BWW Reviews: Evans' RITUALS Brings Detective Faye Longchamp Supernatural Mystery
Archaeologist Faye Longchamp digs up the truth about a Spiritualist community to solve a murder... and the origins of a not-so-alien object or two...
BWW Reviews: WILD TALES - A Rock and Roll Life
Wild Tales is a remarkably intelligent and entertaining book, a must-read for anyone who loves rock and roll....
BWW Reviews: THE GOLDFINCH Shows That Length Does Not Always Mean Depth
Donna Tartt's long-awaited THE GOLDFINCH is, well, long....
BWW Reviews: 38 NOOSES Finds the Mark
The last generation has seen something of a boom in historical narratives that focus on small events with potentially large implications (the latter often inflated in the inevitable subtitle, which in this case is Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End)....
BWW Reviews: THE CUCKOO'S CALLING - A Crime Novel with False Pretenses
There are no wizards or mythical creatures in this mystery novel. Set in the urban sprawl of London, we meet private detective Cormoran Strike. You probably would have never heard of this book or this author until it came out earlier in the year that THE CUCKOO'S CALLING author, Robert Galbraith, i...
BWW Reviews: James Franco's ACTORS ANONYMOUS - New Novel Blurs Fact and Fiction To Interesting But Uninspiring Results
James Franco's latest literary endeavor mixes fictional narratives and personal reflections about acting and actors with the goal of presenting the craft in its purest forms....
BWW Reviews: SONS OF MORIARTY Collects The Great Holmes Pastiches
Loren Estleman collects old favorites for fans of the Great Detective in a volume of short stories and novellas written by the literary heirs of Doyle and Watson...
BWW Reviews: THE HARDEST THING is Hard-Boiled Noir from Cleis Press
James Lear adds to the LGBT mystery shelf with some seriously gritty traditional noir in a contemporary setting...
BWW Reviews: THE DISASTER ARTIST Gives an Inside Look into THE ROOM
The Room, a 2003 film known as the “Citizen Kane of bad movies,” celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The cult classic, about a banker (Tommy Wiseau) whose fiancée is sleeping with his best friend Mark (Greg Sestero), has delighted audiences with its cheesy dialogue, awful cinematography...
BWW Reviews: ATTENTION MUST BE PAID, BUT FOR $800? by Peter Wayner
It happens to everyone who works in the theatre, especially those who work on Broadway. Someone who thinks nothing of shelling out $20 for a 3D movie or $400 for a new phone will demand of you: “Why are theater tickets so expensive?” Journalist Peter Wayner has given you a terrific little book w...
BWW Reviews: Love Rediscovered In Two Very Different Novellas
Okay, Okay. I've been a bit lax lately with my blog postings, I know. Work, my own writer's deadlines and family drama got the best of me. But I'm back and with lots to share, so I'll try to catch you all up with some of the great stuff I've been reading in the next few weeks....
BWW Reviews: Peter S. Fischer's PRAY FOR US SINNERS
Peter S. Fischer's latest Joe Bernardi mystery combines an on-screen Hitchcock thriller with Joe's own latest case...
BWW Reviews: GREENHORN By Anna Olswanger Is More Than A Holocaust Story
A young Polish survivor comes to an American yeshiva. Can the other students accept his differences -- and his secrets?...
BWW Reviews: Massie's HELL GATE Is A Thrill Ride Of Historic Proportions
Elizabeth Massie's soon-to-be-released horror-mystery gives Coney Island's adventurous side a whole new meaning...
BWW Reviews: Feuerman's IN THE COURTYARD OF THE KABBALIST
The new New York Review of Books e-book plumbs the depths of men and women, of Israelis and Arabs, and finds both common ground and common fear...
BWW Reviews: BALANCHINE AND THE LOST MUSE: REVOLUTION AND THE MAKING OF A CHOREOGRAPHER by ELIZABETH KENDALL
George Balanchine (1904-1983) is considered the greatest choreographer of the 20th century, his transforming genius in dance often compared to that of Mozart and Stravinsky in music and Picasso and Cezanne in art. Born Georgi Balanchivadze in Czarist Russia, he fled the country of his birth for the...
BWW Reviews: FAME SHARK Is Gritty Examination Of One Man's Need For Celebrity
Royal Young presents an unfiltered and uncensored look at the life of someone -- himself -- in desperate need of attention, in a book that deserves some....
BWW Reviews: Hamlisch's MARVIN MAKES MUSIC Encourages Big Dreams
The late composer's posthumously-released children's book shows youngest readers that it's okay to think big, but that sometimes you have to work for it, too...
BWW Reviews: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN Introduces Anthony Bidulka's New Detective
Popular mystery author Anthony Bidulka presents a new detective, Adam Saint of the Canadian Disaster Recovery Agency, in a mystery/thriller of wide-ranging scope...
BWW Reviews: Jackie Kingon's CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE MOONS Is A Wild Romp Through (Meal) Time and Space
It's a mystery. It's science fiction. No, it's a comedy -- or is it all three? Artist Kingon's first novel covers plenty of territory in genres as well as in distance, and comes out on top...
BWW Reviews: Lee Rowan's RANSOM is Engaging Summer Entertainment Reading
In 2005, the New York Times ran an article on romance novels, noting that romance novels were read by 51 million people a year, accounted for 49 percent of all paperback sales, and sold nearly one and a half billion dollars' worth of books annually. That's a lot of romance - and at the time, as the ...
BWW Reviews: IMPERFECT PAIRINGS By Jackie Townsend
Townsend's sophomore novel is a charming tribute to all things Italian -- its culture, its wine, and its families, no matter how flawed they may be....
BWW Reviews: A Big Oh Yeah! for LIONS, TIGERS, AND SEXY BEARS OH MY!
Okay, true confession time: I've never been a big fan of paranormal romance. Sure, I've read one or two (okay, four) of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books. And I liked them just fine. Didn't love them, but enjoyed them at some level....
BWW Reviews: Performer Johanna Kelly 'Reminisces' About THE REHEARSAL CLUB
Retired entertainer Johanna Kelly writes of life at one of the single 'career women's' lodgings for actresses in New York, and of how performer Carol Burnett helped give its residents a leg up on their careers....