Book Reviews

Anthony Bourdain Remembered
Anthony Bourdain was important to a lot of people. There is no…

“Stonewall: A building, an uprising, a revolution” (Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph), by Lisa E. Brown
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1969, many significant events…


Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Reading slumps aren’t uncommon. Lately, I’ve been starting…

Breaker’s Reef by Terri Blackstock
In our reviews the library staff often mention the variety of…

Mae Among the stars by Roda Ahmed & Look Up With Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars” by Jennifer Berne
The summer reading program is in full swing inside the library’s…

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11 by James Donovan
Joplin Public Library started its Summer Reading Program on…

Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock
If you’ve ever taken a writing course you’ve heard ‘write…

Teen Nonfiction Fun for Summer
Make: Minecraft for Makers by John Baichtal
Start…

A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia Savage McAlester
May is Preservation Month, a celebration that promotes our heritage…

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
As I mentioned in my most recent review, I challenged myself…

Just Peachy: Comics about Depression, Anxiety, Love, and finding the humor in Being Sad by Holly Chisholm
I have not officially been diagnosed with depression or anxiety,…

Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List (Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise), by Lisa E. Brown
Dogs. I love ‘em.
So when I saw “Stay” featured on the…

Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert; Blood Oath by Linda Fairstein; Justice in Plain Sight by Dan Bernstein
Although not by conscious choice, most of my reading lately has…

The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Goblins by Clint McElroy
Joplin Public Library started its 2018 Summer Reading Program…