Book Review
Red Mansions
by Dindy Yokel
Drew takes the reader on a harrowing but highly readable trip from a Russian shtetl to the Garment District in New York. "Red Mansions", by Cynthia Drew, is a historical novel about three generations of strong and determined women in New...
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God of Speed
by Dindy Yokel
The fascinating, cringe-worthy, exhilarating life of Howard Hughes flies off the page. Howard Hughes is one of the twentieth century’s strangest enigmas, and Luke Davies’s "God of Speed", a fictionalized account of Hughes’s life,...
Book Review
Little Ravens
by Dindy Yokel
Bardessono populates a facility for the developmentally disabled with well-drawn characters in this heartfelt novel. "Little Ravens" is the follow-up to Frank Bardessono’s debut novel, The Kindness of Ravens. Set in the nineties,...
Book Review
Constructive Wallowing
by Dindy Yokel
Entertaining and insightful, "Constructive Wallowing" provides clear instructions on how to “feel your feelings.” Laughter is the best medicine, as many have said, and psychotherapist Tina Gilbertson’s new book, Constructive...
Book Review
This Is Rage
by Dindy Yokel
Goldstein emphasizes the theme of doing well by doing good, through many characters, even the criminals—though many of the characters are criminals at some level. Ken Goldstein is a Silicon Valley insider’s insider, and this ripples...
Book Review
Parables from the Tree of Life
by Dindy Yokel
The universe speaks through the trees and shares some insightful, inspiring answers. Pat S. Hilger’s debut, "Parables from the Tree of Life", is a spiritual memoir in which the author takes a serene walk through her interior...
Book Review
How They Spend Their Sundays
by Dindy Yokel
McDermott’s rare talent for conveying a crisp image of a scene shines in this collection of fresh, tightly woven stories. Courtney McDermott’s collection of short stories, "How They Spend Their Sundays", is like a Whitman’s Sampler...
Book Review
Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from My Six-Month-Old
by Dindy Yokel
Want to know how to achieve pure self-improvement? Watch your infant child, says Kuwana Haulsey in her inspirational book. Watching a child open a gift when they are still young enough to be enthralled by the box it came in reminds one...