Written by Brenda Nicholas

Sometimes a list is just a list, lifeless words in line waiting to be noticed. That thought occurred to me as I glanced at our shish-boom-ba book lists on our side bar here (look to the left). Since it’s still Small Press Month and the books on our top list are Small Press Titles, I thought I’d do some of the legwork for you. I know you’re busy like me; there are only X number of hours in a day to hunt down a truly terrific bedtime story. So, I have tracked down some book reviews for those Small Press Title books. I’m hoping that this little bit of extra service (think of the waitress kindly scraping away those pesky crumbs with her crumb scraper) will urge you to support Small Press Month by purchasing one of these gems. Simply click on the book title and read the review. (Please, no tips. Consider this Japan):

Vertigo, by Martha Ronk

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole

Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier

Broken for You, by Stephanie Kallos

Banker to the poor: The Story of the Grameen Bank, by Mohammad Yunus