Gloria Oren

Gloria Oren

Writer, Book Reviewer, Editor, Proofreader.

Funny Quote of the Day

Writers and Authors – Jo Linsdell

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 [...]

Repost: Book Review–Quo Vadis, Israel? by H. Peter Nenhaus

H. Peter Nennhaus Quo Vadis, Israel? Outskirts Press Inc., 2008, 113 pages, $11.95 ISBN: 978 -1- 4327- 1459 – 8 Current Events, Jewish

“Within the turmoil of fears, fury, self-righteous fervor and demonization, nobody in Israel worth his salt would willingly embark on a campaign of atonement.”

As I began reading Nennhaus’s book I had [...]

Repost: Book Review–Lifeliner:The Judy Taylor Story by Shireen Jeejeebhoy

Shireen Jeejeebhoy Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story iUniverse, 2007, 186 pages, #16.95 ISBN: 978-0-44544-8 Nonfiction, Biography

“This is my third date with the knife,” she jokes as she sees the surgical resident come in to prep her on the afternoon of October 21. “You ought to put a zipper in. It’d be much easier to [...]