Review Team
Star Reviewer: Patricia Nordyke Pando
Having been born in Texas, I enjoy returning there on occasion to take care of my Story Circle responsibilities, and to visit a precious grandson. I have been an SCN member for many years, as well as a contributing editor to the Story Circle Journal and a member of the board. In 2005, I became president for a two-year term. I also am a member of the Internet Chapter, where I have belonged to both reading and writing circles. Currently, I co-lead an OWL-Circle group near my home. Of all of my SCN activities, I particularly relish writing book reviews. Doing so has made me both a more careful reader, as I seek to capture the essence of a book, and a more adventuresome one, as I enjoy the fun of sharing a new experience. In the past, I taught college economics in Texas and Georgia. Now I enjoy writing, reading, and gardening at home in Bainbridge, Georgia, where I write a column on food and history for the local newspaper.
Patricia Pando specializes in reviewing books about Food, Cooking and Kitchen Matters.
Adair, Liz. Counting the Cost
Albert, Susan Wittig. Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place
Albert, Susan Wittig. Writing from Life: Telling Your Soul's Story
Angelou, Maya. Mother: A Cradle to Hold
Arnett, Marvin V. Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt
Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter
Avakian, Arlene Voski. Through the Kitchen Window: Women Writers Explore the Intimate Meaning of Food and Cooking
Baszile, Jennifer. The Black Girl Next Door
Boatright, Joyce Murray. Telling Your Story: A Basic Guide to Memoir Writing
Bryson, Karen Mueller, Ph.D. Those They Left Behind: Interviews, Stories, Essays and Poems by Survivors of Suicide
Childs, Laura. Death Swatch
Clement, Blaize. Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
Clement, Blaize. Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund
Clement, Blaize. Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues
Clift, Eleanor. Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Politics
Conant-Park, Jessica & Susan Conant. Fed Up
Daniell, Rosemary. Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives
Deen, Paula. It Ain't All About the Cookin'
Delman, Lisa R. Dear Mom, I've Always Wanted You to Know
Downie, Ruth. Terra Incognito: A Novel of the Roman Empire
Dychtwald, Maddy & Christine Larson. Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better
Eckhardt, Nadine. Duchess of Palms
Ellis, Mary. A Widow's Hope
Ferris, Monica. Thai Die: A Needlecraft Mystery
Finnamore, Suzanne. Split: A Memoir of Divorce
Ganahl, Jane. Single Women of a Certain Age: Romantic Escapades, Shifting Shapers, and Serene Independence
Gideon, Melanie. The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After
Gilbert, Celia. An Ark of Sorts
Gorman, Amy. Aging Artfully
Gussin, Patricia. The Test
Holstein, Dr. Barbara Becker. Delight
Horn, Janet, M.D. and Robin Miller, M.D. The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond
Ironside, Virginia. No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a 60th Year
Juba, Stacy. Twenty-Five Years Ago Today
Junious, Ellen Denise. Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success
Karr, Mary. Lit
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Koen, Karleen. Dark Angels
Lippincott, Sharon M. The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing
Matloff, Judith. Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block
May-Waldman, Diana. A Woman's Song
Midkiff, Mary Lou. Lillie Davenport: Pioneer Mother
Miller, Barbara. You Lost Your Marriage Not Your Life
Mundy, Liza. Michelle: A Biography
Myers, Linda Joy. Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment
Reynolds, Linda & Joy Goodale. Butterflies Don't Sting
Rogers, Mary. Dancing Naked: Memorable Encounters with Unforgettable Texans
Simon, Clea. Cries and Whiskers
Sittenfeld, Curtis. American Wife: A Novel
Stockett, Kathryn. The Help
Stuckart, Diane A. S. A Bolt from the Blue: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery
Styne, Marlys Marshall. Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor
Thomas, Pattie (with Carl Wilkerson). Taking Up Space: How Eating Well & Exercising Regularly Changed My Life
Wallis, Velma. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Webb, Betty. Desert Cut
Wicklund, Susan (with Alan Kesselheim). This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
Wisniewski, Linda. Off Kilter: A Woman's Journey to Peace with Scoliosis, Her Mother, and Her Polish Heritage
Wyman, Anne Cabot. Kipling's Cat: A Memoir of my Father