Book Reviews

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
When I saw this title come out a year ago, I was hyped. JENNIFER…

It’s National Poetry Month!
A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco, illustrations by…

101 Art Destinations in the U.S.: Where Art Lives Coast to Coast by Owen Phillips
This is an exciting book. Before discussing why, however, I’d…

BIG PAPA AND THE TIME MACHINE by Daniel Bernstrom
It’s been a while since I rounded up my favorite picture books…

Dooku: Lost Jedi by Cavan Scott
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought…

Deep State by Chris Hauty and Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
March is Women’s History Month and I’d like to be able to…

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Teenage sleuths are all well and good, but what becomes of them…

Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Around the holidays I kept seeing the same book for sale everywhere…

No Ivy League, written and illustrated by Hazel Newlevant
There’s no denying that art has power. A work of art in any…

Never Caught, the story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar & Kathleen Van Cleve
In preparing for the library’s Black History Month celebration…

Who Says You’re Dead? Medical and Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Jacob M. Appel, MD
The trolley problem is a hypothetical thought exercise meant…

“Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking” (Einat Admony and Janna Gur) by Lisa E. Brown
Do you know what a shuk is?
I must admit that the term was…

Counting your read books — how many will you read in 2020? by Jeana Gockley
The end of the year and the start of a new one is typically…

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helen Tursten Review by Patty Crane
Helen Tursten is a Swedish mystery writer with two very successful…

Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence
Librarians love books. We love the smell and the feel of books.…