by Agatha Christie Genres: Crime, Mystery Publisher: William Morrow Length: 299 pages Published: August 30, 2011 (Originally published in 1946) Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house […]
by Mary Roach Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Humor Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Length: 348 pages Published: April 1, 2013 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2 out of 5 stars (did not finish) Official Book Summary: “The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the […]
by Max Brooks Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Zombie Publisher: Crown Length: 342 pages Published: September 12, 2006 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible My Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched […]
by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez illustrated by Dan Santat “Once upon a menacing time two chicks knew a fox was at large. Their Ma had been taken and Pop was quite shaken so Hensel and Gretel took charge.” Authors Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez have partnered on another installment in […]
by Suzanne Collins Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Press Length: 501 pages Published: August 24, 2010 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble Note: Spoilers ahead. My Goodreads Ratings: 3 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s […]
“She did not know that the wolf was a wicked sort of animal, and she was not afraid of him.” by Marissa Meyer Scarlet is the second installment in Marissa Meyer’s young adult, science fiction series The Lunar Chronicles (click here to read my review of the first book, Cinder). Unlike Cinder which took place […]
by P. W. Singer and August Cole If you enjoy thrillers, then check out the new suspense novel Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P.W. Singer and August Cole. I recently received this copy from Mariner Books and wanted to share the details on these authors’ debut novel. Official Summary: What […]
by Siena Cherson Siegel, illustrated by Mark Siegel Genres: Graphic Novel, Biography, Memoir, Children’s Literature, Middle-Grade Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books Length: 64 pages Published: October 1, 2006 Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “Dancers are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was […]
by T.S. Eliot illustrated by Axel Scheffler Genres: Poetry, Children’s Poetry, Classics, British Literature, Animal Literature, Humor Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Length: 80 pages Published: October 19, 2019 (originally published in 1939) Purchase Links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble My Goodreads Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Official Book Summary: “T. S. Eliot’s playful […]
by Marissa Meyer The Lunar Chronicles is Marissa Meyer’s best-selling, YA science fiction series. Each book within the series retells a classic fairy tale: Cinder is “Cinderella,” Scarlet is “Little Red Riding Hood,” Cress is “Rapunzel,” and Winter is “Snow White.” In addition to the four major installments, Meyer added Fairest (#3.5), a story of […]
Few things are as innocent and lovely as a good children’s picture book. I was lucky enough to read many wonderful ones during 2020 and thought I would share my top picks. I might do more detailed reviews of some of these later, but I wanted to share a quick list featuring all of […]
Sometimes I make nerdy things. I made most of this design while listening to audiobooks (I LOVE audiobooks). It is now framed and hanging near some of my bookcases. It’s a pattern from the Etsy store WeeLittleStitches that I only slightly modified: I added the quote “not all those who wander are lost,” stitched it […]
This week I’m pleased to feature a three-part interview with my friends Chadd VanZanten and Russ Beck, authors of On Fly-Fishing the Northern Rockies: Essays and Dubious Advice (The History Press, 2015). Chadd is a professional editor in Logan, Utah. His essays appear in the online journal Eat Sleep Fish, the anthology Utah Reflections, and […]
Jactionary: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
by Cornelia Funke “Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like being a caterpillar.” In the spirit of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, Cornelia Funke’s children’s novel details the adventures of two young brothers living among street thieves in Venice. Young Prosper and Bo have run away from home […]