Sarah Haywood's debut novel, The Cactus, is a perfect mashup of the books Eleanor Oliphant and The Rosie Project. Her character, Susan Green, is an...
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Sarah Haywood's debut novel, The Cactus, is a perfect mashup of the books Eleanor Oliphant and The Rosie Project. Her character, Susan Green, is an...
It’s been a tough year for literature, with authors like Philip Roth and Tom Wolfe passing away recently. But the Fantasy/Sci-Fi community has been...
Shadow and sunshine: here are two (two!!) new historical mystery series launches, both taking place around the turn of the twentieth century. One is...
Nina is a real estate agent who mostly shows upscale properties in the hills around LA. The opening story in Lydia Millet's newest book of...
Feel like the season has passed you by, you’ve missed out on summer fun, and there’s no time left for travel or excitement? I disagree. Ok, maybe...
There's a little less than a month left in the library's summer reading program for kids, Around the World in 30 Days of Reading. The travel theme...
Here we go, an exercise in randomness. Because I seriously don't know who (besides me) would read all three of these books. Different genres,...
Every book isn't appropriate to read online and Lonely Planet's The Travel Book is a perfect example. This exquisitely photographed coffee table...
Local Cleveland author Brian McClellan makes a welcome return to his world of sorcery and gunpowder with Wrath of Empire. Set a short time after the...
Meg Wolitzer’s new novel The Female Persuasion really speaks to me as a young woman in my mid-twenties, because the main character Greer Kadetsky is...
Warlight refers to the the dim guiding lights that remained on during WWII blackouts. LIke warlight, memories seen from a distance lose their...
Listening to fun new music during the long sunshine-filled summer days is one of my favorite pastimes. Some friends and I are going...