Book Review: "The Imposter"
by Johanna van Zanten I can’t get enough of stories with strong female characters who, when the chips are down, take risks that require...
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marthaengber
- Jun 3
- 1 min
"What if...?" The Question Behind Every Great Novel
Buy NOW! Every great novel begins with the question, "What if...?" For THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD, I asked myself: What if...
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marthaengber
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Reminder: April 30 Book Talk and Discussion With Neurodiversity Experts
Do you have a neurodiverse family that has one or more members with a learning disability, mental illness, developmental issue or...
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marthaengber
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Book Review: "Does It Look Like Her?"
by Melanie Faith Melanie Faith’s DOES IT LOOK LIKE HER? is a narrative poetry book that reads like a novel. But rather than rely on a lot...
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marthaengber
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Book Review: "One Tuesday, Early"
by Annalisa Crawford I’ve read a number of books by Annalisa Crawford, and can’t get over how well she infuses her stories with wisps of...
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marthaengber
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Book Review: "Houdini's Last Handcuffs"
by Charlie and Cheryl Young HOUDINI'S LAST HANDCUFFS is a masterful ghost story for adults! Rather than terrify, however, this mystical...
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marthaengber
- Mar 25
- 1 min
WINTER LIGHT and the Dumb Things We Do as Kids
Buy NOW! In WINTER LIGHT, March of 1979 is a pivotal month for 16-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago. Something big happens to her...
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marthaengber
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Book Review: "Dirty Suburbia"
by Sara Hosey DIRTY SUBURBIA is a brilliant title for Sara Hosey’s new collection of short stories! I began reading with the expectation...
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marthaengber
- Mar 17
- 2 min
BLISS ROAD Book Discussion With Neurodiversity Experts
Do you live in the San Jose, CA, area or know someone who does? Please come or pass on the info! ___ When I run FB ads, readers can...
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marthaengber
- Mar 11
- 1 min
Share This Post and Help a Neurodiverse Family
Buy BLISS ROAD NOW! I I had a wonderful online meetup recently with those who read BLISS ROAD, my memoir about being the daughter of an...
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marthaengber
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Book Review: "Saving Face"
by Effy Redman Effy Redman’s powerful, beautifully-written memoir took me into a world I hadn’t known and couldn’t have imagined until...
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marthaengber
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Mary Donahue and Women's History Month
Buy NOW! Happy Women’s History Month! All of my novels revolve around strong women, Mary Donahue of WINTER LIGHT and the forthcoming...
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marthaengber
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Book Review: "Study in Hysteria"
by Kathleen Collins Not since Anne Tyler’s BREATHING LESSONS have I read a novel that so closely follows the inner workings of an older...
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marthaengber
- Dec 8, 2023
- 2 min
Book Review: "Red Clay, Running Waters"
by Leslie K. Simmons One of the biggest reasons I read historical fiction is to look at the world through the eyes of historical figures....
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marthaengber
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
Book Review: "Cat & The Dreamer"
by Annalisa Crawford Ethereal moments drift through this ghostly novella about a girl, then a woman, trying hard to escape a...
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marthaengber
- Mar 25, 2023
- 1 min
Book Review: "Were You Close?"
a memoir by Anne Pinkerton Preorder Death tends to be a eye-opener in so many ways, as Anne Pinkerton demonstrates in this riveting...
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marthaengber
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: "The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly"
by Kwan Kew Lai I love stories about women who rock it in life, especially those like Kwan Kew Lai, who grew up in Malaysia and knocked...
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marthaengber
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: "Calling for a Blanket Dance"
by Oskar Hokea I get connected via social media to all kinds of fascinating people. A few years ago I started following the blog of Oskar...
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marthaengber
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: "One Person's Loss"
by Ann S. Epstein While on vacation, I blew through Ann S. Epstein’s latest historical novel, “One Person’s Loss.” She does a fabulous...
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marthaengber
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
Book Review: “The Great Stork Derby"
by Ann S. Epstein Ann S. Epstein’s newest historical novel, The Great Stork Derby, due out Oct. 19, is a gut-wrenching story built upon...
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