Loose Canon
“Different mirrors; different reflections.” A review by Joey Media “Loose Cannon”: an expression that derives from the danger posed by an unsecured cannon on the deck of a ship. Irish poet Michael...
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“For the Page as well as the Stage” A Review by Joey Media Some days, it is splendid to be a reviewer. Most days, honestly. But the days when a little gift is delivered to my email in-box in the …...
View ArticleShamus Dust: Hard Winter, Cold War, Cool Murder
“Hardboiled History” A review by Joey Media Somewhere between the fast-paced action of a 1940s noir and detailed, methodical read-by-the-fire novel, Shamus Dust is a well-researched, engaging...
View ArticleFalling Open in a World Falling Apart
“Growing Beyond the Practice” A review by Joey Madia As I type this review—my 198th—I do so in the midst of an America (and a world) in crisis. We are in day three of a contested, contentious election....
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“For the Page as well as the Stage, #3” A review by Joey Madia There’s nothing like a pandemic to adjust one’s perspective and beckon new ways of being. Since April, I’ve added a few select,...
View ArticleNothing Good Happens After Midnight
“Once the Clock Strikes 12” A Review by Joey Madia Anthologies are a lifeblood of the publishing industry. At any given time, I’m usually reading at least one. They are a great way to explore a certain...
View ArticleHaunted Queen of the Seas: The Living Legend of the RMS Queen Mary
“A Truly Haunted Vessel” A Review by Joey Madia As much as I enjoy writing book reviews, some are more special than others. Not only is this my two-hundredth; it’s on a subject near and dear to my...
View ArticleReign: A Guide to Ruling Your Inner Kingdom of Self with Grace, Power, and...
“Archetypes in Action” A Review by Joey Madia Let’s face it. There are more books available about developing the self through spiritual disciplines than any one person could ever hope to read in a...
View ArticleBank on Self Investment: Belief Deposited—Triumph Withdrawn
“Youthful Inspiration” A review by Joey Madia If the current pandemic has highlighted anything, it is that the Economy is a Machine that must be fed. It is a national and global preoccupation. And, as...
View ArticleThe Soul’s Twins: Emancipate Your Feminine and Masculine Archetypes
“An Essential Integration of Opposites” A review by Joey Madia Eight years ago, in 2012 (a year that the Mayan calendar made many of us pay close attention to, as we did again with 2020), I read a book...
View ArticleMöbius: Meditations on Home
A review by Joey Madia The best books, the ones with deepest meaning—the ones we know upon our first engagement with them that we will go to them over and over again—invariably have an interesting...
View ArticleAnanda: Poetry for the Soul
A review by Joey Madia Award-winning writer Lali A. Love, who typically writes “visionary fantasy and metaphysical thrillers,” has written an engaging and soul-provoking collection of poems on a number...
View ArticleDreamy Days and Random Naps
“On the Importance of Dreaming”: A review by Joey Madia Comprising heartwarming photos of stuffed bears, costumed and posed with fun props and interesting, engaging sets, Dreamy Days and Random Naps...
View ArticleConvergence: The Interconnection of Extraordinary Experience
“A New Paradigm for Consciousness Studies” A review by Joey Madia Subvert the dominant paradigm. (note hanging in Dr. John Mack’s Harvard office) Conversations are changing all over the globe. The...
View ArticleBernice Takes a Plunge
“Imagination Saves the Day!”: A review by Joey Madia Let’s face it: we are all in need of some new and different heroes. With the recent success of Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes—sister of Sherlock...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Villa Winter (Canary Islands Mysteries Book 4)
A review by Joey Madia It should be said up front that this is the fourth book in a series, and I have not read the prior three. Rest assured there is plenty of context to the prior installment and, …...
View ArticleOrange City
“A Little Fact in All the Fiction”: A review by Joey Madia What a weird thirteen months it’s been for writers of dystopian fiction. Between a pandemic whose origins are heavily debated; a fractured...
View ArticleLife at Hamilton: Sometimes You Throw Away Your Shot, Only to find Your Story
“There isn’t just one type of genius”: A review by Joey Madia We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. —Joseph Campbell As a writer and teacher …...
View ArticleTell Me a Story, Babushka
“Knowing Where Our Roots Are” A review by Joey Madia Beautifully illustrated, with a strong sense of culture and family, Carola Schmidt’s wonderful children’s book gives us a glimpse into life for...
View Article7 Days in Hell: A Halloween Vacation to Wake the Dead
A review by Joey Madia Right along with serial killers, Satanic cults are a cultural fascination. Going back to Hammer films like The Devil Rides Out and Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and other...
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