Book Reviews

Posted about 9 years 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 9 years 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 9 years 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 9 years ago by Phil Shepard

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 […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with futuristic, steampunk

Late summer road trip in your future?  Check out this week’s downloads from SyncAudiobooks for Teens. Three weeks of great titles left for this summer, with two titles each week. […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with childhood, illustrated, ironic, irony

What books from your childhood still have a hold on you as an adult? Do you think of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie every time something in your […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with authors, Girls of Summer, interview, Rita Williams-Garcia

On Wednesday, June 21st, Richmond Young Writers got the opportunity to ask Newbery Honor Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia all about becoming an author.  Lucky for you, we’ve snagged a recording […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Laura Price

Posted in Book Reviews

Whether it was required summer reading for AP English or Freshman Core class (an interdisciplinary mashup of lit, economics and anthropology), I cannot be sure. What I do recall is […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with book reviews, LGBT, Pride Month

I was delighted to discover that the author of the book I was reading last week was also one of the masterminds behind the joyful idea of Drag Queen Story […]

Posted about 9 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews

I somehow ended up with these two curiously linked books at the same time without first realizing the connection they shared. Content and style wise they are quite different, but […]