Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason

The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason

Author Bobbie Ann Mason’s book about World War II would seem passé, but unexpectedly this novel based on true events is timely and provocative. Commercial pilot Marshall Stone returns to France after his retirement in search of the people who rescued him from the Nazis when his B-17 fighter bomber crashed. After the war he didn’t think much about the incident, rather he returned to marry his sweetheart and have children.

Exiles by Cary Groner

Exiles by Cary Groner

Escaping a troubled marriage, Peter, a cardiologist, and his seventeen-year-old daughter, Alex, toss a dart on a map that hits Nepal. Cary Groner has skillfully plotted a cliffhanger novel laced with human intrigue.

Waiting for Spring by R.J. Keller

Waiting for Spring by R.J. Keller

R.J. Keller in her first novel, Waiting for Spring, transcends the life of Tess Dyer, who blames herself for her recent divorce. She refused to have a child and then had an affair. She wants out of town. In interior monologue she declares, “I might be Brookfield’s town whore, but I could sure scrub the hell out of a toilet.”

The Fragile Mistress by Leora Skolkin-Smith

The Fragile Mistress by Leora Skolkin-Smith

“The Fragile Mistress” is a dense poetic drama about 14-year-old Liana, who with her sister reluctantly accompany their mother from their American home to Jerusalem in 1963 for the reburial of her mother’s brother, who died during the 1948 “War of Independence”, in the new Jerusalem cemetery.

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Gabrielle Hamilton should have written a cookbook rather than reveal her life blemishes in a memoir. Like cooking, when ingredients are left out, the dish is less than fulfilling. “Blood, Bones, & Butter,” leaves a lot of unanswered questions which wouldn’t have been the case if she’d stayed focused on how her cooking skills turned her into one of New York City’s top chefs.

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

In Union Atlantic, Adam Haslett deftly weaves a literary novel around the global financial crisis with a cast of disturbing characters. Ambitious investor Doug Flanning, moralist-historian Charlotte Graves and others intersect in a web of deviltry and deception.

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu

    How to Read the Air Dinaw Mengestu Riverhead books-Penguin Group 10-30-10 Hardcover/320 pages ISBN: 978-159448770-5 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .an elegiac story brilliantly crafted akin to the gritty American stories by John...

In the Company of Others by Jan Karon

“In The Company of Others,” is short on drama and suspense and long on “words of wisdom,” sinners confessing sins and gaining forgiveness. As Cynthia, tells her husband, Episcopalian priest and central character Timothy Kavanagh, “So you pray and I’ll paint and together we’ll get the job done. Okay.”

Beneath the Sands of Egypt by Donald P. Ryan

  Beneath the Sands of Egypt Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D Harper Collins 7-10-10 Hardcover/286 pages ISBN: 978-0-061732829 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . valuable insight into 3,000 years of “grave digging” in the Valley of the Kings."...