Below are teen books and all of them are available through the libraries of the CLEVNET Consortium — many are owned by the Cleveland Hts-University […]
Literary African American Writers
Below are literary books by African American authors. Some of these are obvious timeless classics . . . Others will become classics in time . […]
Every Book Is Not For Everyone
Haven’t we all picked up books recommended by friends, family members, neighbors, or book reviewers? Often, they are wonderful reads, but occasionally they are books that we just […]
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo: Sweden in the 1960’s
The Laughing Policeman is one of a series of police procedurals featuring Superintendant Martin Beck and Detective Lennert Kollberg as well as several other detectives. […]
Five Stars for Still Alice by Lisa Genova
There are four things you need to know about Still Alice: A Novel by Lisa Genova before you read the rest of this blog: 1. You will not want to […]
book reviews…for teens, by teens
Check the link above for “Teen Reviewer” to see the latest teen reviewed book. This month Mikale reviewed Feed by M.T. Anderson. Interested in reviewing […]
Farewell, Teacher Man
(Photo by Elke Wetzig courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) It was with great sadness that I read that Frank Mccourt, author of Angela’s Ashes, died. When […]
The book that is you
We need books! We need stories and voices that say the same things that we hear in our heads; we need to know there are […]
Howl’s Moving Castle
The buzz of Harry Potter is so huge, at least in my head, that I haven’t been able to put the books down. I reread […]
