Read more about this author or Purchase this book on Bookshop.org When I saw this book at my local library, I was nerdily, smitten…as someone who has a self-proclaimed obsession with libraries, and has recently left a successful 27-year career in corporate America to pursue library studies, THIS was my next read. I realize theContinueContinue reading “Mini Review: The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers”
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Major Review: The House is on Fire
Read more about this author or Purchase this book on Bookshop.org I have no words…Rachel Beanland“The House is on Fire” is without a doubt the best book I’ll read this year. I was so fortunate to get an early copy to review and it is more than a 5 read. If you’ve heard me mentionContinueContinue reading “Major Review: The House is on Fire”
Mini Review: The Personal Librarian
Read more about Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray or Purchase this book from Bookshop.org Another long overdue review here…this book…I loved it SO much and am now dying to visit The Morgan Library in New York City. I thought I would enjoy it quite a lot, since my favorite genre is historical fiction, andContinueContinue reading “Mini Review: The Personal Librarian”
Mini Review: Nature of Fragile Things
Read more about this author or Purchase this book on Bookshop.org This was my first read by Susan Meissner, but it sure won’t be my last. I love historical fiction, but have never read any about the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. This was and immersive and suspenseful read. I became very attached to theContinueContinue reading “Mini Review: Nature of Fragile Things”
Mini Review: Yellow Wife
Read more about this author or Purchase this book at Bookshop.org This review is LONG OVERDUE. I read Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson way back in February 2021. I have continued to think about it and recommend it regularly ever since. It is a heart-wrenching , masterfully written novel of historically significant fiction. It happenedContinueContinue reading “Mini Review: Yellow Wife”
Meet the Author: Susan Beckham Zurenda
Meet the Author: Susan Beckham Zurenda: One of my most favorite reader things to do is to meet authors, in person especially…but via Zoom has worked great during the pandemic. I love to hear their thoughts about what led them to write their books, how they hope readers receive the messages in their books, whatContinueContinue reading “Meet the Author: Susan Beckham Zurenda”
Mini Review: The Exiles
Book Review: The Exiles, Christina Baker KlineThis was my first book by Christina Baker Kline. While it is her latest novel, it is certainly not her first. This was a five star historical fiction read for me. I loved her descriptive writing and the fact that it was about historical events I knew absolutely nothingContinueContinue reading “Mini Review: The Exiles”
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