Review Team

Laura Strathman Hulka
Co-Editor

"StarBurst" Reviewer

Born and raised in California, I spent nine years in Tennessee at the turn of the century, learning to speak Southern, and eight months in the Arizona desert, learning I really don't like heat! Presently, I live with my husband of 38 years and two dachshunds on 10 shared acres near Lake Oroville, CA. I consider myself a "renaissance woman" with a wide variety of interests and enthusiasms, including gardening, reading, writing, baking, dogs, crafts and family (not necessarily in that order!). I taught myself to read at age four, from the back of cereal boxes at the breakfast table, and haven't stopped reading since. My favorite genres are cozy mysteries, historical fiction and non-fiction, and biography. I own my own writers services business, Time in a Bottle, providing an array of services for authors. I have two grown children, Rebecca and David (and two grandsons, Xavier and Alexander). Visit my blog. Allen, Sarah Addison. Garden Spells Anders, Isabel. Spinning Straw, Weaving Gold: A Tapestry of Mother-Daughter Wisdom Barry, Brunonia. The Lace Reader Bartlett, Allison Hoover. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession Bourgeault, Cynthia. The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity Cameron, Julia. The Prosperous Heart Cleere, Jan. Levi's and Lace: Arizona Women who Made History Coleman, Melissa. This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Curran, John. Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of History in the Making Deak, JoAnn, Ph.D. Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It Donenfeld, Maya. Reinvention: Sewing with Rescued Materials Donnelly, Gabrielle. The Little Women Letters: A New Generation of Sisters Experts, Home Made Simple. Home Made Simple: Fresh Ideas to Make your Own Feldman, Joy. Joyful Cooking: In the Pursuit of Good Health Ferguson, Kelly Kathleen. My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself Greenwood, Kerry. Unnatural Habits: A Phryne Fisher Mystery Grenager, Suzanne Selby. Bare Naked at the Reality Dance: Journal One Hess, Anna. The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency Jack, Belinda. The Woman Reader Johnson, A.G.S. The Sausage Maker's Daughters Johnson, Kathryn. The Gentleman Poet: A Novel of Love, Danger, and Shakespeare's The Tempest Kearsley, Susanna. The Firebird King, Laurie R. Garment of Shadows Kinney, Kathy and Cindy Ratzlaff. Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life you Deserve Lark Crafts. 100 Pretty Little Projects Lourey, Jess. The Toadhouse Trilogy: Book One MacNeal, Susan Elia. His Majesty's Hope MacNeal, Susan Elia. Princess Elizabeth's Spy McClure, Wendy. The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie McCorkindale, Susan. 500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl McNear, Suzanne. Knock Knock Mikulka, Charlette. Peace in the Heart & Home: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Creating a Better Life for You and Your Loved Ones Morton, Kate. The Secret Keeper Neale, Linda. The Power of Ceremony: Restoring the Sacred in Our Selves, Our Families, Our Communities Niemann, Deborah. Homegrown & Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living Norton, Joan and Margaret Starbird. 14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine: Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene Oswald, Nancy. Rescue in Poverty Gulch Ozma, Alice. The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books we Shared Paratore, Coleen. Big Pardey, Lin. Bull Canyon: A Boatbuilder, a Writer and other Wildlife Phillips, Helen. Here Where the Sunbeams are Green Prisant, Carol. Dog House: A Love Story Rackley, Jodie. Happy Stitch: 30 Felt & Fabric Projects for Everyday Reisen, Harriet. Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women Schaller, Mary W. Deliver Us from Evil: A Southern Belle in Europe at the Outbreak of World War I Scott, Michele. A Vintage Murder Seixas, Abby. Finding the Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life Shaffer, Cynthia. Stash Happy Applique: 25 Fresh Projects for Fabric Lovers Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Sims, Jade. Craft Hope: Handmade Crafts for a Cause Smiley, Patricia. Cool Cache Staal, Stephanie. Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life Steinorth, Christina. Cue Cards for Life: Thoughtful Tips for Better Relationships Stocke, Joy E. & Angie Brenner. Anatolian Days and Nights: A Love Affair with Turkey, Land of Dervishes, Goddesses and Saints Thomas, Marlo. Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny van der Leun, Justine. Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love Vandenburgh, Jane. The Wrong Dog Dream Walker, Alice. The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir Welch, Wendy. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap Wilkinson, Renee. Modern Homestead: Grow, Raise, Create Winslow, Emily. The Start of Everything Winspear, Jacqueline. Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Winspear, Jacqueline. The Mapping of Love and Death Worth, Sandra. Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Roses Yoest, Helen. Gardening with Confidence: 50 Ways to Add Style for Personal Creativity