Growing Up Bronx receives 5-star review

Five Rivers’ autobiographical collection of short stories by H.A. Hargreaves, Growing Up Bronx, has received the following 5-star review on Goodreads. ‘Deceptively simple writing weaves the reader in to stories of the author’s early years in the Bronx. Characters are drawn with clean, deft stokes that bring a remarkable cast to life as richly full, complex, almost heart-breakingly real people, just as their influences mapped out the makings of the author. Hargreaves’ encompassing settings and…

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May 2012

By Lorina StephensGrowing Up Bronx, Hargreaves, ReviewsComments Off

J.W. Schnarr 5-Star review to North by 2000+

As posted on Goodreads, by J.W. Schnarr If you are like every other Canadian spec fic writer out there and has ever read a science fiction story about places like New York, London, or Hong Kong, and ever wondered what it might be like, just once, to read a story set in a place you actually felt an affinity with…North by 2000+ by H.A. Hargreaves is the book you need to read. In this reprint…

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Feb 2012

By Lorina StephensHargreaves, J.W. Schnarr, North by 2000+, ReviewsComments Off

Great Review for The Organic Home Garden

A great review for Patrick Lima’s The Organic Home Garden appears in the Fall 2011 edition of Garden Making magazine, written by Betty Fox, editor. Sage advice for the veg bed Once upon a time, before supermarkets and fast food, we grew most of what we ate, learning how to garden almost by osmosis — everyone in the family pitched in. But for the legions of us who didn’t grow up with a spade in…

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Aug 2011

By Lorina StephensPatrick Lima, Reviews, The Organic Home GardenerComments Off

Goodreads Review of From Mountains of Ice

The following review of From Mountains of Ice appeared this week on Goodreads, by author Steven Buechler. This stave of yew was something he knew. This he could coerce, cajole into something of beauty and value to his village and himself. Once he had encompassed more, shouldered more, had the weight of command and government and actions that dealt in very real human lives, and very real human deaths. Once. Not so long ago. With…

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Mar 2011

By Lorina StephensFrom Mountains of Ice, Lorina Stephens, ReviewsComments Off

Another Five Star Review for A Subtle Thing

Author Steven Beuchler posted the following five star review on Goodreads recently. A fantastic book. For anybody who has dealt with mental health issues (and we all have) this narrative provides a great insight into the problems and solutions to the issues. If anybody wants to borrow this copy of this book, don’t be afraid to ask. From “A Subtle Thing” pg 20-21: As I lie on my rank bed I realize that I’ve reached…

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Mar 2011

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Alicia Hendley, ReviewsComments Off