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[ARC Review] The Flip Side of Sad by Amber Ashley
Posted on March 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Amber Ashley James Letta is a breakout star in the music industry. Despite amazing success as a vocalist, behind the scenes, James is sad. While on a tour, promoting his latest album, James experiences a particularly rough day. That is until he is visited by a ghost who takes him on a tour of […]
[Book Review] Mannahatta: A Sequel by Sherry V. Ostroff
Posted on March 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Sherry V. Ostroff A sequel to Caledonia, we rejoin Hanna Duncan three years after the original book, pursuing her doctorate in archeology. Her studies take her to Central America where she finds herself in danger at the hands of a gang. Meanwhile, her ancestor, Anna’s story continues in the new world. She encounters danger […]
An Interview with Author Michael Ross
Posted on March 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
Michael is a pantser. He writes by the seat of his pants. His claim to success is that he has the imaginative mind of a young boy. It was a visit to a clairvoyant that insisted he write! he did do and hasn’t looked back. Hi is also an actor and voice actor and has won a […]
An Interview with Author Matt Cox
Posted on March 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
Originally from South Amboy NJ, Matthew has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. It took a while, but he eventually decided to take writing seriously. His first published novel, Division Zero, released in 2014. His books span adult, young-adult, and middle-grade fiction in multiple genres, predominantly science fiction, cyberpunk, […]
[Book Review] I Wish My Father by Lesléa Newman
Posted on March 17, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Lesléa Newman This poetry collection explores the father-daughter relationship based on the author’s relationship with her own father. The collection is progressive in time as her father ages and reaches end of life. Newman’s writing is emotional and raw as she wrestles with issues so many face as parents age. Coping with difficult issues […]
[Book Review] King Genghis I by Jonathan Yalon
Posted on March 17, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Jonathan Yalon Set in a fictional kingdom, in Eurasia, King Genghis I is a satirical rom-com with a political twist. Turan was born in this kingdom but raised in New York. The kingdom is led by a monarch who is more like a modern-day dictator. Turan is persuaded to return home through an invitation […]
[Book Review] Find Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgyers by Jill Culiner
Posted on March 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Jill Culiner An 1866 change to the constitution of Romania eliminated the right to citizenship for all non-Christians, leaving Romanian Jews with limited rights. On-going anti-semitism across Europe eventually made it necessary for Jews to immigrate away from Europe. By the early 1900s, a group of Romanian Jews, known by the Yiddish name of […]
[ARC Review] At the End of the World, Turn Left by Zhanna Slor
Posted on March 3, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Zhanna Slor Masha and Anastasia are sisters who immigrated to the United States from the former USSR as children, in the 80s. The two spent their adolescents in the gritty counter-culture neighborhood, Riverwest, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In her early twenties, Masha makes a journey of self-discovery, immigrating to Israel but returns to Milwaukee, at […]
[Book Review] Adele and Tom: The Portrait of a Marriage by Chella Courington
Posted on February 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Chella Courington Adele and Tom: The Portrait of a Marriage is a work of short fiction, exploring the nuances between two very different writers. Tom is an economist, orderly and exacting. Adele is a creative-type, struggling in her own way. Courington’s lyrical and poetic writing style had be engrosed from the first page. This […]
[Book Review] Because It’s Israel: An Aliyah Odyssey by Arthur Miller
Posted on February 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Arthur Miller After thirty-five years of making annual trips to Eretz Israel, Arthur and his wife Ronnie, finally realize their life-long dream of making aliyah. Because It’s Israel is Miller’s first-hand account of their experience of adjusting to life in their new home. From purchasing real estate and a car to banking, to the […]
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