Categoría: Review
-
Review: Robbie Cheadle’s review of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck by Robbie Cheadle
Picture caption: The Grapes of Wrath cover I knew about Grapes of Wrath and had read it was a masterpiece, but I only read it recently. My interest in this story was inspired by my younger son’s studies about the Great Depression in America. I also knew about the Great…
-
Famous Books and Authors – Anton Chekhov stories, key facts and a review
A bit about Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwrite and short-story writer who revolutionised modern theatre and literature by focusing on ordinary every-day life rather than traditional plots. He maintained a successful career as a physician throughout his writing life, famously stating that medicine was his ‘lawful wife’…
-
Kill the War: Peter Mladinic Reviews “tombboy” by Mykyta Ryzhykh
“tombboy,” a book of 46 concrete poems out of the Ukraine, is not a translation. Readers can rightfully assume English is a second language for its author, Mykyta Ryzhykh. Simply put, he is very good at it. In his book, as in books of poems written in poetic forms and…
-
The Persistence of Memory: Peter Mladinic Reviews “Far From Uncertain: One Woman’s Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds” by Teddy Jones
Is the character of Margaret Kenyon based on the life of one person, or is she a composite of several people, or purely made up? She lives in Amarillo, Texas, and in the pages of this very true-to-life novel, with its frame structure: a third-person narrator telling Margaret’s story and…
-
“A Silent Scream in Four Corners,” Review of John RC Potter’s “The General Store at Four Corners” by Krin Van Tatenhove
I’m a big fan of John RC Potter’s writing, so I was excited to open his recent novella, The General Store at Four Corners. It’s one of three pieces featured in Body Lines, an annual journal published by Subtle Body Press. I was not disappointed! This is a tale of…
-
Edward Ahern Reviews “The Illyrian Way” by Dearta Logu Fusaro
I picked up this book expecting a pleasant travelogue, and was blown away. Firstly, by the physical book. Fine books these days are mostly leather bindings, gilt lettering, and shaded paper. Not this one. The in-your-face front and back covers each have four differently sized cut-out circles, emblematic of the…
-
Book Review: First Day of the Rest: a chapbook of Haibun and Haibunga collaborations byChristina Chin and Michael Hough / by Uchechukwu Onyedikam
Christina Chin and Michael Hough. First Day of the Rest: Haibun. Nun Prophet Press. 2024. 85 pages. $3.83. ISBN-13 979-834580010-2 First Day of the Rest Reviewed by Uchechukwu Onyedikam I will like to begin by acknowledging Christina and Michael for their individual exceptional skills; for holding me down each page,…
-
Review: Cancer Courts My Mother by Karen Cline-Tardiff
The book’s title Cancer Courts My Mother —LindaAnn LoSchiavo— suggests an extended metaphor. The tenor, cancer, is a suitor. A suitor is defined as a man who courts a woman. Although the title suggests otherwise, the woman the suitor courts is the daughter, the poet. In «Arrival» she says, «I…
-
Literary Jackpot – The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway is the most famous American novelist I know. He appears on the on all the top ten author (English books) lists that I have ever read along with William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, JK Rowling and George Orwell. The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the…
-
Simple Pleasures: Reading and Eating – Five-Toed Tigress by T.W. Dittmer and American Hamburgers
Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I’m sharing my review of Five-Toed Tigress by T.W. Dittmer and my recipe for American Hamburgers My review of Five-Toed Tigress by T.W. Dittmer Five-Toed Tigress is a riveting novel with engaging and strong characters, a few of whom are strong…
-
Famous Books & Authors – Book review: The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects
Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with another post in my Famous Books & Authors series. I am rounding off my series of posts about the Brontë family with a review of a fascinating book about their lives called The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects…
-
Christmas Books Special – Last Minute Christmas Shopping
Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I am sharing my reviews of a few delightful Christmas themed books that would make lovely festive season reads. Mountain Laurel Christmas by Jan Sikes Cole Knight, previously Albert Anderson, is famous and has achieved success beyond his wildest dreams as…
-
Book Synopsis: WHEN I’M DEAD AND FEELING BLUE poetry from Jeffrey Zable
When I’m Dead and Feeling Blue—the selected poetry of Jeffrey Zable—represents over forty years of his writing. The 61 poems in the book reflect a range of emotions and the poet’s will to move on, as we try to make some sense of it all. Most of the poems have…
LatinosUSA 