Bob Strauss
iUniverse, 253 pages, (paperback) $16.95, 9781491709795
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Dancing in the Dark focuses on the lives of four adults. At the center is Dr. Harry Salinger, a psychotherapist who regularly pushes the limits of professional ethics.
As the novel opens, Salinger awaits...
Silicon Seduction
M.K. Poe
iUniverse, 369 pages, (paperback) $21.95, 9781462052219
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
As the title implies, Silicon Seduction is a novel with a split personality; it’s part high-tech spy thriller, part sunny California romance. M.K. Poe’s debut attempts to transcend a single genre, but at times...
Wallowa Song
Gaynor Dawson
iUniverse, 154 pages, (paperback) $14.95, 9781491710852
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
The first poem in Gaynor Dawson’s Wallowa Song, titled “Disclaimer” ends this way: “I grew up with the classics/and believe that poems should rhyme.” This brings up several questions: Does including rhyme...
The Dragon in the Room
J. K. E. Rose
iUniverse, 72 pages, (paperback) $10.95, 9781491713174
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Two failed marriages inspired J.K.E. Rose’s dark collection of 59 free verse and casually rhymed poems about chasing internal and external dragons, her metaphor for love. Mostly focused on romantic relationships,...
Odd Socks
David Clapham
iUniverse, 255 pages, (ebook) $3.99 , 9781475989526
(Reviewed: February, 2014)
Protagonist Andrew Carter’s life is impacted by two young women in David Clapham’s novel titled Odd Socks.
The story contains many plot threads that never seem to come together in a coherent fashion. London...
