Tag: humor
Interview: Mayor Concocts Elaborate Lie to Save His Town
by Diane Slocum | Jul 1, 2022 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Interview: The Patron Saints of Second Chances, Christine Simon, Atria Books – If the plumbing in the tiny village of Prometto, Italy, isn’t fixed, all the residents will have to move out. The cost of the repairs is enormous.
Read MoreBuilding a Short Story Collection with Patience and Persistence
by Ellen Birkett Morris | Aug 1, 2019 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
We Love Anderson Cooper, R. L. Maizes, Macmillian – In her debut short story collection, We Love Anderson Cooper, R.L. Maizes takes readers into some intriguing scenarios: a young man who decides to come out during his bar mitzvah, a disfigured tattoo artist who discovers healing powers, a therapist, whose new couch has the power to take away sadness, a woman haunted by the spirit of her dead dogs.
Read MoreYou Can’t Fall Off the Floor by Harris and Nick Katleman
by Editorial Staff | Jun 1, 2019 | What's Hot | 0 |
You Can’t Fall Off the Floor, Harris and Nick Katleman, Rosetta Books – From watching his colleague get shot in the testicles by a jealous producer to running Hollywood’s most successful television studio, Harris Katleman had a front row seat in the development of the television industry.
Read MoreTrying: A Humorous View of Juggling Babies and Careers
by Diane Slocum | May 1, 2019 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Trying, Emily Phillips, Hodder & Stoughton – Olivia and Felix want to have a baby. Most of Olivia’s friends and co-workers are somewhere on the same continuum – trying, pregnant, babe in hand.
Read MoreThe Last of the Stanfields by Marc Levy
by Cindy Matthews | Mar 26, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0 |
The Last of the Stanfields, Marc Levy, Amazon Crossing – London, England: Eleanor-Rigby Donovan’s family life is fun, yet when she receives an anonymous letter it upsets everything. The letter writer alleges that thirty-six years ago Eleanor-Rigby’s late Beatles-loving mother Sally-Anne once led a completely different life.
Read MoreDance In America Edited by Mindy Aloff
by Kate Padilla | Feb 25, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Dance In America, Mindy Aloff Editor, Library of America – Historian and dance critic Mindy Aloff has assembled the most thought-provoking and entertaining writers, performers, and critics and produced a treasure trove of information on dances unique to the United States.
Read MoreEvergreen Tidings by Gretchen Anthony Views Public and Private Family Life
by Diane Slocum | Jan 2, 2019 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners, Gretchen Anthony, Park Row Books – Christmas letters don’t always paint a true picture of a family’s life.
Read MoreHorse Meets Dog by Elliott Kalan Tim Miller
by Cindy Matthews | Dec 28, 2018 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Horse Meets Dog, Elliott Kalan Tim Miller, Harper Collins – Horse Meets Dog is celebrity author Elliott Kalan first children’s picture book. Kalan has previously written for adults on such television classics as Mystery Science Theater 3000
Read MoreScreenwriter Seth Greenland on His Latest Novel
by Doris Booth | Aug 1, 2018 | Audio, Featured, Interviews | 0 |
Hazards of Good Fortune, Seth Greenland, Europa Editions – What does it mean to be a good guy in a world fraught with racial tensions and steeped in egos?
Read MoreMatch Making for Beginners by Maddie Dawson
by Cindy Matthews | Jun 4, 2018 | Book Reviews | 0 |
Match Making for Beginners, Maddie Dawson, Lake Union – Marnie McGraw, an ordinary young woman from Florida, is all at sea when she encounters her fiance Noah’s old money Virginian family for the first time.
Read MoreJen Hatmaker: On How to Live a Courageous, Grace-Filled Life
by Anna Roins | Feb 1, 2018 | Interviews, Written | 0 |
Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight out of this Wild and Glorious Life, Jen Hatmaker, Thomas Nelson – Beloved Jen Hatmaker, Texan pastor, homemaker, blogger, and the star of the HGTV show, My Big Family Renovation – is the author of several successful books and the highest-profile evangelical to affirm same-sex relationships.
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