A great place to find reviews of Hawai'i books is HawaiiBookBlog - see its side links too.

Several good reviews appear in Honolulu Weekly's November 4, 2009 Winter Book Issue, including: The Bone Hook by the late Ian Macmillan; Talking Hawai‘i’s Story by Michi Kodama-Nishimoto, Warren Nishimoto, and Cynthia Oshiro; Going Against the Grain by Ann Shea Bayer;  Na Mea Hunahuna o ka Nuhou: Selected Articles from Hawaiian Language Newspapers by Malcolm Naea Chun; Voices from Okinawa, edited by Frank Stewart and Katsunori Yamazato; the latest Tinfish from Susan Schultz; Hawaiian Idyll: The Prints of John Melville Kelley; A Woman in the South Pacific by Sherri Lipton; plus more...

Read Joseph Bean's "5 out of 5 Shakas" review of Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape in Maui Weekly and start planting!

Check out this fine interview with Wayne Moniz, author of Under Maui Skies and Other Stories, in Maui Time Weekly

Native Hawaiian historian Manulani Meyer explains why she requires her students to read Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai‘i, 2009 revised edition by Tom Coffman, in Ka Wai Ola (page 9)

In Hawai'i, it's always time for a good beach read. See the new books the SF Chronicle recommends for your next beach trip.