Category Archives: book reviews

Letters From the Other Side of Haiti

Posted on May 6, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

Jillayna Adamson was doing a booksigning at the Book House, a charismatic 150-year-old Gothic Revival house in Rock Hill (St. Louis), Missouri, that is literally stuffed with new and used books. The book store was recently served an eviction notice … Continue reading →

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Where to find my book reviews if Amazon dumps me

Posted on January 6, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

Taking a break today, sort of, from writing about memoirs to address the recent controversy with Amazon book reviews. You may have heard Amazon is cracking down on “promotional” reviews, which include reviews by authors’ family members, fellow genre writers … Continue reading →

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We Hope You Like This Song: Healing from a death

Posted on December 30, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Soon after my mother died, I caught Bree Housley at Left Bank Books talking about her memoir,  We Hope You Like This Song. The subtitle is “an overly honest story about friendship, death, and mix tapes”. The writeups said the … Continue reading →

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