Today is New Year’s Eve. A day when people spend time reflecting on the past year and reveling in their favorite moments. In the spirit of […]
YA for Grown Ups
If you didn’t know, the other Heights Matchmakers and I put out bookmarks with even more recommendations than those found here on the blog! My […]
Girl Waits With Gun
It’s a dark street corner in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1914. A young woman, wearing a dark coat and carrying a sensible leather handbag, waits […]
The Midnight Queen
Today’s query: How is The Midnight Queen a really terrific fantasy novel? Well. Let me count the ways… World-building? Check. The author, Sylvia Izzo Hunter, reworks history just […]
3 Regency Mysteries
What could be better than a Regency romance? Why, a Regency mystery novel, of course! And especially a Regency mystery series sparkling with a little […]
Read Harder
I am a big fan of reading challenges. Every year I do the Goodreads Challenge, where you set a goal for how many books […]
Dancing the Night Away
Twelve beautiful sisters. Every morning, twelve pairs of dancing slippers with the soles worn through. And nobody knows why. Sound familiar? Genevieve Valentine’s novel, The Girls […]
Winding down Springtime in Paris
Well, we are moving on to Summer Reading season here at the Library. A whole new set of programs with a new theme: Heroes and Legends. So […]
Tunefully Traveling
Welcome to a well-tempered novel featuring J.S. Bach’s masterpiece, The Well-Tempered Clavier. In his 2002 novel The Piano Tuner, Daniel Mason uses highly descriptive language related to the […]
