Title: The Tree House Author: Douglas Thayer Publisher: Zarahemla Books Genre: Adult Fiction Year Published: 2009 Number of Pages: 384 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN10: 0978797175 ISBN13: 978-0978797171 Price: $16.95 Reviewed by Jonathan Langford. Review originally posted at A Motley Vision: Mormon Arts and Culture blog. Note: I received a free copy of this book from [...]

Title: “Kiss It Good-bye” Author: John Moody Publisher: Shadow Mountain (shadowmountain.com) Genre: Sports Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 372 Binding: Hardback ISBN: 978-1-60641-149-0 Price: $24.99 Reviewed by Gary McCary for the Association for Mormon Letters Every baseball fan over 55 (in other words, every baseball fan who can order off the Senior menu at [...]

Title: Anna Hosanna: The Fastest Prayer-Sayer Ever!! Author: J.D. Clark Publisher: Wellspring Publishing Genre: Children’s fiction Year Published: 2008 Number of Pages: 37 Binding: Hardcover ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-884312-33-0 Price: $15.95 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters The title character is Anna Hosanna. Her claim to fame is that she is [...]

Title: Hometown Girl Author: Michele Ashman Bell Publisher: Covenant Communications Genre: Fiction Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 282 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-59811-922-0 Price: $16.99 Reviewed by Karen Hamilton This is the second book in the Butterfly Box Series. In the first one, “A Modest Proposal,” the reader is introduced to a group of [...]

Title: The Jaguar Prophecies Author: Phyllis Gunderson Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc. Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 208 Binding: Paperback ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 978-1-59955-462-4 Price: $14.99 Reviewed by Jeffrey Needle for the Association for Mormon Letters When I reviewed “Circle of Souls” some time ago, I mentioned two interesting ideas. First, it was [...]

Title:   Between the Lines Author:  Erin Klingler Publisher:   Covenant Communications, Inc. American Fork, UT Genre: romance suspense fiction Year Published:  2010 Number of Pages:  323 pages Binding: softcover ISBN10: 1-59811-766-1 ISBN13:  978–59811-766-0 Price: $17.99 Reviewed by Beth Roach for the Association for Mormon Letters “Between the Lines” is about equal parts suspense and romance novel. [...]

Title: The Silence of God Author: Gale Sears Publisher: Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, UT Genre:      historical fiction Year Published:      2010 Number of Pages:  400 pages Binding:  softcover ISBN10: N/A ISBN13: 978-1-60641-655-6 Price: $24.99 Reviewed by Beth Roach for the Association for Mormon Letters What a wonderful book this was to read.  The author weaves [...]

Title: Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen Author: Mark T. Decker, Michael Austin, editors Publisher: Utah State University Press Genre: Performing Arts Essay Collection Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 203; index, end notes Binding: paper ISBN13: 978-0-87421-773-5 Price: $24.95 Reviewed by Laura Compton for the Association for Mormon Letters “Do these [...]

Title: Chased By An Elephant: the Gospel Truth about Today’s Stampeding Sexuality Author: Janice Barrett Graham Publisher: Tidal Wave Books Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 142 Binding: Softbound – 6×9 ISBN13: 978-0-9724770-5-5 Price: $12.95 Reviewed by: Allison G. McKenzie Believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men. [...]

Title: Summer in Paris Author: Michele Ashman Bell Publisher: Valor Publishing Genre: Fiction Year Published: 2010 Number of Pages: 221 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: N/A ISBN-13: 978-1-935546-17-7 Price: Not given Reviewed by Jaymie Reynolds Rags to riches is an age old tale of dreams come true. Less often told, but just as life-changing, perhaps more so, [...]