Book Reviews

Posted about 6 days ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Black History Month, book recommendations

Lupercalia was an ancient Roman feast celebrated to welcome Spring.  By the 6th century, the pagan (read racy) aspects of the celebration were downplayed, and the holiday became associated with […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens

I just finished book #2 for Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge. The prompt was an alternate history novel and I was originally planning on reading Dodger by Terry Pratchett, but […]

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Jonathan Tuttle

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations

As a child, I loved Roald Dahl for the reasons all his fans do, for his inventiveness, for the integrity of his worlds, for his readiness to admit to children […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens

We are halfway through January and I’ve finished my first Read Harder Challenge book!  I decided to start with prompt #1, otherwise I would do all my favorite prompts first […]

Posted about 2 months 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 4 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 7 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | 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 9 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | 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 9 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Teens | 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 10 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, […]