Joel Samberg
Reviewer Joel Samberg: Joel is an author, book editor, journalist, and corporate communications consultant with more than forty years of experience. He has written for Connecticut Magazine, Pittsburgh Magazine, New Jersey Monthly and dozens of others, and his nonfiction books have been on such topics as music, movies, and comedy. He is also the author of the 2019 novel, Blowin' in the Wind. You can learn more about Joel’s books and book editing service:You can learn more about Joel Here and Here.
Articles by this Author
Girl Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published May 3, 2022
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Rose Royal Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published March 20, 2022
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
American Comics, A History Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published November 22, 2021
- General Non-Fiction
A Crass Menagerie Contributed to Bookpleasures.com by Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published August 27, 2021
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
“Rise and shine! Rise and shine!”
Those
iconic words, warbled by the mother of an old warehouse buddy, Tom
Wingfield, began my forty-year quest to write and sell a screenplay
based on my experience playing The Gentleman Caller in a community
theater production of The Glass Menagerie.
What I didn’t know then, and what I find excruciatingly hard to believe now, is that my heartfelt effort would result in a cease-and-desist letter from a Madison Avenue law firm.
Real to Reel: Truth and Trickery in Courtroom Movies Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published July 20, 2021
- General Non-Fiction
Authors: Michael Asimow and Paul Bergman
Publisher: Vandeplas Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60042-533-2
If I were a prosecutor, and this new book was on trial, I’d be tempted to nitpick in front of the jury. Ultimately, though, that shouldn’t matter much at all because almost all books about movies combine lists that simply must be finite and therefore will inevitably leave something out, and opinions that by definition are subjective, which inevitably will dismay a few people. So nitpicking is no big deal. Absolutely par for the course.
The Dead Husband Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published May 3, 2021
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Face: One Square Foot of Skin Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published March 30, 2021
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
New Jersey Noir: Cape May Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published March 15, 2021
- Crime & Mystery
During a Pandemic, Can Rejection Notices Come in Handy? Contributed To Bookpleasures.com By Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published February 21, 2021
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
During a Pandemic, Can Rejection Notices Come in Handy?
As a writer, I was sheltering in place long before it became mandatory. It is from my home-office where I work on my books, edit fiction and nonfiction by other people, write magazine articles and reviews of newly published works, and try to develop what I hope might be a brilliant literary idea or two somewhere along the line.
Understanding Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health Disorders for Family and Friends Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published February 17, 2021
- Health & Fitness
Authors: Carlin Barnes, MD and Marketa Wills, MD, MBA
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-5107-4594-0
Pointing and Shooting in George Plimpton’s Apartment Contributed to Bookpleasures.com By Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published February 3, 2021
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
The Mermaid and the Minotaur Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published February 1, 2021
- General Non-Fiction
Sunday in Ville-d’Avray Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published February 1, 2021
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Forget Russia Reviewed By Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published January 21, 2021
- General Non-Fiction
The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published January 4, 2021
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
The Home Stretch Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published January 4, 2021
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
New Watches, Old Dreams Contributed to Bookpleasures.com by Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published December 22, 2020
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Grounds for Murder Reviewed by Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com
- By Joel Samberg
- Published December 21, 2020
- Crime & Mystery
A Writer Without a Skeleton (in his closet, at least) Contributed to Bookpleasures.com by Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published November 15, 2020
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
A Bum Inheritance Contributed to Bookpleasures.com by Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published November 4, 2020
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Love Between the Covers Contributed to Bookpleasures.com by Joel Samberg
- By Joel Samberg
- Published October 26, 2020
- ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
Years ago I fell in love with a young woman named Peony—a name at once distinctive, beautiful and poetic, and one I refused to question despite never having met another person so named.
Joel Samberg of Bookpleasures.com Talks With Noted New York Psychoanalyst Gibbs Williams, Author of the New Memoir, “Smack in the Middle: My Turbulent Time Treating Heroin Addicts at Odyssey House" About Self-Publishing
- By Joel Samberg
- Published October 22, 2020
- AUTHOR INTERVIEWS- CHECK THEM OUT