by Admin | Oct 22, 2014 | creativity, fiction, gay and lesbian, historical fiction, human rights, thriller
First Published in the New York Journal of Books October 21, 2014: The Paying Guests by Sarah Water The Paying Guests by English author Sarah Waters is a brilliant novel. This book deserves the accolades and favorable reviews currently garlanding its release. Sarah...
by Admin | Aug 16, 2014 | creativity, fiction
First published in the New York Journal of Books: August 16 2014 Before, During, After by Richard Bausch Reviewer: Janet Levine Richard Bausch, a much celebrated and prize-winning American author of 12 novels, in his latest work Before, During, After...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2014 | creativity, fiction, historical fiction, thriller
First published in the New York Journal of Books, July 16 2014 The Orpheus Descent by Tom Harper Review by Janet Levine “In The Orpheus Descent, Harper uses his novelist’s skills to plausibly recreate time and place—his settings in ancient Italy and Greece...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2014 | creativity, fiction, young adults
This review published July 14 in The New York Journal of Books The Heiresses: A Novel Reviewed by: Janet Levine “The Heiresses” by Sara Shepard is bad—bad, bad, bad, about as bad as any novel I’ve ever not read beyond the first two or three pages. Page 1:...
by Admin | Apr 19, 2014 | Children, college, creativity, high school, Parenting, young adults
This is me, this past week, teaching a Philosophy class, in the same classroom, at the same school, as I have done for these past 29 years. I look happy, I am happy, I love teaching. If all there is to teaching is teaching, then, on most days I feel I can...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2014 | college, creativity, fiction, meditation
Voluptua: A Novel Author(s): Jason Martin Release Date: June 1, 2013 Publisher/Imprint: Turn the Page Publishing Pages: 247 Buy on Amazon Reviewed by: Janet Levine “The writing is weak. Somewhere amid the tangle of words and images is the potential for a novel, but...
