Book Reviews

Posted about 4 days ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations

2018, what a great year for books! What year isn’t, really, but some years feel special. This year my personal list of favorites was 31 titles long. While I work […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with audiobooks, susan orlean

The trouble with being a busy sort of person in a profession where one finds oneself surrounded at all times by books is the endlessly frustrating reality of never having […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with beach reads, book recommendations, teens, thrillers

I don’t know about you, but in the summer I typically like to read some good beach reads.  This year, however, I just haven’t been feeling it. So I decided […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recommendations, mental health, teens

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan, I will admit, is a hefty book.  It is long and it is deep but it captivated me from page […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with injustice, social justice, teens

I recently read the book Dear Martin by Nic Stone and was captivated by its powerful portrayal of a young black teen’s experiences with racism and police brutality in the […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with may the 4th, plane reading, summer books

It’s finally May (May the 4th be with you!) so if you’re like us, you’re already picking out your summer books for parks, beach, and plane reading. Aren’t you? Well, […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with haunting, scary

Two of the best books I’ve read this year will haunt me for a long time: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann “History, is a merciless judge.” This […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with banyan tree, setting, trees

It occurred to me recently that I should be keeping track of the trees I encounter, often before leaving the first page, while reading a novel. A strong visual and […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with july, literary vacation, summer

Virginia is hot as blazes in July so why not take a literal, or at least literary, journey to a cooler place? You don’t have to leave to get the […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Jonah Butler

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with finishing books, mitigating risk, Rabbit Cake, worth the risk

Not long ago Goodread put out an infographic about finishing books. In their survey they discovered that somewhere around 38% of people who read will finish a book no matter […]