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Book Review ArchiveListed below is a complete list of all book reviews listed at OnceWritten.com, going back as far as our early beginnings in May 2003. The books are separated by genre to help you find exactly the kind of book you're looking for. |
Anthology |
Recent Anthology Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Laura Pedersen Genre: Short Stories Editor: Amber Stults The unifying theme of Laura Pedersen’s short story collection The Sweetest Hours is love. Usually the word conjures images associated with romantic love. Pedersen sets out to explore many forms of this powerful emotion in her twelve stories. 
Judith Kitchen Genre: Non-Fiction Editor: Geoff Semonian The cliché is “We don’t have as much time as we used to”. Regardless of the cliché’s veracity, people are writing short poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. SHORT TAKES is a collection of the latter: short, creative non-fiction. 
Cheryl Peck Genre: Non-Fiction Editor: Carla Wakeman Author Cheryl Peck gives us a good dose of life's truths, and serves it up with wit, wisdom, and plenty of sass. Her book, REVENGE OF THE PASTE EATERS, includes dozens of essays that are always fun and often hysterical. All Anthology Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comNon-Fiction :: Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction Judith Kitchen :: Revenge of the Paste Eaters Cheryl Peck :: Beyond the Cayenne Wall Shaila M. Abudllah Poetry :: Songs in Search of a Voice Marcus Harris Short Stories :: The Sweetest Hours : Love Stories...of a Kind Laura Pedersen :: I Looked Alive: Stories Gary Lutz :: Drop-Dead Blonde Nancy Martin, Elaine Viets, Denise Swanson, Victor :: Brownsville: Stories Oscar Casares Looking For More Anthology Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Anthology First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Chick-Lit |
Recent Chick-Lit Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Wendy Markham Genre: Contemporary Romance Editor: M.E. Wood Annie Harlowe and her two children, Milo and Trixie have just survived one of the most difficult years of their lives. Their first year without Andre, adoring husband and father. It's been tough both emotionally and financially. Annie barely makes a living baking cookies, making seashell paper weights and working occasionally as a fill-in waitress for her friend Merlin's posh catering business in Long Island. 
Robin T. Popp Genre: Supernatural Romance Editor: Keith May Robin Popp has done it again. A solid read from start to finish. The excitement begins practically from page one and it never lets up. But there are a few pauses along the way, as the author is aware that the reader must be allowed to breathe every now and again! And, thankfully, it is not a rehash of book one. The main characters from “Out of the Night” continue to appear in this novel, but they are not the main characters here. 
Victoria Howard Genre: Romantic Suspense Editor: Gina Kaysen Fernandes Skye Dunbar desperately needs a vacation. The highly ambitious computer programmer is hoping the seclusion of an island in the Pacific Northwest will help bring closure to a painful breakup. The London native rents a small cabin in the picturesque San Juan Islands of Washington State where she plans to relax, reflect and get her life back on track. But a mysterious stranger suddenly turns Skye’s holiday plans upside down. A local fisherman with a seductive smile may be exactly what Skye needs to get over her disastrous relationship with Michael. All Chick-Lit Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comChick-Lit/Romance :: Out of the Night Robin T. Popp :: Stupid and Contagious Caprice Crane :: How to Sleep with a Movie Star Kristin Harmel :: Cheating at Solitare Ally Carter :: You Can't Hide Karen Rose :: Beyond the Blonde Kathleen Flynn-Hui :: Sweet as Sugar, Hot as Spice Kimberly Raye :: The Big Love Sarah Dunn :: Ex and the Single Girl Lani Diane Rich :: Promises to Keep Susan Crandall :: Red Hot Cajun Sandra Hill :: To Love a Thief Julie Anne Long :: Dream Guy Candy Halliday :: I'm Watching You Karen Rose :: The Nerd Who Loved Me Vicki Lewis Thompson :: Back Roads Susan Crandall :: Good in Bed Jennifer Weiner Contemporary Romance :: Hello, It's Me Wendy Markham :: Everyone Else's Girl Megan Crane :: No More Bobs Cynthia Borris :: English as a Second Language Megan Crane Romantic Suspense :: Three Weeks Last Spring Victoria Howard :: Blackout Annie Solomon :: Blind Curve Annie Solomon Supernatural Romance :: Seduced by the Night Robin T. Popp Looking For More Chick-Lit Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Chick-Lit First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Childrens |
Recent Childrens Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Jeff Newman Genre: Children's/Young Adult Editor: Daniel Ausema HIPPO! NO, RHINO! is not a typical children’s book. Usually, no matter how important and fun the pictures are to a picture book, part of the enjoyment is in the playful text, the sounds of the words, the rhythm of reading. 
Katrina Martin Davenport Genre: Children's/Young Adult Editor: Monica Poling I have a certain fondness for nerdy young girls who find exploring the world around them more interesting than fashion magazines 
Wayne Thomas Batson Genre: Children's/Young Adult Editor: Barb Radmore “Adventures are funny things. They may creep out of holes, Appear down a seldom Trodden path, Fall out of a tree, or even Arrive in an envelope, But they always start the same way. All Childrens Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comChildren's/Young Adult :: Hippo! No, Rhino Jeff Newman :: Denise's Mold Katrina Martin Davenport :: The Door Within Wayne Thomas Batson :: The Cranium Big Book of Outrageous Fun Cranium :: Orso: The Troll Who Couldn't Scare Brad Thiessen, Jeremy Balzer :: Forever Friends Barbara S. Cohen, Dorothy Louise Hall Looking For More Childrens Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Childrens First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Fiction |
Recent Fiction Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
James Collins Genre: General Fiction Editor: Monica Poling As a frequent traveler, I read the blurb for BEGINNER’s GREEK with interest. Seems that Peter, the lead character, has always fantasized that his dream woman will one day sit in the empty seat beside him on a flight to somewhere. And that’s exactly what happens. However, rather than being the “happily ever after” part of this romantic comedy, that’s the place the story begins. 
Kerry Hardie Genre: General Fiction Editor: Amber Stults From the moment I picked up The Bird Woman I found it difficult to put down. The tale of Ellen McKinnon begins in 2001 and includes flashbacks to various points in her life. For some authors flashbacks can be difficult to handle, but Kerry Hardie uses them expertly. They seamlessly flow into one another without jarring the reader out of the moment. 
Christina Adam Genre: General Fiction Editor: Kirsten Poling In a review on the jacket cover, Love and Country is billed as a classic novel of the west. I guess that is what appealed to me as a reader, since I am currently a reacquainting myself with my childhood love of all things horses and riding. All Fiction Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comAfrican American :: Soul Matters Yolonda Tonette Sanders Asian Fiction :: The People's Republic of Desire Annie Wang Christian Fiction :: Never Ceese Sue Dent Fiction: Western :: Playing God Allen P. Bristow Gay & Lesbian :: My Lucky Star Joe Keenan :: Almost Like Being in Love Steve Kluger :: Nothing Personal Scott Pomfret, Scott Whittier :: Naughty Little Secrets Mary Wilbon :: Hot Sauce Scott Pomfret, Scott Whittier General Fiction :: Beginner's Greek James Collins :: The Bird Woman Kerry Hardie :: Love and Country Christina Adam :: Cage of Stars Jacquelyn Mitchard :: Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium: For the Ailments of Women Ludmilla Bollow :: The Girls Lori Lansens :: Tales of Brother Goose Brett Nicholas Moore :: Goodbye, Jimmy Choo Annie Sanders :: The Quiet Canadians Warren Thompson :: Belly Lisa Selin Davis :: The Untelling Tayari Jones :: Journey Back Dan Martin :: Stag Tim Relf :: By Bread Alone Sarah-Kate Lynch :: The Ha-Ha Dave King :: Here Kitty Kitty Jardine Libaire :: Coco Twain Tells The Truth Judith Porter :: The Historian Elizabeth Kostova :: The River House Margaret Leroy :: The Frog Prince Jane Porter :: Falling Off Air Catherine Sampson :: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke :: Lessons from the Gypsy Camp Elizabeth Appell :: Good Grief Lolly Winston :: The True & Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters Elizabeth Robinson :: Ocean of the Dead M.J. Morrissette :: Without Wings Carole Waterhouse :: Luncheonette: A Memoir Steven Sorrentino :: Gods In Alabama Joshilyn Jackson :: Journey from the Keep of Bones Michelle Miller Allen :: The Paradise Ranch Carole Waterhouse :: The Way Out Craig Childs :: More Than They Could Chew Rob Roberge :: Bump Diana Wagman :: The Interpreter Suki Kim :: Sons of Heaven Terrence Cheng :: Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About Mil Millington :: What's Wrong With Dorfman? John Blumenthal Historical Fiction :: The Monsters: Mary Shelley & The Curse of Frankenstein Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler Looking For More Fiction Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Fiction First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Horror |
Recent Horror Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Michael Bailey Genre: Horror Editor: Keith May Michael Bailey's "Palindrome Hannah" is in some ways a good book, in other ways a great book, and in another way a frustrating book. Frustrating in the sense that you wish he'd tell you more, but you're glad he's ultimately left some answers to your own imagination, 
Mark LaFlamme Genre: Horror Editor: Daniel Ausema A successful horror-fiction writer moves into the strange house of an eminent physicist who apparently went crazy with the death of his daughter. The writer, Jonathan Cain, is equally grieving (for his wife), and his own story soon follows the path of the late physicist. 
Michael S. McGowan Genre: Horror Editor: David Stewart Vampire-human relations are often the setting for dark fiction novels. Sometimes the plot revolving around this concept works, at other times it fails horribly. In THE SHADOWLANDS, Michael S. McGowan portrays a city of humans and vampires that exist in relative peace and harmony. The vampires adhere to a strict code of non-violence towards the humans, and the humans don’t even know the vampires are around, at least most of the human don’t. All Horror Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comHorror :: Palindrome Hannah Michael Bailey :: The Pink Room Mark LaFlamme :: The Shadowlands Michael S. McGowan Looking For More Horror Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Horror First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Non-Fiction |
Recent Non-Fiction Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
John Dahlgren Genre: Humor/Satire Editor: Paula Small From start to finish, I never stopped laughing or gasping as I turned each page of John Dahlgren’s FINNEGAN’S PARISH & OTHER STORIES. Dahlgren’s short stories, four of them in total, carried me through history and time without losing me along the way. 
Susan Jane Gilman Genre: Biography/Memoir Editor: Kirsten Poling Hypocrite in a Poofy White Dress is a memoir about, as the subtitle says, growing up groovy and clueless. Susan Gilman has recounted true stories about her childhood “as honestly as she can remember them”. 
Jill Greenberg Genre: Arts/Photography Editor: Daniel Ausema A face says so much about the struggles and emotions of being human. Even when that face is on a monkey. Monkey Portraits is a stunning collection of photographs that illustrate this. All Non-Fiction Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comArts/Photography :: Monkey Portraits Jill Greenberg Biography/Memoir :: Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress Susan Jane Gilman :: Dating Amy Amy DeZellar :: The Language of Blood Jane Jeong Trenka :: An Inverted Sort of Prayer Chris Needham :: Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment Dr. Linda Joy Myers :: Aphrodite in Jeans: Adventure Tales about Men, Motherhood and Midlife Katherine Shirek Doughtie :: Diary of a Left-Handed Birdwatcher Leonard Nathan :: Road Scholar David Myers :: Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of Americas First Poet Charlotte Gordon :: Enslaved by Ducks Bob Tarte Business :: Exporting America Lou Dobbs Entertainment :: The Stewardess is Flying the Plane Ron Hogan :: The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying The Best Of Hollywood’s Worst John Wilson :: The Sinatra Treasures Charles Pignone :: Hollywood Picks the Classics Afton Fraser :: The Great Life Photographers the editors of Life Magazine Health/Self-Help :: How to Set his Thighs on Fire Kate White :: The Reflexology Atlas Bernard Kolster, Astrid Waskowiak :: If There's One Thing I've Learned James Green :: Out On My Own...Now What? Joe Kahler :: The Man's No-Nonsense Guide To Women Marc H. Rudov :: Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story Linda Joy Myers :: Gifts of Change Nancy Christie History/Political Science :: The General and the Jaguar Eileen Welsome :: Iraq War 2003: Rise of the New "Unilateralism" K. Santhanam :: The Last Voyage of Columbus Martin Dugard :: Jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir : A Portrait Gallery Santhanam, Sreedhar, Saxena, Manish :: Postmodernism and Religious Fundamentalism: A Scientific Rebuttal to Hindu Science Meera Nanda :: Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers Pat Brown :: Into A World of Hate: A Journey Among the Extreme Right Nick Ryan :: Peace Fire: Fragments from the Israel-Palestine Story Ethan Casey, Paul Hilder Home/Crafts :: Katie Brown's Weekends Katie Brown :: The Party Planner David Tutera Humor/Satire :: Finnegan's Parish & Other Stories John Dahlgren :: More Memoirs of a Papillon: Diary of a Mad Dog Dennis Fried :: Strategies of Sex: And Other Verses to Diversity, Adversity And Perversity Edwin Kilbourne :: The Tiger Claw Shauna Singh Baldwin :: Clam Chowder Matt Lehman Mythology :: The Good Witch's Book of Myths and Legends Hanyokrowati Non-Fiction :: The Shopping Bags Anna Waller, Kristina Matisic :: Grading on a Curve: The Marriageability Factor Tiffany Green :: Creating More Effective Graphs Naomi B. Robbins Non-Fiction: Health & Beauty :: The Diet Code Stephen Lanzalotta Puzzles & Games :: Maranatha: Et in Arcadia Ego Duncan Jolyon Burden Travel :: What! Me Travel?: How to Save Time, Energy, and the Big Bucks Traveldan Looking For More Non-Fiction Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Non-Fiction First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Sci Fi/Fantasy |
Recent Sci Fi/Fantasy Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Nick Capo Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Editor: Keith May Nick Capo's "Guardians of the Dawn" is quite good, and left me begging, wishing, hoping, and yearning for more! It is a series of short stories that delves into the characters of a vast world in turmoil. 
Marie Brennan Genre: Science Fiction Editor: Daniel Ausema The world of witches and Hunters is in upheaval after a witch shows that much of their traditions are built on false beliefs. In the past, when a witch was born, there were two children, one of whom was considered soulless, the other a witch. If the soulless one survived, then the witch would have to hunt out and kill her doppleganger when she came of age. 
Philip Harris, Brian Doe Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Editor: Daniel Ausema WAKING GOD is not an easy book to pin down in a couple of words. It’s a thriller, but doesn’t seem quite comfortable in that category. It’s definitely a religious book, but not of any of the established religions, and in fact quite opposed to them. It’s likely to appeal to many of the Da Vinci Code fans, but it’s not a copycat. All Sci Fi/Fantasy Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comScience Fiction :: Warrior and Witch Marie Brennan Science Fiction/Fantasy :: Guardians of the Dawn: Tales of the Tiberian War Nick Capo :: Waking God Philip Harris, Brian Doe :: Kitty and the Midnight Hour Carrie Vaughn :: Digging Up Donald Steven Pirie, Gabriel Strange :: A World of Assassins Neil Davies Looking For More Sci Fi/Fantasy Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Sci Fi/Fantasy First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |
Thriller |
Recent Thriller Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.com
Dan Simmons Genre: Suspense Editor: Dennis Higgs The lives of early Arctic Explorers must have been a mix of extreme boredom and outright panic. This must have been especially true of those in search of the elusive Northwest Passage when they would spend long winters trapped in the pack ice, hoping to survive until summer thaw while knowing their ships could be broken apart by the shifting ice. 
Marcia Muller Genre: Mystery/Suspense Editor: Kirsten Poling Cape Perdido is a mystery set in a small town in Northern California. The story revolves around the local reactions to an environmental issue, and the lives of the people that are involved. It seems that a North Carolina corporation has decided that it would be a good idea to use a pipe and massive water bags offshore to siphon up the pristine waters of the Perdido River and float it down to Southern California. 
Lorene Robbins Genre: Mystery/Suspense Editor: Amber Stults CJ Thomas, a former beauty queen turned freelance computer consultant in Arlington, Texas is having a bad evening. She’s gone to a pawnshop to meet the owner and discuss the computer needs for his one-store operation. It was her hope to walk away with a new customer. Instead, she and Leo find the owner, Budge Dirkwood, dead on the floor. Her former high school love interest, Frank Guerman, is the lead detective on the case. When she didn’t think the night could get worse, she realizes the voice she keeps hearing is not the result of a prank but is coming from Budge’s ghost! All Thriller Reviews Posted at OnceWritten.comAction/Adventure :: Dead Before Dying Deon Meyer :: The Good I Stand On David Tucholski :: The Manolo Matrix Julie Kenner :: Mason's Will Deborah Kuhn :: Shoestrings: No Time For Dinosaurs John Benjamin Sciarra :: The Playhouse Terry Lee :: Skull Dance Gerd Balke :: Blood Money Azam Gill Mystery/Suspense :: Cape Perdido Marcia Muller :: The Dead Detective Lorene Robbins :: Murder at the Foul Line Otto Penler :: The Jury Master Robert Dugoni :: Mississippi Flyway Nel Rand :: Death of a Dreamer M.C. Beaton :: Dark Harbor David Hosp :: Death of a Bore M.S. Beaton :: Bluetick Revenge Mark Cohen :: See Isabelle Run Elizabeth Bloom :: Deception: A Novel Denise Mina :: Graveyard Shift Kelly Lange :: Dangerous Women Otto Penzler (editor) :: Good Morning Darkness Ruth Francisco Supernatural/Psychological Thriller :: Cave of the Painters Mind Joe Dennis Suspense :: The Terror Dan Simmons Looking For More Thriller Titles?Click here to view a complete list of all Thriller First Chapters and Book Reviews at OnceWritten.com |