by Katie | May 15, 2019 | Book Reviews
:: Three current books that bring to light the relationship between past pain and future possibilities. Here are reviews of some recent books I’ve read. To read more of my book reviews, you can click here and here. These books are about women who have had to...
by Katie | Jan 22, 2019 | Book Reviews, My Books
:: Here are nine dynamite books by women set in and around Los Angeles, recommended by a nine women writers who are dynamite in their own right. Don’t get me wrong: I love Raymond Chandler. Phillip Marlowe is outstanding, as is his latter-day reincarnation, Michael...
by Katie | Nov 7, 2018 | Book Reviews, Lady Issues, Social Justice
:: The theme of this month’s book review essay is writing the world we want into existence, or, writing the white supremacist patriarchy out of it.* Aimie K. Runyan – Daughters of the Night Sky When I first saw the cover of Runyan‘s Daughters of the Night Sky, I...
by Katie | Jun 19, 2017 | Book Reviews, Writing and Publishing
:: Your words are as important to an author as an author’s words are to you: Please leave a book review. Authors depend on book reviews written by readers. If you read a lot of books, and you don’t know this yet, you can read about why here, and here, and...
by Katie | Jul 24, 2016 | Book Reviews
:: This post is merely an encomium of Tana French. That’s all. Authors are readers. I read, approximately, 4 bazillion books a month. I have a library card, an ebook reader, a library in my house, a university library I can walk too, and no food because I spend...
by Katie | Jun 13, 2016 | Book Reviews
:: The heroine is done taking the back seat, and she’s done being a pawn. She is easy to root for. Author: Karissa Laurel, @KarissaLaurel Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, July 2016 Purchase Book: 2.99 ebook on date of publication of this review Note: I received...