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Book Reviews

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Reviews are in alphabetical order by title, not counting initial a, an, and the.  Multiple reviews of the same book are combined.

We primarily post reviews by SASP members of books by SASP members.

(We also post reviews of members’ books by nonmembers and vice versa.)

Reviews will remain posted as long as either the author or any reviewer of the book is a current or recently current member of Spokane Authors and Self-Publishers

 

Indicates new or updated Review

16 X MOM: A Mastery of Motherhood

By Barbara Cagle

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney, Shirley Smith-Allen, and Dora Tylock

 

The Adventurists

By Bob Weldin

Reviewed by: Robert G. Hildahl, Mary E. Trimble, (Amazon Customer) Otto Schoumacer, and D. Andrew McChesney

 

Alive Alive and other Poems

By Marian Sheafor

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl and Robert G. Hildahl

 

Angels Three Six  

Confessions of a Cold War Fighter Pilot

By Col. Charles Lehman

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney and James Bartlett Parry

 

The Ant Doctor

By Nathaniel Bennett

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl, Larry Danek, M. J. Hudon, and D. Andrew McChesney

 

Ashur’s Tears

By Bill Riley

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

Beyond the Ocean’s Edge

By D. Andrew McChesney

Reviewed by: James Bartlett Parry, Robert G. Hildahl, Sue Eller, Kate Poitevin, and Beth Camp

 

Bible Nobodies Who Were Somebodies

By Banana Grama

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

The Big Woods

By Col. Charles Lehman

Reviewed by: Robert G. Hildahl and Esther J. Hildahl

 

Book All the Teachers

By James Bartlett Parry

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney, Esther J. Hildahl, Sue Eller, and Kate Poitevin

The Bulletproof Witch

By F. J. Blair

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

The Bulletproof Witch: Curse of the Daemon Beast

By F. J. Blair

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

The Captured Girl

By Tom Reppert

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl

 

Celebrating Spokane Authors

An Anthology by members of Spokane Authors and Self-Publishers

Reviewed by Larry Danek and Joyce Caudel

 

The Christmas Pig

By J. K. Rowling

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Close Calls: The True Tales of Cougar Bob

By B. J. Campbell

Reviewed by: Robert G. Hildahl, James R. Buchanan, Forrest Burgess, G. T. Rees, Mary E. Trimble and Tiffani Harvey

 

Coal Wars

By David Bullock

Reviewed by: Bob Weldin

 

Dandelion

By Linda Sonntag-Noble

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Darnahsian Pirates: The Third Stone Island Sea Story

By D. Andrew McChesney

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl – A “Beta” Read and Esther J. Hildahl

 

De-Pop

By Russell H. Ford

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

Drummer Loves Dancer

By Fred Jessett

Reviewed by Beth Camp and Sue Eller

 

The Dry Diggin’s Club

By Bob Weldin

Reviewed by: Robert G. Hildahl, D. Andrew McChesney, and James Bartlett Parry

Exposure
By Col. Charles Lehman
Reviewed By Robert G. Hildahl and Fred Jessett

The Far Journey
By Tom Reppert

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl

From Ragamuffin to Lovestuffin’
By the Guy Twins
Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

Full Disclosure
By Helen Christine (Foster)
Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

Ghostly Reunion
By Larry Danek
Reviewed by Sue Eller and Esther J. Hildahl

The Gluten Free Gourmand

By Sue Eller

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin

 

Godforsaken Idaho

By Shawn Vestal

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Gray Swallow

By Joan D. Carter

Reviewed By Esther J. Hildahl and M. Kari Barr

 

Growing Up Alaska

By Niki Breeser Tschirgi (SASP Guest Speaker)

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

A Hat to Die For

By Joyce Caudel

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl

 

The Hat Box Mystery

By Joyce Caudel

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl

 

The Hat Pin Murders

By Joyce Caudel

Reviewed by: Helen Foster, Esther J. Hildahl, and Kate Poitevin

 

Haunted Murder

By DJ Jewett

Reviewed by Larry Danek

 

Health Secrets of the Bible

By Sidney Hemmings Moore

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

By Orson Scott Card

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

I Walk Faster When I’ve Nowhere to Go

By Robert Pillsbury

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

I Know Your Secrets, Dad

By Joyce Seebaum

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Illusions of Magic

By J. B. Rivard

Reviewed by Johanna Urquhart (Historical Novel Society) and Esther J. Hildahl

 

I’m The Ghost in This Body: The Nomadic Ghost

By Larry Danek

Reviewed by Sue Eller, D. Andrew McChesney, and Janet Newton

Jakob’s Ladies

By Stan Parks

Reviewed by E. J. Deuber, Robert G. Hildahl, Esther J. Hildahl, and Joyce Caudel

 

Jakob’s Legacy

By Stan Parks

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl

 

Jed’s World

By Larry Danek and M. J. Hudon

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Jody Visits Tooth Fairy Land

By E. J. Deuber, Illustrated by Harry H. Deuber

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

A Journey to Independence

By Tiffani Harvey

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

The Lenders

By Helen Christine (Foster)

Reviewed by Robert G. Hildahl, Kate Poitevin, and Esther J. Hildahl

 

Let’s Share Our Patriotic Thread

By Jerry Garcia

Reviewed by: Elizabeth J. Deuber

 

Letters from Brackham Wood

By Rita Gard Seedorf & Margaret Albi Verhoff

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin and D. Andrew McChesney

 

Lost

By Harland Eastwood

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney

 

The Man in the Closet

By Michael Andrew Marsden

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney

 

Marie’s Marvelous Tomato

By Esther J. Hildahl

Reviewed by Joyce Caudel and Kate Poitevin

 

Meadowlark Madness

By Sue Eller

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney, Esther J. Hildahl, Kate Poitevin, Beth Camp, Joyce Caudel, and Joyce Seebaum

 

Meadow Pond

By Esther J. Hildahl

Reviewed by James Bartlett Parry, Kate Poitevin, and Sandra Mason

 

The Mermaid Quilt and Other Tales
By Beth Camp

Reviewed by: Sue Eller

 

Mothers Don’t Die    

By Beth Camp

Reviewed by Sandra Mason

 

Mountain Secrets

By Joyce Nowacki

Reviewed By: Bob Weldin

 

Mr. Inky: Spider with an Attitude

By Esther J. Hildahl

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin, Sue Eller, Joyce Caudel, D. Andrew McChesney, and Northern Dawn Awards

 

Murder at Manito

By Chris Bieker

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

My First 90 Years

By Hap Murphy

Reviewed by: Bob Weldin and Robert G. Hildahl

 

My Name Is Tamar

By Fred Jessett

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Napoleon

By Wayne Kyle Spitzer

Reviewed by Sue Eller

 

Nearing the Shoreline

By Stephen Parker Combs

Reviewed by Esther Hildahl

 

Once Again: Tales of Destiny

By M. Kari Barr

Reviewed by E. J. (Betty) Deuber

 

The One and Only Ivan

By Katherine Applegate

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Out of Hitler’s Shadow

By Roderick Stackelberg

Reviewed by:  D. Andrew McChesney

 

Out of the Sand

By K. M. Carter

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

A Pallette of Verse

By Stephen Lalonde

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Pioneer Ghost

By Larry Danek

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney, Esther J. Hildahl, and Beth Camp

 

Poopie the Fly and Friends

By Esther J. Hildahl

Reviewed by Rhonda Cordes and Linda Sonntag-Noble

 

Return from Armageddon

By Sue Eller

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney, Kate Poitevin, and Beth Camp

 

Rivers of Stone

By Beth Camp

Reviewed by Sue Eller, Betty Deuber, and D. Andrew McChesney

 

The Road Chosen

By T. A. Bratcher

Reviewed by: Esther J. Hildahl, Kate Poitevin, Sue Eller, and Robert G. Hildahl

Rogue 6

By Col. Charles Lehman

Reviewed by Sue Eller

 

Runaway Ghost

By Larry Danek

Reviewed by: Robert G. Hildahl

 

Sailing Dangerous Waters

By D. Andrew McChesney

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin, Sue Eller, Esther J. Hildahl, and Elena Smith

 

The Sanctamooja and Me

By Melvin Brown

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

Santa’s Heroes

By Bob Manion

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney and Kate Poitevin

 

The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac

By Sharma Shields

Reviewed By Esther J. Hildahl

 

Saving Tir Gaeltacht

By Kate Poitevin

Reviewed by: Esther J. Hildahl, Sue Eller, James Parry, D. Andrew McChesney, and Robert G. Hildahl

 

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

By Langston Hughes

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Send In the Drones

By Sue Eller

Reviewed by Joyce Caudel, Esther J. Hildahl, and Fred Jessett

 

Sinon of Kirra

By Stephen D. Lalonde

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl and Sue Eller

 

Spies, Lies & Psychosis

By Joan Kopczynski

Reviewed by Beth Camp

 

Springer’s Heart

By Bob Manion

Reviewed by Joyce Caudel and Jim Harris

 

Standing Stones

By Beth Camp

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin and Robert G. Hildahl

 

Still Point

By Patricia Campbell Kowal

Reviewed by: Dave McChesney and James Bartlett Parry

Summer Rain

By Bob Manion

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

Tails: Curious Stories of the Human-Animal Bond

By Robert Slack DVM

Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney

 

Taming of the T-Bird

By Sue Eller

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney, Robert G. Hildahl, James Bartlett Parry, and Larry Danek

 

Those Navy Guys and Their PBY’s 

By Elmer Freeman

Reviewed by:  D. Andrew McChesney

 

III Minutes To XII: The Last Secrets of the Bible

By Ed Des Autel

Reviewed by: D. Andrew McChesney

 

Truths and Lies

By Elena S. Smith

Reviewed by Emma Megan, Mikel Stevenson, and Esther J. Hildahl

 

Vampire & the Cop

By Bob Manion

Reviewed by Joyce Caudel

 

Velvet Petals on my Heel

By Mary Anne De Bord

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildhahl

 

Walking Sticks… Wanderings and Wonderings

By Joyce Wilkens

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

By Andy Brown

Reviewed by James Bartlett Parry and Kate Poitevin

Waxing Is Useless

By M. J. Hudon

Reviewed by James Bartlett Parry, Sue Eller, and Esther J. Hildahl

 

White King and the Seat at the Table

By Lee Kessler

Reviewed by Esther J. Hildahl

 

Years of Stone

By Beth Camp

Reviewed by: Kate Poitevin and Esther J. Hildahl

 

 

 

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