Bomb Shelter, Mary Laura Philpott, Atria Books – Mary Laura Philpott chronicles, with honesty and charm, a collection of personal essays, primarily about parenting experiences, that coalesce in her memoir, “Bomb Shelter.”
Kate Padilla
Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
Review: Constellations of Eve by Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Constellations of Eve, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Texas Tech University Press – In her mind-bending novel, “Constellations of Eve,” Vietnamese-American Abbigal Nguyen Rosewood shuffles the lives of her characters in three installments.
Review: A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova
Review: A Train to Moscow, Elena Gorokhova, Lake Union – Elena Gorokhova, author of two memoirs on her life under Soviet rule and her subsequent migration to the United States, again reflects on her past in a new novel, “A Train to Moscow.”
Review: John Williams: Collected Novels
John Williams: Collected Novels, Daniel Mendelsohn, Editor, Library of America – The Library of America has paid homage to John Williams
Review: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman
Review: A Shot to Save the World by Gregory Zuckerman, Penguin – Nowadays, Pfizer’s Executive Director, Greek-born Albert Bourla flies in his own private jet, and when he enters a room, people applaud, according to Financial Times.
REVIEW: Ray Bradbury Novels & Story Cycles Edited by J. R. Eller
Review: Ray Bradbury Novels & Story Cycles Edited by J. R. Eller, Library of America – Four of Ray Bradbury’s literary works from the 1950s and 1960s, including the prescient Fahrenheit 451, are now available in a single volume issued by The Library of America.
Review: The Matchmaker by Paul Vidich
The Matchmaker, Paul Vidich, Pegasus Crime – Anne Simpson, an American translator working in Berlin, recently divorced, no children and an introvert, is marked by the East German Stasi secret police as a perfect cover for one of the agency’s spies.
Review: Quicksilver by Dean Koontz
Quicksilver, Dean Koontz, Thomas & Mercer – Before reading Dean Koontz’s new fantasy crime novel, “Quicksilver,” be prepared to suspend reality and embrace characters with superpowers.
The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipmam
The Secret of Snow, Viola Shipmam (Pen name for Wade Rouse), Graydon House – “The Secret of Snow,” written by Wade Rouse under the pen name of Viola Shipman, is a melodramatic tale that aims at three key emotional targets: feminism, grief, and love.
Review: Finding the Right Words by Weinstein & Miller, MD
Review: Finding the Right Words, Cindy Weinstein & Bruce L. Miller, MD,. Johns Hopkins University Press – When my local pharmacy offered a brain health test, I cringed, afraid the results could land me amongst six million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2021study by the Alzheimer’s Association.
