Archive for July 2013
Propinquity — John Macgregor’s Exciting Mystery about The Holy Grail — A Review
Last Updated on July 25, 2013 by John J. Hohn This review of Propinquity by John Macgregor first appeared on www.Bookpleasures. com I have added some comments to the original here because I do not have the space constraints. For centuries the Monks of Joseph of Arimathea guarded a secret – The Holy Grail is…
Read MoreBook Ratings Are Meaningless Without a Defined Standard Criteria
Last Updated on July 24, 2013 by John J. Hohn I am very pleased that Norm Golden accepted my application to join the group of reviewers who post book reviews regularly on his web site, www.bookpleasures.com. I recently posted my first review. I enjoy reading. Most writers tend to see more deeply than the average…
Read MoreTwo Poems — One Explained; a Second Challenges Explanations
Last Updated on July 19, 2013 by John J. Hohn I have been writing poetry since I was a boy in elementary school. There have been times where poetry came easily, flowed right out of the daily events in my life. At other times, I felt as though I was hammering words into place, pounding…
Read MoreMeet Barbara Hinske, Author of Coming To Rosemont — A Debut Novel
Last Updated on July 12, 2013 by John J. Hohn Somewhere in a crabby moment, I wrote that the self-publishing industry exists for those who work in it; namely, the printers, publicists, promoters, contest sponsors, etc. A horde awaits the arrival of every neophyte author into the arena, eager to capitalize on the writer’s aspirations,…
Read MoreBarter Theater Stage II Presentation of “The Gin Game” — A Review
Last Updated on August 14, 2025 by John J. Hohn Perhaps a member of the audience needs to be at least 70 years old to realize that Director Eugene Wolfe missed the point of D. L. Coburn’s award winning play, “The Gin Game,” as it is currently being presented at The Barter Theater Stage II.…
Read MoreA Great Beach Read by San Alini, “A Husband by Midnight” — A Review
Last Updated on July 1, 2013 by John J. Hohn Betty Sallas is single and successful editor at a New York City publisher. She awakens on the morning of her 40th birthday in the grips of a hangover to find a hulk of guy in her kitchen, a guy who came to fix the plumbing…
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