Review 26-28 LLBR’s Search for America

Well, here it is folks.  Few people answered our call, so we were forced to search Lulu for America on our own.  In celebration of our independence as a nation, as a people, as authors, the Lulu Book Review was in search of that one Lulu book that embodies America and its freedoms.
We did keyword [...]

Review 25: Sassy by Valerie Howard

Sassy
by Valerie Howard
Copyright: © 2008
$19.95 Paperback
$19.95 E-Book
157 Pages
ISBN: 9781435708679
Sassy is not just the nickname for Cecilia Richards, it’s her namesake.  She is Miss Priss, Miss Thang, and Miss Manners all rolled into one.  She is quick to judge and to tell her friends what she thinks of their business, but you best not be sticking [...]

Review 24: Handle Time by Lincoln Park

Handle Time
by Lincoln Park
Copyright: © 2008
196 Pages
$14.95 Paperback
$6.95 E-Book
ISBN: 9780615215181
Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lilly Tomlin have nothing on Lincoln Park.  Her book, Handle Time, is 9 to 5 on crack rock!  We all remember that type writer banging, coffee slinging, boss fondled, witty trio from the 80s movie which became a salute to the [...]

The End of Summer

Despite it just reaching 98 degrees this week here in St. Louis, stores everywhere are going to start thinking about “End of Summer” sales and start stocking the shelves with single subject notebooks and No. 2 Pencils. Students do still use those things, right? But as July comes to an end, and August [...]

Review 23: Sisypuss by Patricia Halloff

Sisypuss: Memoirs of a Vagabond Cat
by Patricia Halloff
Lulu Copyright: © 2007
Paperback $13.50
E-book: Free
212 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-6151-7291-0
Soon after Patricia Halloff posted her query on the “Pick Me” tab, I emailed her and asked to review the PDF of her book based on the title alone. Interesting name for a book, no? One might think, “That could [...]

Review 22: Out of Reality by Charlene Wilkins

Out of Reality
by Charlene Wilkins
Copyright: © 2008
$16.12 Paperback
$10.00 E-Book
267 Pages
I know what you are thinking.
“Check out that book cover!”
Maybe you like it; maybe you don’t. Maybe you think it’s lacking. Maybe it is. I think it’s perfect.
Out of Reality, by Charlene Wilkins, is one of those books that shouldn’t need a good cover [...]

Review 21: Vampire City and Tales from the Shadows

Vampire City and Tales From the Shadows
by Matthew Bellingham
Copyright: © 2008
256 Pages
$18.04 Paperback
Free E-book (Preview)
ISBN: 978-1-4303-0756-3
Okay, put all of your preconceived thoughts away. Matthew Bellingham’s book, Vampire City and Tales from the Shadows, is NOT just another vampire story. Sure, there are lots of them out there. We all know who Anne [...]

Book Covers Coming Right Up

If you’ve been reading the POD Diary, then you know I recently purchased an awesome program called Book Cover Pro which I used to design the cover of my own book.  I decided to post an ad in the Lulu forum and offer my services to others who are in need of help with their [...]

Review 20: Letters from David by Eve Paludan

Letters from David
by Eve Paludan
Copyright: © 2008
209 Pages
$2.49 E-Book
Eve Paludan is a busy woman: writer, photographer, editor, web designer, and artist. Just check out her CV on her MySpace page. It’s a hefty list of accomplishments of which anyone should be proud of. She should also be quite proud of a lil [...]

Review 19: Sirocco Express by Tony Judge

Sirocco Express
by Tony Judge
Copyright: © 2008
189 Pages
$14.50 Paperback
$2.72 E-book
ISBN: 978-1-4092-0446-6
Traveling to foreign countries is not a pleasure I’ve ever experienced myself, but I have always enjoyed reading about it.  Christopher Isherwood and his writings about many trips to a war torn Germany remain at the top of the list of some of my favorite books.  [...]