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You'd think that, being a published poet (chapbooks, decades ago) I would naturally have poetry as my primary read of choice; but in actuality there are so many substandard works on the market these days, that I have moved away from the genre in favor of sci-fi and other reads. So it's a...

It seems these days my main genres of choice are novels, thrillers, and mysteries. When C. Lynn Murphy's The First Noble Truth caught my eye, I somehow anticipated a 'women's novel' about friendship - and while it is that, it's really about self-hurt as a method of gaining control in a chaotic...

I can't say that short stories are my usual genre of preference: perhaps this is because so many collections just don't stand out, and so many authors don't really know how to 'work' the shorter format correctly. One would think that a short story collection set in Sicily would arrive steeped...

I'm picky, when it comes to historical fiction - and perhaps that's why I don't read it as much as other genres: I like my historical fiction to be based on facts and my protagonists believable - perhaps that's why, once again, I like young adult characters paired with realistic-feeling action -...

The full title of Donna Davis' book is Retirement Basics: Help for Broke Baby Boomers - whilst not necessarily completely 'broke', I can (cough) admit two things: (a) when did I get to be FIFTY-NINE? and (b) I'd better stop acting like I'm not gonna retire, 'cause it's just around the corner...

I read so many thrillers with the hopes of being surprised - and so many don't come up to snuff: you can see the evolution of the plot a mile away. Not so with Crenshaw's THEY ALWAYS COME IN THREES - it takes you by surprise, and that's what I look for in my thriller reading. Any commercial...

I'm a generalist and a book reviewer by profession - and this means I read many books in all genres. My favorites are young adult fiction, apocalyptic and hard science fiction, culinary history, memoirs ... but I delve into other genres, also - including business books. And one of the more...