This was a very good historical novel. A story of Irish immigrants to America in the decades before the Civil War. A tale of family, of the ...

I actually finished my spin selection! Seemed like I wasn't going to, as I felt I was plodding along at the end. I've had this book ...

Poetry is a medium that really gets down to the bare bones of our world and our existence. Quoting from the poet's Afterword, "Poet...

This is a long review, I know. But I felt this one so deeply, I could not in good faith make it short. I can't quite put my finger on it...

I'm thoroughly impressed with Shaw's debut collection. She touches on so many subjects. Her thoughts on home, love and loss, and wha...

I always find funny the adage that women are the weaker sex. Women in history had a hand in so much of what went on politically, and yet few...

This is my favorite kind of poetry. Poems that speak of the woman's experience, of family, of everything that makes us happy, or sad, in...

What a clever little collection! Abrams knows how to use words precisely to bring out a chuckle, or even to make that light bulb come on in ...

Full disclosure...I am not a reader of romance. Magic romance, paranormal romance, etc. I generally steer clear of. Though I don't consi...

Love is a hard thing. It seems so easy when things are going well, and then they're not, and it's a whole other ball of wax. Many of...

I always find it uncanny when I read a collection and one particular poem seems to fit with my current mindset. I had been thinking about ke...