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Book Reviews

I am a regular reviewer for Library Journal, both in their print journal and their online XPress Reviews.  Below are external links to my reviews.


July 15, 2011.  Martin, George R. R. A Dance With Dragons. Bantam. (Song of Ice & Fire, Bk. 5). Jul. 2011. c.1040p. ISBN 9780553801477. $35. FANTASY


May 5, 2011. North, Anna. America Pacifica. Reagan Arthur: Little, Brown. May 2011. c.320p. ISBN 9780316105125. $24.99. F  (I noticed several editing errors in this one that were not in the draft I sent. Please don't judge me!)


April 15, 2011. Pattison, Eliot. Ashes of the Earth: A Mystery of Post-Apocalyptic America.Counterpoint. Apr. 2011. c.368p. ISBN 9781582436449. $26. M

February 11, 2011.  Brave New Worlds. Night Shade. Feb. 2011. c.496p. ed. by John Joseph Adams. ISBN 9781597802215. pap. $15.99. F


January, 2011. Lee, CavanaughSave as DraftS. & S. Feb. 2011. c.336p. ISBN 9781439190692. $23.99. F


September 24, 2010Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love. Gallery: S. & S. Nov. 2010. c.480p. ed. by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois. ISBN 9781439150146. $26. FANTASY


May 26, 2010Okorafor, Nnedi. Who Fears Death. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Jun. 2010. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0617-2. $24.95. FANTASY


May 15, 2010Pleasant, Barbara. Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens. Storey. 2010. 180p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60342-529-2. pap. $19.95. GARDENING


March 20, 2009Lashner, William. Blood and Bone. Morrow. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-06-114348-9. $24.95. F


December 23, 2008Du Maurier, Daphne. Don’t Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier. New York Review. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-59017-288-9. pap. $15.95. F


October 14, 2008Pelevin, Victor. The Sacred Book of the Werewolf. Viking. 2008. c.333p. tr. from Russian by Andrew Bromfield. ISBN 978-0-670-01988-5. $25.95. F


September 2, 2008Kellerman, Faye. The Mercedes CoffinMorrow. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-06-122733-2. $25.95. F