Review Team

"NovaStar" Reviewer: Trilla Pando

After years of living in rural Georgia, I now lives in my favorite city, Houston, Texas where I write, do volunteer work, play with a grandson, and enjoy all the plays, concerts, museums and general fun I missed during her country years. (There's a time for everything.) I have been an SCN member for many years, as well as a contributing editor to the Story Circle Journal for several years 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. 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. Trilla Pando specializes in reviewing books about Food, Cooking and Kitchen Matters. Adair, Liz. Counting the Cost 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 Daniell, Rosemary. interview Daugharty, Janice. Heir to the Everlasting 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 Drummond, Ree. The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels Dychtwald, Maddy & Christine Larson. Influence: How Women's Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better Eckhardt, Nadine. Duchess of Palms Edgar, Robin. interview 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 Gross, Jane. A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents—and Ourselves 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 Isay, Dave, editor. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps 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 Leleux, Robert. The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving Levy, Naomi. Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living 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 McArthur, Judith N. and Harold L. Smith. Texas Through Women's Eyes: The Twentieth Century Experience McMillan, Terry. Getting to Happy Midkiff, Mary Lou. Lillie Davenport: Pioneer Mother Miller, Barbara. You Lost Your Marriage Not Your Life Mitsch, Darelyn DJ. Mystic Grits: A Southern Girl's Journey to Wisdom Monroe, Debra. On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain Mundy, Liza. Michelle: A Biography Murphy, Yannick. The Call Myers, Linda Joy. Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother-Daughter Abandonment Nicholas, Theresa. Buryin' Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest Padgett, Fran. Breast Cancer: No One Chose This Journey 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 Small, Betsy. Poems of Awakening: An International Anthology of Spiritual Poetry Smallwood, Carol. Compartments: Poems on Nature, Feminitity and Other Realms 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 Styron, Alexandra. Reading My Father: A Memoir Thomas, Pattie (with Carl Wilkerson). Taking Up Space: How Eating Well & Exercising Regularly Changed My Life Tripp, Dawn. Game of Secrets Wallis, Velma. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival Walls, Jeanette. Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel 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 Woolley, Jackie. The Sound of Windmills Wyman, Anne Cabot. Kipling's Cat: A Memoir of my Father