Book Review: The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book’s Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey, Margaret Leslie Davis Nonfiction: The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book’s Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey, Margaret Leslie Davis On October 14, 1950, an ordinary wooden box arrives at the southern California home of Estelle Doheny. Inside the box, wrapped almost carelessly by […]
Quote: I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen For more on Anna Quindlen see her website: https://annaquindlen.net/ Quote: Anna Quinlen on Bookshelves
Science Fiction: This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Red and Blue are agents, soldiers in a time war between two factions competing to change the past in order to secure their future. Despite their being on opposite sides of the war, they begin a correspondence which develops into […]
Book Series Review: The Red: The Trials, and Going Dark, Books 2 and 3, Linda Nagata Science Fiction/Thriller: The Red: The Trials,and Going Dark, Books 2 and 3, Linda Nagata The story of Lieutenant James Shelley and The Red continues through a trilogy of books. After the events of the first book, Shelley […]
Book Review: Hunter’s Revenge: The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries, DI Hunter Wilson Thrillers, Val Penny Mystery/Thriller: Hunter’s Revenge: The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #2, DI Hunter Wilson Thrillers, Val Penny Blog Tour December 15, 2022 George Reinbold was a retired crime scene investigator from the Edinburgh police force. His passion, though, was books. Children’s books. An […]
Book Review: Grave on Grand Avenue, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 2, Naomi Hirahara Mystery: Grave on Grand Avenue, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 2, Naomi Hirahara Ellie Rush would love to follow her aunt’s footsteps and move up in the LAPD hierarchy. She does not want her aunt to help. She intends […]
Book Review: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire We’ve met Jack and Jill before in the Wayward Children series. Born to parents who tried to mold their daughters into their ideal of the “perfect” child, they escaped by finding a doorway to […]
Book Review: Five Dead Men, Madame Renard Investigates Book 2, Rachel Green Book Review: Five Dead Men, Madame Renard Investigates Book 2, Rachel Green Blog Tour June 10, 2022 Margot Renard is the daughter of a judge and the widow of a detective. She now works as an advisor for another judge and has become […]
Book Review: Metatropolis, Edited by John Scalzi Science Fiction: Metatropolis, Edited by John Scalzi Imagine a future where cities are built on the remnants of the cities we know. Portland/Seattle/Vancouver have merged to become “Cascadia.” These meta cities transcend national boundaries and have cultures, alliances, and citizenships of their own, sometimes coming at the expense […]
Author Spotlight: Sandra Boynton April 3, Happy Birthday, Sandra Boynton! Sandra Boynton’s board books were some of the first books my boys looked at, teethed on, played with, and listened to during shared reading times as babies and toddlers; and my granddaughters are carrying on the tradition. Her books are engaging, whimsical, and clever […]
Book Review: Severance, Ling Ma Fiction: Severance, Ling Ma Severance is an odd novel, really almost three novellas telling the story of one person. Candace Chen is a millennial living in NYC. Born in China and raised in Utah, Candace loves her routine. Her job for a printing company has her overseeing the production of […]
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: The Wild Dead, Bannerless Saga Book 2, Carrie Vaughn Mystery: The Wild Dead, Bannerless Saga, Book 2, Carrie Vaughn Like the first book in this series (Bannerless), The Wild Dead is a mystery set in a dystopian future. The people of the Coast Road live by strict rules. Households must live within […]
Fantasy: The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller This book is titled, The Song of Achilles, but the main protagonist is the singer of that song, Patroclus. Patroclus does not figure prominently in the original myths, but Achilles’ grief at his demise provides the motivation for Achilles to go into battle against Hector and kill him. […]