We always knew Chad Coenson’s debut novel, Me and Bobby McGee, was something special, but now the trend is catching on. Pacific Book Review has recently covered Chad’s book and their review is absolutely glowing!

Here are a few excerpts:

Chad Coenson created a witty and wild novel involving booze, women, gambling, kidnapping and yes, sex and violence, plus the daily hangover into a fast moving “guy novel.” He used a cool way with words that only the narration of a man’s inner most thoughts would expose. If this would become a movie, I would envision Chad to cast someone like Uma Thurman as Bobby, the femme fataleas he puts it, with a Mickey Rourke or Bruce Willis (as long as they gave him hair) protagonist, Keesey Chypher. Keesey is an ex-CIA trained assassin turned drunk. The star of the novel is tequila, with the co-star being a beer chaser. Seriously this book is not recommended reading for recovering alcoholics!

This book is a surprise from the start. It’s a great book to throw into your carry-on bag and open on a chaise lounge by a swimming pool or to page while waiting in an airport or on a plane.  If you have a friend graduating school – get him this for a gift. Besides the engulfing enjoyment, it may steer him away from the swinging door entrance to a sleazy local watering hole, especially if the lure of a woman to beautiful to logically be there is baited inside.  In Keesey’s famous words, “Make mine a Jack with a beer chaser.”

For the full review, click here.

Mel Machuca and Will Shepherd’s An Inning at a Time has landed a cover spot on Dugout Magazine and we couldn’t be prouder. Click here to check out the interview and to learn more on how Mel’s team was the first and only Indiana team to win a National Championship.

KB Dixon, Oregon Book Award Finalist for A Painter’s Life and Inkwater author, is hard at work promoting his new book The Ingram Interview. The Oregonian recently printed a wonderful review, which does an excellent job of boiling down the book and capturing it’s charm.

The unconventional, fractured narrative has become a calling card for Dixon. “A Painter’s Life,” a 2011 Oregon Book Award finalist for fiction, is portraiture in collage: reviews, journal entries, interviews. “The Sum of His Syndromes” (a 2008 OBA finalist) is a series of notes scrawled in a restroom. “Andrew (A to Z)” renders its storyline via alphabetized topic headings.

Yet “The Ingram Interview’s” fractures cohere into an engaging impression of a man cut adrift from his known world of health, youth, work and family.

Click here for the full text.

As reviews go, this is about as good as it gets. Dina McQueen’s debut work is garnering critical acclaim and as more reviews come in, we can only expect this book will continue to impress.

Here’s an excerpt from Adoption Today’s Review:

Finding Aster— our Ethiopian adoption story, is a fascinating memoir that follows one woman’s journey to motherhood via international adoption. The title could just as easily have been, Finding Dina, for it is truly a memoir of discovery for the author as she relives the life decisions she has made leading up to the maternal evolution to become a mother.

This brutally honest and heartfelt memoir is a valuable resource to people deciding how to grow their families. This compelling story is told in such a dynamic way that those experiencing infertility problems may be inspired to choose a new direction. In addition, for those just starting out on the path to parenthood, McQueen’s journey is sure to offer insight to those who may not have considered adoption.

For more info on the book, including purchasing information, see www.findingaster.com.

Christie Gorsline, author of Empty Nest to Life Vest, was honored with a Gold Medal in the Solas Awards for her Cruise Story, Dolphin Messengers. Best Travel Writing holds the contest every year and with such stiff competition, we’re thrilled to see Christie’s story, an excerpt from her book, do so well in the contest. For more Gold Medal writing, purchase the book, available at our Inkwater Bookstore as well as on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.