The Whistler by John Grisham
I remember it was a Saturday morning and I was working at the Public Library. I had been given the job of going through the leased books on the new bookshelf and sorting them into the ones we wanted to keep for the library or the ones we were going to send back. I picked […]
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
All the Birds in the Sky opens up with a six year old girl, Patricia, finding a wounded bird. Immediately I felt I was entering the magical world of a fairy tale and thought that this would have been a great book to have read to my kids when they were young. It is at […]
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a collection of three stories that take place in Westeros a hundred years before the events in the Game of Thrones series, a Song of Ice and Fire. The stories are tales of a poor hedge knight, Ser Duncan (or Dunk), who tends to find himself embroiled in the […]
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
This charming novel is about life, love, romance, books, the people who are touched by books and the ways books can change people and the course of their lives. It is a sweet and winning story which explores many types of love but is never maudlin, cloying or over-dramatic. A.J. Fikry is the owner […]
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses is a young adult fantasy / romance by Sarah Maas. The story opens with the central character, Feyre, out hunting. It is winter, her family is hungry, and she has tracked her game deep into the wilderness, near the border of the land of the fairies. There is no […]
Smoke by Dan Vyleta
I just finished listening to the audiobook Smoke by Dan Vyleta, read by Allan Corduner, and I must say it is one of my favorite “listens” of the year. There is nothing better than the perfect pairing of a great book and a talented narrator who can capture the essence of a story. Smoke takes […]