Book Reviews

Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt

Everyone has a heart. Some are described as cold or big, some…

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

For these dark, cold winter nights, many readers turn to the…

Favorite Reads of 2021

As we kick off a new year, I like to reflect on what I have read…

Rabbits by Terry Miles

There is a lot going on in this world today. One need not be…

Fun in the Snow for All Ages

                  Snowflake…

Radius Books

A couple of times a year, we receive a box of free art books…

WE ALL PLAY by Julie Flett & JOJO MAKOONS by Dawn Quigley

I love to set both small and larger reading challenges for myself…

Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Jeff Shesol

Shared national narratives matter. They cohere generations around…

Courting Misfortune by Regina Jennings

America’s first detective agency, the Pinkerton Detective Agency,…

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

When Nicolette Farrell was eighteen, her best friend went missing.…

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Have you ever gotten a book recommendation that was so good you…

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

This book spoke to me. Like, I'm not kidding, it legit spoke…

Illustrated Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe: Stories and Poems, a Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Gareth…

DK’s Big Ideas Simply Explained Series

It’s likely that, at one time or another, you’ve perused…

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Character-driven versus plot-driven stories: Readers of literary…