Category: Book Reviews

Review: Ellie is Cool Now by Victoria Fulton and F...

Posted by Cindy Matthews | May 15, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Posted by Kate Padilla | May 15, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Book Review: Charles Portis, Collected Works

Posted by Kate Padilla | Apr 25, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Book Review: Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling

Posted by Kate Padilla | Apr 11, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Book Review: The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir

by Kate Padilla | Apr 10, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

The Fires, Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir , Amazon Crossing – In the novel, “The Fires,” volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir relies on science to forecast volcanoes and earthquakes in Iceland.

Book Review: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

by Cindy Matthews | Apr 7, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Book Review: The Spectacular, Fiona Davis, Dutton – New York City 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks lives a comfortable life in the quiet suburb of Bronxville.

Review: Beirut Station by Paul Vidich

by Cindy Matthews | Apr 1, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: Beirut Station, Paul Vidich, Pegasus Crime -Beirut, Lebanon, 2006: CIA agent Analise Assad is operating under a Non Official Cover (NOC), serving in the United Nations refugees commission.

Hidden Gems: The Wilder Good Adventure Series

by Doris Booth | Apr 1, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Hidden Gems: The Wilder Good Adventure Series, S. J. DAHLSTROM, Paul Dry Books, – A hidden series of older books called Wilder Good Adventures (Paul Dry Books) reminds kids as well as adults that great value remains in the quiet pages of a well-written book.

Book Review: Aqueous by Jade Shyback

by Cindy Matthews | Mar 22, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: Aqueous, Jade Shyback, Xeno – In the not-so-far future, the world’s ecosystem collapsed. Earth’s surface is untenable. Seeing the writing on the wall, governments around the globe cooperated in building humanity’s last refuges …

Review: The Diary Keepers by Nina Siegal

by Cindy Matthews | Mar 7, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: The Diary Keepers, Nina Siegal, Ecco – Nazi Germany attacked the Netherlands without warning on Friday, May 10, 1940.

Review: The Boy Behind the Door by David Tabatsky

by Kate Padilla | Feb 27, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: The Boy Behind the Door, David Tabatsky, Amsterdam Publishers – Another book about the holocaust? Yes, so as not to let the horrors fade away, “The Boy Behind the Door,” offers us a true account of how Salomon Kool survived the holocaust.

Review: Bright and Deadly Things by Lexie Elliott

by Cindy Matthews | Feb 16, 2023 | Book Reviews | 0 |

Review: Bright and Deadly Things, Lexie Elliott, Berkley – Oxford don Dr. Emily Rivers is recovering from the death of her husband Nick in a car accident. An invitation to stay at the Chalet des Anglais seems the perfect chance for Emily to pass through the grieving process.

Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison

by Kate Padilla | Feb 16, 2023 | Book Reviews | 2 |

Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison, St Martin’s Press – Nicola Hansen’s historical fiction, “Hotel Laguna,” set in 1945, highlights the creation of the “Pageant of the Masters” in southern California where well-known artworks are recreated live, with people in costumes.

Review: Side Effects of Wanting by Mary Salisbury

by Kate Padilla | Feb 16, 2023 | Book Reviews | 2 |

Side Effects of Wanting, Mary Salisbury, Main Street Rag Publishing – Mary Salisbury’s short stories focus on human frailties in such an intimate manner it is almost as if the reader is observing, perhaps through a peephole, into her characters’ consciousness.