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Book Review: Uprooted, Naomi Novik Fantasy: Uprooted, Naomi Novik Winner of the Nebula Award Finalist for Hugo Award NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR | BuzzFeed | Tor.com | BookPage | Library Journal | Publishers Weekly “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes…” begins Naomi Novik’s reimagining of […]
Book Review: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Fiction: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, Sue Halpern Summer Hours at the Robbers Library is an unexpectedly sweet and poignant story of a family of friends drawn together by accident and need. Kit is the reference librarian at the Robinton, NH public […]
Book Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Fiction: Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Seanan McGuire Book 2 in the Wayward Children series Normally I avoid reading a series out of sequence, although I seem to be doing that with frustrating regularity in recent […]
Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway, Book One in the Wayward Children series, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Every Heart a Doorway, Book One in the Wayward Children series, Seanan McGuire Winner: 2017 Hugo Award Winner: 2017 Alex Award Winner: 2017 Locus Award Winner: 2016 Nebula Award Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award Nancy is new to […]
Book Review: Circe, Madeline Miller Book Review: Circe, Madeline Miller Circe is an old story, but this new (2018) book repackages the tale for a modern audience in a creative and vivid way. Madeline Miller has worked magic with this story of an ancient witch. No longer a sidebar to the story of Odysseus, Circe […]
Book Review: Remember Tomorrow, Amanda Saint Fiction: Remember Tomorrow, Amanda Saint Britain in 2073 looks much different than it does today. Climate change and its effects, including massive earthquakes and storms, have devastated the land and returned large areas of the country to subsistence agriculture, surviving without contacts in the larger world and relying solely […]
Book Review: American War, Omar El Akkad When a prize-winning journalist turns his skills toward writing a war novel, the result is likely to make multiple lists of “best books of the year.” American War has done just that in 2018. Omar El Akkad was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, and then moved […]
Book Review: Tom Clancy Oath of Office, Marc Cameron Book Review: Tom Clancy Oath of Office, Marc Cameron I have to admit, Tom Clancy novels have been a guilty pleasure of mine for about 30 years. Recent years have seen the stories picked up by new authors, including Marc Cameron, a retired Chief Deputy US […]
Book Review: Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant Fantasy/Horror: Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant A few years ago I read the novella Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant. It was one of the most frightening books I have ever read. I seldom read horror. My imagination tends to feed nightmares when I do. […]
Book Review: Out of the Dark, An Orphan X Novel Book 4, Gregg Hurwitz Thriller: Out of the Dark, An Orphan X Novel Book 4, Gregg Hurwitz Some thrillers are an adrenaline rush fueled by espresso. Those tame tomes blink in awe at the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz. Out of the Dark […]