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A Personal Glimpse: France Through Two World Wars
It is unusual to have two novels released within a few months of each other with a focus on France during wartime, and I thought I would give them a Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on October 30, 2013
Vegan Indian Cooking
When I am having a bad day, I try to relieve it by going in my kitchen and cooking. My friends and my family will vouch for it. My kitchen Read more...
Posted by on October 7, 2013
Books that Go Bump in the Night
As I continue my quest to read all of the 2014 Caudill and Bluestem nominated books, I’ve come across two reads that will fit the bill for lovers of scary Read more...
Posted by on September 25, 2013
The Sixty-Eight Rooms
As a very young child, before I can even remember, I apparently caused trouble by playing in my older sister’s dollhouse. Fortunately, I had a mother who understood the undeniable Read more...
Posted by Adrian L. on September 18, 2013
Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma provides insight into the cycle of developing, testing, and regulating drugs—and where that process can break down, a sort of meta-knowledge necessary to being a savvy and skeptical Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on August 28, 2013
Building Stories by Chris Ware
When Building Stories landed in circulation, fresh from processing, it certainly got my attention—not least because its heft seemed more suitable for constructing a library than being shelved in one. With Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on August 5, 2013
Cursed Pirate Girl
Cursed Pirate Girl is Jeremy Bastian’s one-man show—theatrical, meticulous, and more than a little intense. Every page is itself a work of art, together the wonderfully baroque product of a Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on July 21, 2013
The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8
Thomas Ott creates picture books for grown-ups. Twisted, visually compelling, sometimes-nightmarish picture books. His stories are articulated solely through image, without dialogue or exposition. Ott’s beautifully textured art stands out Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on July 21, 2013
The Raising: A Novel
by Laura Kasischke I’ll admit it. I like paranormal books. I’ve read the The Raising is not your typical ghost story. Written mostly in flashback, I became totally engrossed in Read more...
Posted by on October 15, 2012