Book Reviews

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma and Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle written by Nathaniel Marunas, illustrated by Erik Craddock
One of the things I like best about the holiday season are the…

Why? by Adam Rex and Claire Keane & Saturday by Oge Mora
The end of the year is always a scramble to chip away at my TBR…

“The New Frontier: 112 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating” (Ree Drummond), by Lisa E. Brown
Do you have any authors that seem like old friends? You read…

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal
Rhett and Link met in the first grade at Buies Creek Elementary…

Men of Valor by Irene Hannon; Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center; Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates; Bloody Genius by John Sandford
My book choices lately include a police procedural, Christian…

Semiosis by Sue Burke
Part Planet of the Apes, part 2001: A Space Odyssey; “Semiosis”,…

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Librarian Seeks Book - Needed quick! Great book to read. Looking…

Mildly Spooky Missouri
Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks by David E. Harkins
Missouri’s…

THEY CALL ME GUERO by David Bowles/DANCING HANDS by Margarita Engle
Twelve-year-old Guero (a lifelong nickname referring to his pale…

Short Attention Span? Try These Short Stories, Films
I’m sure most people have been in a situation where someone…

The Consultant by Tj O’Connor
Tj O’Connor is a former government anti-terrorism agent. He…

Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Being a teenage girl is rough. Being a teenage girl trapped on…

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (and other graphic novels)
One of my favorite things about being a librarian is that I get…

A Pair of Infographic Eye Candies
Biographic Austen by Sophie Collins
Seeing Science: An Illustrated…

MEET YASMIN by Saadia Faruqi & Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
Youth activist Marley Dias was inspired to begin her #1000BlackGirlBooks…