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Book Review: Black Hole Town by Henry Hinder
Posted on September 9, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Henry Hinder Black Hole Town, a dark comedy novelette is the story of two friends, Scots, who decide to hit the road for the ultimate drug fueled roadtrip. An escape, if you will, from their every day lives of drugs, booze, gambling, and even women. Because everyone needs to get away from it all […]
An Interview with Author AJ Sidransky
Posted on September 8, 2020 Leave a Comment
AJ Sidransky is joining my blog today to tell us about his newest novel, The Interpreter. We’re also getting insight into the third installment in his Forgiving series, Forgiving Stephen Redmond, set for release early next year. Q: Can you sum up the The Interpreter book series in 20 words or less? The Interpreter is […]
Book Review: The Girl Who Said Goodbye by Heather Allen
Posted on September 2, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Heather Allen The Girl Who Said Goodbye is the memoir of author, Heather Allen’s aunt, Siv Eng whose life was turned upside down by the violent take-over of the Khmer Rouge army, in Cambodia, in the 1970s. Siv Eng was studying pharmacology when she, her brother, sister-in-law, and aunt were rounded up and marched […]
Book Review: Can’t Stop the Funk, A Cadillac Holland Mystery by H. Max Hiller
Posted on August 26, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: H. Max Hiller Can’t Stop the Funk is book three of four in the Cadillac Holland Mystery series. This installment is set in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Someone is making offers to homeowners, seeking to buy up homes built by the Make it Right Foundation. But something about the offers […]
An Interview with Author Carol Novis
Posted on August 25, 2020 Leave a Comment
Carol Novis has worked for publications including Winnipeg Free Press, Cape Times and The Jerusalem Post. She has more recently started working in fiction, including a children’s book, entitled The Adventures of Mary Fairy. Today she joins me to talk about her cozy mystery series, Tension on a Pension. Carol Novis has worked for publications […]
Book Review: Floating in the Neversink by Andrea Simon
Posted on August 19, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Andrea Simon In Floating in the Neversink, author Andrea Simon transports her readers to 1950s Brooklyn where we meet 9-year-old Amanda Gerber. Mandy, as she’s known to her friends and family, is faced with a summer away from her best friend, Francine as her family heads to her grandmother’s summer home in the Catskills. […]
An Interview with Author Andrea Simon
Posted on August 18, 2020 Leave a Comment
Andrea Simon is the author of three books. Check back tomorrow for my review of Floating in the Neversink. In our interview, we discuss all three of her works, currently available on Amazon. Q: Let’s start off with your most recent work. Can you sum up Floating in the Neversink in 20 words or less. […]
Book Review: A Place of Exodus by David Biespiel
Posted on August 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: David Biespiel In A Place of Exodus, author David Biespiel shares the story of his experience growing up in a tightly knit Jewish community outside of Houston, Texas. But an argument with his rabbi causes him to move away from his idyllic childhood community. The book explores Biespiel’s journey as a self-proclaimed “retired” Jew […]
An Interview with Author Julie Gray
Posted on August 11, 2020 1 Comment
Julie Gray has written for several publications, including The Huffington Post, Moment Magazine, and The Times of Israel. Her most recent book, The True Adventures of Gidon Lev is currently available on Amazon. Q: Can you sum up The True Adventures of Gidon Lev in 20 words or less? After liberation from a Nazi concentration […]
An Interview with Author Ruth Rotkowitz
Posted on August 11, 2020 Leave a Comment
Ruth Rotkowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949 to Jewish Holocaust survivors who fled Vienna, Austria when Hitler came to power. This legacy has informed her research and her writing. Her debut novel, Escaping the Whale is currently available on Amazon. Q: Can you sum up Escaping the Whale in 20 words or […]
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