The Review Broads Bros + Paws

The Spectacular World of Waldorf Series of Children’s Books Authors: Barbara Terry and Beth Ann Stifflemire I love a good children’s book, and a good children’s’ series of books is even better.  In this Waldorf series, the authors introduce Waldorf, an adorable Labrador retriever who takes a turn out and about.  The four titles in this series are Mr. Waldorf Travels to the Great State of Texas, Mr. Waldorf Travels to the Wild State of Alaska, Mr. Waldorf Travels to the Huge Russia, and Mr. ... continue reading...

Bedlam’s Door (True Tales of Madness and Hope) Author: Mark Rubinstein, MD Well, I don’t need to look further than my neighbors for some of these stories, but I still love a good read on mental illness.  I myself suffer from severe depression, and I am always interested in good books that tell it like it is.  Readable, well written with empathy and interest, Bedlam’s Door is written by Mark Rubinstein, a former practicing psychiatrist.  The book reads like fiction; and yet we all know people ... continue reading...

The Muse Author: Jessie Burton I loved The Miniaturist, Burton’s break out novel, and when I was offered a review copy of her new book, The Muse I couldn’t wait to get my eyes on it.  And Jessie Burton does not disappoint. With her crisp, intelligent prose, Jessie Burton’s protagonists, Odelle Bastien  and Margaret Quick in 1967 London, and Olive Schloss and Teresa in 1936 Spain create a spell and a miasma that circles around an unknown painter, Isaac Robles.  As she swings from 1936 to ... continue reading...

RETHINK WATER The new alternative to Plastic Bottled Water! Saving our environment one product and one day at a time is what we are all trying to do.  I so support companies who are insistent on saving the planet with packaging that does not hurt the environment or its animals.  So when I came across RETHINK WATER, a reverse osmosis water packaged in a carton composed of 70% paperboard, a renewable resource, made from selectively harvested trees that re-grow naturally I was thrilled to review ... continue reading...

I Will Send Rain Author: Rae Meadows Reminiscent of The Bridges of Madison County, with a slice of Steinbeck’s grim itinerants of California, and a treble not of Flannery O’Connor’s depressing realism, Rae Meadows surprises and embraces us with her second novel, I Will Send Rain. It’s 1934 in Mulehead, Oklahoma, a small farming community beset with a 77 day and counting drought, horrid dust storms and crop failure.  The land is the novel’s backdrop: as the dust consumes the crops and ... continue reading...