publishing scene.    I’ve received several memoirs to review lately.    The Youngest Light  by Jane Chin quite… Read More

Book Review: Money Secrets of the Amish by Lorilee Craker

Lorilee Craker writes well.   I want to say that up front, right off.     I’ve long been interested in the Amish people,  who forsake technology and live simpler lives in accordance… Read More

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