An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Review by K.P. Ambroziak There’s an intelligent and exquisite beauty to Daniel Mendelsohn’s writing. He’s clearly an educator, a deep thinker, a keen critic, and a writer in tune with an effective mode...
View ArticleFOR BLOOD OR JUSTICE, Stormkind: Episode 1
Review by Joey Madia As I opened with in my review of Chuck Regan’s short story collection six months ago, I have known him and his work for a long time. Thirty-three years. And, in that time, I have...
View ArticleSoothing the Savage Swamp Beast
Review by Joey Madia If you are looking for a weird but fun ride this summer, this novella might just be for you. But a quick word of warning. Know what you’re getting into. As you’ll notice, this is...
View ArticleWitness in the Convex Mirror
“An Innovator, Always” Review by Joey Madia It is always a special day when a new work by this innovative and energetic writer arrives in my mailbox. Over the past 10 years, I’ve reviewed about 20...
View ArticleJackson: The Iron Willed Commander
“Old Hickory” Review by Joey Madia If all you know about the seventh president of the United States is his long, chiseled face and mass of white hair on the twenty-dollar bill, you’ve been missing out....
View ArticleHow to Live to 100: Secrets from the World’s Happiest Centenarians
Review by Joey Madia Longevity is a topic under much discussion in the twenty-first century, although humans have always been fascinated by those who live to the triple digits. But it is not just a...
View ArticleThe Magdalene Gates
Review by Joey Madia Over the years I have reviewed many books from Larson Publications, including those they publish on behalf of the Paul Brunton Foundation. I have never been disappointed. This...
View ArticleFountain of Hope: Dimensions
Review by Joey Madia Although this is his first work of fiction, Baylus C. Brooks is no stranger to maritime-themed research and writing. He is an acknowledged expert on the life and death of Edward...
View ArticleDesa Kincaid: Bounty Hunter
“Sci-Fi Western Heaven” A review by Joey Madia In this age of comic book and tent-pole action film mania (I am listening to the soundtrack of Thor: Ragnarok as I type), it is a given that talented...
View ArticleThe Art of Divination
A review by Joey Madia Before I begin this book review, some background on the author is essential. For several decades, William Douglas Horden has focused on the I Ching. Of his more than twenty...
View ArticleThe Jewel in the Manuscript
Review of a Stage Play by Joey Madia Fyodor Dostoevsky is recognized by many as one of history’s greatest novelists (myself included). Crime and Punishment is ubiquitous in high school and college...
View ArticleAmerican Refugee
A Review by Joey Madia Disclaimer: I have known Sam Graber for 16 years and have worked with him for 14. We have co-written children’s shows, he’s published four of my nonfiction books, and my theatre...
View ArticleThe Self-Discovery Book: Inner Self-Improvement, Book 1
A Review by Joey Madia There are decades’ worth of self-help/self-improvement books, DVDs, YouTube channels, workshops, retreat weekends, and so on out there. So the first question for both a reviewer...
View ArticleThe World is Not Going to Stop for my Broken Heart
“An Unimaginable Loss” By Joey Madia It has been rightly said that losing a child is the most unnatural and devastating loss a parent can bear. And, with a yearly rise in deaths from opiate addiction...
View ArticleChasing Eve
“Each of Us Are All of Us” A review by Joey Madia I have to say up front: I am a big fan of Sharon Heath’s writing—especially her characters, such as the brilliant but troubled eponymous lead in the...
View ArticleAirstrip
A Review by Joey Madia At the core of this hour-long visual–aural post-postmodern mind-jazz journey is John Gartland reading selected poems from his Five Books of Inundations, supported by a...
View ArticleBliss
“Life and Death in Balance” Review by Joey Madia As a fantasy writer, I know quite well the challenges (and rewards) of writing in a genre with abundant tropes and forebears with names like Tolkien,...
View ArticleThe Divine Dark: Mystery as Origin and Destination
A review by Joey Madia It has been my privilege as a reviewer over the past twenty years to have the opportunity to track the growth of a handful of writers whose new works I have been sent year after...
View ArticleA Search in Secret Egypt
“Spirits, Sphinx, and Serpents” A Review by Joey Media Paul Brunton, perhaps best known for his Short Path to Enlightenment and theories about the Oversoul, was an explorer, spiritualist, and thinker...
View ArticleConnect to the Light
“It Is Already There, Awaiting You” A review by Joey Media A number of years ago, when I was living on the beautiful Crystal Coast in the southern Outer Banks of North Carolina, an author client...
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