L. Nolan-Ruiz's Blog (6)

Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia: A Life in Poems, by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

Grant House Publishers, (2007) ISBN: 978-0-9796294-2-6 Softback: $15.00, 89 pages Poetry is subjective in that it is transpired from the mind of a person whose life experiences, events, feelings about their observations and inter… Continue

The Crossing of Sixto Jaramillo Author, Betty Green (2009) Vantage Press, New York The story is about a female U.S. border patrol agent named Miranda Littlefield whose heritage is a mixture of Anglo, Mexican and Quechan Indian. While the title signifies a plot that is dominated by a pursuit of a character named Sixto Jaramillo, the real story is about a journey into the agent’s own personal ancestral contradictions; the cultural domination of her Mexican heritage accentuated by Mexican grandpa… Continue

Coming Together: A novel of Love and Intrigue in Rio Authors, Joyce Norman & Joy Collins Chalet Publishers, Az., Ala. (2009) ISBN: 978-0-9840836-2-6 $10.99 221 pages The book is in three locations: Washington D.C., Texas, and Brazil—locations that elicit natural assumptions in readers. These assumptions depict polar-ideals such as: man-made procedures vs. destiny and spontaneity; fear vs. courage; scandal vs. true romance and love; personal family vs. universal family; apathy vs. compassio… Continue

Author: Michael John McCann Illustrator: Leah Menna PurpleUmpkin (2008) $16.95 26 pages + 4 “drawing” pages Category: Children’s book. This book is better read by an adult to children, rather than children reading on their own. It may be a bit over the head of young children, but the themes are for very young minds (2nd, 3rd grade level), yet it is a bit long for little ones to read. Colors are extremely beautiful and the themes are very easily understood if the adult knows how to deliver them… Continue

Author C. Edgar Nolan: 1) Powerful Mojo: Stories and poetry, (2008). ISBN: 978-0-6152-0613-4 Nevada, LuLu.com $13.95, 123 pages 2) West Exit to Fernley, (2009) Nevada, LuLu.com $12.99, 106 pages The Author, C. Edgar Nolan, without question, is a writer of raw, and—though caustically rhetorical—blatant talent in allowing him self to contrive expressions of emotional and spiritual dissatisfaction with most camps or the status quo at large. Before going any further, I want to point out the bea… Continue

Author: Frank F. Fiore CYBERKILL, (2009) ISBN 978-1-60145-806-3 360 pgs. + epilogue & postscript $17.95, soft cover, Kindle edition: $5.95 General Plot: Someone is creating havoc all around the world. In Washington D.C., there seems to be a centering of the devastation. The chara… Continue