At SLR, we ran a raving review of Jennifer Niven’s first Velva Jean novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, so we were thrilled when we received the sequel, Velva Jean Learns to Fly. Niven didn’t disappoint. We’re pleased to select this title as our September Read of the Month, and we hope you’ll […]
September Read of the Month, Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven
September 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
September Read of the Month Click to Buy Velva Jean Learns to Fly By Jennifer Niven Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Jennifer Niven won much praise and many readers with her first novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive. In that book, the focus is on Velva Jean’s teen years in Depression era Appalachia. […]
The Reservoir, by John Milliken Thompson
August 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy The Reservoir by John Milliken Thompson Reviewed by Philip K. Jason The world that Mr. Thompson creates in this astonishing novel has many centers of interest. It is a story of passion, of family feeling, and of spiritual testing. It is a crime story with meticulous development of trial procedure, […]
Meet Elizabeth Stuckey-French: Author of July Read of the Month, Revenge of the The Radioactive Lady
July 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Elizabeth Stuckey-French is the author of a novel, Mermaids on the Moon, a collection of short stories, The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa, and, with Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction: A Guide to the Narrative Craft. Her new novel, The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, was released by Doubleday in spring 2011. She […]
July Read of the Month: The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, by Elizabeth Stuckey-French
July 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
Click to Buy The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady By Elizabeth Stuckey-French Reviewed by Donna Meredith Marylou is such an innocuous name, surely not the name of someone plotting a murder, especially since the Marylou in question is gray-haired and nearly eighty, a woman who becomes winded walking her dog around the block. But […]
Meet Mark Richard, Author of June Read of the Month – House of Prayer No. 2
June 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Award-winning author, Mark Richard, graciously took time to discuss his memoir, House of Prayer No. 2, which was selected as the SLR June Read of the Month. We hope you enjoy reading the fascinating conversation between Richard and SLR editor-in-chief, Julie Cantrell. SLR: What I love about this book the most is that my high school […]