My parents taught me if I didn’t have anything nice to say, I shouldn’t say anything at all. So, as someone who LOVED One Day and who gushed her way through an interview with its author, David Nicholls, I am just going to once again recommend that you read the book ...read full story →
The Best of Summer Reading: Thrillers!
Cue the Michael Jackson music. I’m talking about thrillers today. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve read a dozen thrillers. I know. I’m trying to figure out what that means, too. Maybe it’s just because they’re good summer reading, or maybe it’s because, unlike real life, they tend to end ...read full story →
Reader Mare Henderson Reviews “Nothing Daunted” by Dorothy Wickenden
The word “daunted” is synonymous with words like “bothered,” “fazed,” “intimidated,” “overcome,” “discouraged,” and “dispirited.” After reading, learning from and totally enjoying Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West, it’s apparent that the book’s two main characters, Dorothy and Ros, lived a life that was ...read full story →
Reader Emilie Tarrant Reviews “Peep Show” by Joshua Braff
Joshua Braff’s family-drama novel, Peep Show, begins as the camera-toting David Arbus nears his 1975 high school graduation. Braff marks each new chapter with street photography as though possibly photographed by the protagonist himself. The allusion to famed real-life photographer Diane Arbus is clear. The story spans a few pivotal years ...read full story →
Reader Pamela Lear Reviews “Fannie’s Last Supper” by Chris Kimball
When I think of culinary adventure, my mind wanders to trying a new type of cheese, baking dough that actually has to rise, or eating at a restaurant lauded by a magazine columnist. When Chris Kimball thinks of culinary adventure, he takes it a step further, going so far as ...read full story →
Reader Judy Rowles Reviews “The Blind Contessa’s New Machine” by Carey Wallace
The Blind Contessa’s New Machine is the debut novel by the young Midwestern writer, Carey Wallace. It is a fictionalized account of the true story of Pellegrino Turri, a 19th century Italian inventor who developed the first typewriter for his blind friend, Carolina Fantoni. From the actual surviving letters that ...read full story →
Book Bite: “Happy Hour” by Michele Scott
Get out the sunscreen – we’ve found the first beach read of the year! Happy Hour is the kind of novel we like to enjoy while lying in the sun with a frozen drink in our hand -- but don't wait for the temperature to rise: you’ll be as engrossed in ...read full story →
