Review of “Monster of the Midway” by Jim Dent

Note: This review is by my husband Jim (as if you won’t be able to tell….), who is a crazed sports fanatic, and who posted this today in honor of the birthdate of Bronko Nagurski on November 3, 1908. We have a saying in our family, “Never let truth constrain a good story.” Jim Dent [...]

Review of “Domestic Violets” by Matthew Norman

Tom Violet is closing in on 35, and he has a number of problems. He cannot achieve the physical state necessary to have sex with his beautiful wife. His daughter Allie has drawn a picture of his mom’s new male “friend” to put on the refrigerator. His Pulitzer-prize winning and notoriously philandering father is not [...]

Review of “Five Flavors of Dumb” by Antony John

The main character in this book for young adults is deaf, which I love for a number of reasons. One of them is entirely personal: my husband has a hereditary hearing disability, and it has taught me amazing things about: the importance of the senses (and how much abled people take for granted); my totally [...]