When former socialite Janie Jenkins is released from prison on a technicality after serving ten years of a life sentence, she resolves to find out […]
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Like many people, I find ghost stories deliciously unsettling. There is much to find unsettling in Howard Norman’s Next Life Might Be Kinder, beyond his […]
Summer Light
Looking for a little light reading that’s perfect for the beach, the porch, or under a tree? My guilty pleasures this season are Kevin Kwan’s, […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department: Children’s 2014
Juvenile Fiction: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty Boys of Blur by N. D. Wilson Smile by Raina Telgemeier […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department: YA 2014
Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Harder by Robin York Cinder by Marissa Meyer V is for Villain by Peter Moore Landline […]
Feel at Home This Summer: YA Books Set in Ohio
In the mood for some dystopian/suspenseful reading? For some reason, authors think Ohio is a center for strange happenings: The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee Found […]
If You Loved Major Pettigrew, Give Wilfred Price a Chance
If you have been waiting for a book with the feel of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, here’s one that fits the bill. In Wendy Jones’ The Thoughts and […]
Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture
After viewing a movie based on a book they’d read, you’ve probably heard someone say that the book is always better than the movie. Personally, I […]
A Gothic Review – Guest Post!
My colleague Kathy wrote an awesome review of the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far […]
