Book Reviews

Posted about 7 years 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 7 years 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 7 years 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 7 years 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 7 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews

Posted about 7 years 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 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with airports, flying, travel

Now that summer’s finally leaving and fall seems right around the corner, many of us who have busy summers are entering into vacation season. That means choosing what to bring […]

Posted about 8 years 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 8 years 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 8 years 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 […]