Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein I read a few really, really good books last year— but this one astonished me. I gave away copies […]
In the Shadow of
When young Robert Louis Stevenson met Fanny Van de Grift at an enclave of Bohemian writers and artists in France, he was spellbound. Small, dark, […]
Lights in the Darkness
M.L. Stedman’s debut novel, The Light Between Oceans, is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of a young couple in the wake of World War I. […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department
Some titles we have enjoyed recently here at Heights Libraries: Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger Demon Love Spell by Mayu Shinjo The Testing by […]
The Art Forger-What is Real and What is Fictitious
Luckily, B.A. Shapiro, a creative writing professor at Boston’s Northeastern University and author of The Art Forger, had the persistence to keep attempting to get […]
A Well Told Story with an Unexpected Ending
An unreliable narrator is all the vogue in fiction these days. In Suzanne Rindell’s beautifully rendered debut novel, The Other Typist, the rich time period of […]
Ooh, La La!: I Love Paris (and France) Book List
Below is a list of fiction and nonfiction books set in France compiled by the Heights Libraries Matchmakers. If you have even a bit of […]
Book Review: Code Name Verity
I can’t get enough of this book. I get tingles every time I even think about it. That kind of story deserves to be read, re-read, […]
Innocence, Prejudice and Tragedy in Appalachia
Hauntingly atmospheric, The Cove by Ron Rash takes places during the end of the First World War in the North Carolina Appalachian mountains.The land itself […]
