Review: The Boy Behind the Door, David Tabatsky, Amsterdam Publishers – Another book about the holocaust? Yes, so as not to let the horrors fade away, “The Boy Behind the Door,” offers us a true account of how Salomon Kool survived the holocaust.
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.
Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison
Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison, St Martin’s Press – Nicola Hansen’s historical fiction, “Hotel Laguna,” set in 1945, highlights the creation of the “Pageant of the Masters” in southern California where well-known artworks are recreated live, with people in costumes.
Review: Side Effects of Wanting by Mary Salisbury
Side Effects of Wanting, Mary Salisbury, Main Street Rag Publishing – Mary Salisbury’s short stories focus on human frailties in such an intimate manner it is almost as if the reader is observing, perhaps through a peephole, into her characters’ consciousness.
Review: Hollow Beasts by Alisa Lynn Valdés
Review: Hollow Beasts, Alisa Lynn Valdés, Thomas & Mercer – Like famed Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me Ultima, known as the “godfather of Chicano literature,” and who also developed the “Sonny Baca mysteries,” Alisa Lynn Valdés, recognized as “godmother of Chica Lit,” has debuted her first thriller in the series, Hollow Beasts.
Review: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
Review: Deep As the Sky, Red as the Sea, Rita Chang-Eppig, Bloomsbury Publishing – Pirate Shek Yeung, a ruthless killer with no qualms about beheading anyone who challenges her authority, co-commands a fleet of 20,000 junks (three-mast sailboats) across the South China Sea.
Review: The Forever Witness by Edward Humes
Review: The Forever Witness, Edward Humes, Random House – Would you allow law enforcement access to your DNA if it would bring a killer to justice? I
Review: Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
Black Candle Women, Diane Marie Brown, Graydon House – Author Diane Marie Brown’s novel, “Black Candle Women,” focuses on voodoo love curses, and their effect on a two generations of women.
Review: The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise, Colleen Oakley, Penguin Random House – is mind-bending mystery, featuring two winsome generational characters on the lam in a mint-green Jaguar XKE. Author Colleen Oakley spins a tale of a dramatic manhunt for two women who’d only met a week earlier before they went on the run.
Review: Gary Snyder Collected Poems
Gary Snyder Collected Poems, Editors: Jack Shoemaker & Anthony Hunt, Library of America – American poet and essayist Gary Snyder, still living at age 92, remains a staunch advocate for protection of the earth.
Review: The Blunder by Mutt-Lon
The Blunder, Mutt-Lon, Amazon Crossing – From Mutt-Lon comes a unique and educational African novel based on an actual event, translated into English.
