Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/20-26
Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 20-26, 2017: Special Events:21st Annual ASU Writers Conference in Honorof Elmer Kelton, San Angelo, March 23-242017 San Antonio Conservation Society...
View ArticleReview: DIVIDED WE STAND by Marjorie J Spruill
I reviewedDivided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics (Bloomsbury Publishing USA) by Marjorie J. Spruill for Lone Star Literary Life. I laughed,...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 3/27-4/2
Bookish events in Texas for the week of March 27-April 2, 2017: Special Events:New Visions, New Voices Playwriting Festival, Dallas, March 29-April 2Fan Expo Dallas, March 31-April 2Houston Books2Eat -...
View ArticleGuest Post: ALMOST A MINYAN by Lori S. Kline
ALMOST A MINYANbyLORI S. KLINEARTWORK BY SUSAN SIMON Genre: Picture Book / Jewish Traditions Publisher: Sociosights PressFacebookDate of Publication: April 5, 2017Number of Pages: 40Scroll down for...
View ArticleReview: THE NEARNESS OF YOU by Amanda Eyre Ward
I reviewed Amanda Eyre Ward's new novel, The Nearness of You (Ballantine Books), for Lone Star Literary Life! This is an honest, complex look at motherhood from a multifaceted writer.WOMEN’S...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 4/3-9!
Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 3-9, 2017: Special Events:Bayou City Book Festival, Houston, April 3-834th Annual Richland College Literary Festival, Dallas, April 4-625th Annual Austin...
View ArticleReview: FIGHT LIKE A MAN & OTHER STORIES WE TELL OUR CHILDREN by Christine...
I reviewedFight Like a Man & Other Stories We Tell Our Children (University of New Mexico Press) by Christine Granados for Lone Star Literary Life! Polished yet raw, Fight Like a Man is about...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 4/10-16!
Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 10-16, 2017: Special Events:North Texas Book Festival, Denton, April 15Ongoing Exhibits:Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, Austin,...
View ArticleReview: SAWBONES by Melissa Lenhardt
To celebrate the paperback release of SAWBONES (Redhook) by Melissa Lenhardt, this is my review written for the original e-book release:HISTORICAL FICTION/THRILLERMelissa LenhardtSawbones (A Laura...
View ArticlePLAYLIST for EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN by Lindsey Lane
EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEENbyBy Lindsey Lane Genre: YA / Mystery / SuspensePublisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Date of Publication: December 16, 2015Number of Pages: 240Scroll down for Giveaway! Tommy...
View ArticleReview: THE DEVIL'S COUNTRY by Harry Hunsicker
I reviewed Harry Hunsicker's new thriller, The Devil's Country (Thomas & Mercer), for Lone Star Literary Life! Think Twin Peaks meets West Texas.MYSTERY/THRILLERHarry HunsickerThe Devil’s...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 4/17-23
Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 17-23, 2017: Special Events:Texas Library Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, April 19-22A Celebration of Reading 2017, Houston, April 20Forrest...
View Article"What really happened to Jimmy?" Deleted Scene from THE GRAVE TENDER by Eliza...
THE GRAVE TENDERbyBy Eliza Maxwell Genre: Women’s Fiction / Psychological SuspensePublisher: Lake Union PublishingDate of Publication: April 11, 2017Number of Pages: 248Scroll down for Giveaway!A...
View ArticleEXCERPT of DEEP EXTRACTION by DiAnn Mills
DEEP EXTRACTIONAn FBI Task Force Novel, Book 2byBy DiAnn Mills Genre: Contemporary / Mystery / ChristianPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers Date of Publication: April 4, 2017Number of Pages: 413Scroll...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR 4/24-30
Bookish events in Texas for the week of April 24-30, 2017: Special Events:National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, April 24-25KTX Poetry Slam, Killeen, April 27-2810th Annual Rio Grande Valley...
View ArticleReview: WELCOME HOMELESS by Alan Graham
My Lone Star Literary Life review for Easter Sunday was of WELCOME HOMELESS: ONE MAN'S JOURNEY OF DISCOVERING THE MEANING OF HOME (Thomas Nelson) by Alan Graham of Austin's Mobile Loaves &...
View ArticlePromo: A WITNESS TO HISTORY by Janet M. Neugebauer
A WITNESS TO HISTORYGeorge H. Mahon, West Texas CongressmanbyBy Janet M. NeugebauerForeword by Kent Hance Genre: Texas History / Politics / BiographyPublisher: Texas Tech University PressFACEBOOK...
View ArticleReview: FOY ON THE ROAD TO LOST by Gordon Atkinson
Congratulations to San Antonio's Gordon Atkinson! Foy On the Road to Lost (Material Media) won an IPPY Award silver medal in Christian Fiction. This is my review, published in the new issue of Lone...
View ArticleMonday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR May 1-7
Bookish events in Texas for the week of May 1-7, 2017: Special Events:The Writer's Garret "Beyond 21 Celebration," Dallas, May 5-7Gulf Coast Indie Book Fair, Houston, May 6Free Comic Book Day,...
View ArticleReview: OF BULLETINS AND BOOZE by Bob Horton
I reviewedOf Bulletins and Booze: A Newsman's Story of Recovery (Texas Tech University Press) by Bob Horton for Lone Star Literary Life. This memoir is a painfully honest cautionary tale from a Texas...
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