Book Reviews

18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb

18 TINY DEATHS: the Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and…

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

A couple of months ago I saw a Netflix trailer for a movie called…

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac

Pictures have such power!  Bright and bold or quiet and soft,…

The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin

March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, I encourage you…

WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller & WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS by Carole Lindstrom

I know the actual Super Bowl just happened, but I did not watch…

The Silence by Don DeLillo

Illusory though it is, there's an endorphin-rush moment when…

Cozy Reads for January

Hidden Treasures by Jane Cleland The Crystal Cave Trilogy…

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Matt Haig’s THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY is a sliding doors novel about…

Jeana Gockley: JPL director shares her favorite reads of 2020

Goodbye 2020, hello 2021.   As the previous year is wrapped…

A Pair of Comics–Classics and Cats

Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels by Lisa…

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to The Hidden World of Everyday Design By Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt

I sort of stole this book review from my husband, meaning that…

My Favorite Picture Books and Middle Grade of 2020

The year 2020 was a great year for books. I reviewed many of…

The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures by Jennifer Hofmann

East Berlin, early November 1989. Protestors seeking political…

The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams

I enjoy mysteries with well-developed characters and if it is…

The Book of Dust Trilogy by Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman wrote the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (beginning…