Book Reviews

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

We meet “the girl” as she runs through a land that’s “innocent…

Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez

The day has finally arrived that Julia Bennet has been both dreading…

Babel: An Arcane History by R. F. Kuang

In the large port city of Canton, a young boy is dying of cholera.…

Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese

Set in Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1800s, Hester by Laurie…

Scaredy Squirrel series by Melanie Watt

A good friend of mine and I have been mailing each other squirrel-themed…

Cherie Dimaline’s TIGER LILY AND THE SECRET TREASURE OF NEVERLAND

J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has been told and retold many times…

His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine by S.C. Gwynne

Word association with “airship” probably yields responses…

Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely

A few years ago Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral…

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Amina al-Sirafi used to be a pirate. She sailed the Indian Ocean…

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See

The setting for Lisa See’s latest New York Times bestselling…

Enjoyable Audiobooks

When I was younger I went through a phase where I turned up my…

Tolkien Companion Books

  Titles reviewed: The Atlas of Middle Earth…

Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman

Katie Hickman’s Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West…

Murder at an Irish Castle by Ellie Brannigan / Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

I was set to introduce the first book in a new cozy mystery series…

Trust by Hernan Diaz

How vast individual wealth is amassed often hits its mark in…