Book Reviews

Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza, kept me reading well into the night. It’s the fascinating true story of a young woman who managed to survive the Rwanda genocide, by hiding for three [...]

  On a recent trip to the library, I decided to take a look at the bulletin board, just out of curiosity about what’s going on in the area. And there it was: a small notice from a [...]

Looking for a gripping read? Here’s one: A Stolen Life – a true story about how the author was kidnapped as a child and returned to her family eighteen years later. When Jaycee Dugard [...]

I’m happy to say that Judging Nicky has received another review on Amazon.com. My thanks to Ameeka, a thoughtful reader who  took the time to rate and comment on my novel, giving it four [...]

What a brouhaha over fake reviews on Amazon! When I first heard the revelations about fake reviews, reviews by “sock puppets” and reviews by writers anonymously trashing other [...]

The Frankel family has gathered on the fourth of July at their summer home in the Berkshires. They are there not to celebrate the holiday but to memorialize their kin, Leo Frankel – a [...]

Casi, the son of Colombian immigrants and a New York City public defender, hates his job. “And what a job it is,” says Matt Kavanaugh in his review of A Naked Singularity by Sergio De [...]

Judging Nicky is published! Here’s the synopsis: Nicky Vieira has always wanted to be a photographer. She even thinks in photo images. Now that her two daughters are settled in school, she [...]

In Gone Girl, a wife disappears on the morning of her fifth anniversary. What does hubby talk about? Her skull. No wonder the police suspect foul play. NPR Books’ interview of author [...]

The Lodger, a novel by Marie Belloc Loundes – written in 1913 – offers a unique spin on the gruesome Jack the Ripper murders. The story exposes the morals and attitudes of another era [...]