Book Reviews

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…

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…
Cover image of book Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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…