Gloria Oren

Gloria Oren

Writer, Book Reviewer, Award-winning Editor

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Book Review: The Mind of Thuse!! by Linda Smarzik

Linda Smarzik

The Mind of Thuse!! Thriving within effortlessness

One Breath Village, 2013, 197 pages, $24.95

ISBN: 978-0-9843674-4-3

Nonfiction

“…people are the most alive, most vibrant, and most content when they can readily access their process of creativity leading to effortlessness on a regular basis—regardless of the specific activity.”

In The Mind of Thuse!! [...]

Book Review: The Violets are Mine by Lester Morris

Lester Morris

The Violets are Mine: Tales of an Unwanted Orphan

Javelina Books, May 2011), 329 pages, $19.95

ISBN: 978-0-9785221-3-1

(Nonfiction, Memoir)

“The piece of paper clearly states that on February 10, 1940 I was born into a very unpredictable world at a place called Woburn Green, in Buckinghamshire, west of London. Apparently, I only [...]

Book Review: Norma Jean’s Sun by Kris Courtney

Norma Jean’s Sun Kris Courtney Charleston, SC Harvard Girl Word Services First edition 2009 287 pages $19.95 ISBN: 05780205099 or 978-0578020594

“It took every ounce of medical training and experience for the doctor to summon the courage [to tell the parents] the circumstances demanded.”

Norma had what anyone could call a normal birthing, but it [...]

Interview with Karina Fabian and Deacon Steven Lumbert

Good morning everyone.

Today we have with us an author who has been here before, but this time Karina Fabian has her dad, Deacon Steven Lumbert join her. Glad you could join us here today and share a bit about your joint authorship of your book, Why G-d Matters. We will hear thoughts from both [...]

Book Review–Mom’s Story: a Child Learns About MS by Mary Jo Nickum

Mary Jo Nickum Mom’s Story: a Child Learns About MS Chalet Publishers, 2009, 74 pages, $9.95 ISBN: 978-098408365-7 Fiction

“I found Mom sitting on the floor and I rushed to her as she started to get up.”

Amy, the youngest child of three children was worried, scared, and puzzled about what was happening to her [...]

Red Hot Internet Publicity: an insider’s guide to marketing

Penny C. Sansevieri Red Hot Internet Publicity: an insider’s guide to marketing your book on the Internet Cosimo Books, 2009, 275 pages, $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-60520-724-7 (Nonfiction, publicity, marketing)

“Nowadays, it’s no longer a matter of whether you can get published, it’s a matter of getting you book noticed.”

Sansevieri covers everything an author needs to [...]

Repost: Book Review: Not Remembered, Never Forgotten by Robert Allan Hafetz

Robert Allan Hafetz Not Remembered, Never Forgotten: An Adoptees Search for His Birthfamily Gateway Press, Inc., 2005, 117 pages, $20.00 ISBN: 0-9770202-0-7 (Nonfiction, Memoir) “Searching involves the risk that the truth might be painful, and many adoptees refuse to search because what they might discover could be devastating.” There are many similarities between my adoption [...]

Repost: Book Review: Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction by Rosalie Hollingsworth

Rosalie Hollingsworth Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction iUniverse, 2009, 266 pages, $20.95 ISBN: 978–1–4401–2502–7 (pbk) (Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir)

“My mind kept centering on the race to find my missing daughter, Triana. I wondered if this search would ever end. I had first lost her when she was one-year-old, and it took me [...]

Repost: Book Review: Pursuit of Light by Sandy Brewer

Sandy Brewer Pursuit of Light: An Extraordinary Journey Peach Tree House, 2007, 224 pages, $24.95 ISBN: 978-0-9796554-4-9 (Self-help, Memoir, Inspirational)

“Every moment is a choice, and every choice reverberates . . . Every moment presents an opportunity to ‘pay it forward’.”

Abuse is not a chosen lifestyle for the child placed there by the abuser. [...]

Repost: Book Review – Micah’s Child by Lang Buchanan

Micah’s Child Lang Buchanan Dragonon Inc., Mason, OH, 2006 504 pages $17.95 ISBN: 0-9763398-5-4

“I walked to the back of the room to turn out the lights on that half of my portable classroom and saw a twice-folded, handwritten note. Usually, I would have just thrown it away but not this time. The unrecognized scribble [...]