Weekly book reviews in most genres, including classics and not-to-be-missed. Books selected and reviews written by a librarian specializing in readers’ advisory.
Jahren offers a well-researched, easy-to-understand presentation of the data of how our consumption patterns are unsustainable. You will actually enjoy her writing, and learn a great deal.
Read MoreYoung Adult author Caroline Cooney writes a great mystery for an adult audience. Cooney turns her attention to a retirement community infiltrated by murder.
Read MoreGreat science fiction novel, combining good story telling with much food for thought. One of this year’s best, and a first novel from YouTuber Lindsay Ellis.
Read MoreA beautifully written, morally complex mystery; a western set in Ireland by a great writer.
Read MoreNot much here to expand your understanding of the experience of race in America. Feel free to take a pass.
Read MoreA guilty pleasure, if betrayal and murder are your thing.
Read MoreFredrik Backman is back with an excellent novel. Might be your 2020 favorite.
Read MoreGeneration Z has been hobbled by parents and society. Learn how they may undo the damage and improve their functioning. We need to prevent extending this to the next generation.
Read MoreThe sixteenth novel in Penny’s Armand Gamache series, this book is a love letter to Paris, while also an exploration of corporate greed gone deadly.
Read MoreBurton’s memoir is a very personal examination of her relationship with food, body image, and the addictive cycle of anorexia and binge eating. An important study of self discovery for all women.
Read MoreRuth Ware, an excellent mystery writer, brings us a serial murder in a chalet in the French Alps, isolated by an avalanche. You will delight in this!
Read MoreA fresh, bawdy voice women should really appreciate—get ready to laugh til you leak (a little bit.)
Read MoreA master of suspense, Koontz weaves his love of dogs into a terrific novel.
Read MoreFilled with dry humor and spine-tingling excitement, this novel will teach you never to underestimate southern housewives, who have each other’s backs, even when battling a vampire who threatens their families.
Read MoreA loving graphic novel tribute to her mother, Tyler Feder takes us through her thoughts and feelings as she deals with the loss of her mom as a young adult.
Read MoreClinical psychologist and author Mary Trump is the aggrieved niece of Donald Trump, whose father died of alcoholism at 42. She blasts Uncle Donald in this profile.
Read MoreThat;s what she said…an oral history of this amazing mockumentary comedy classic.
Read MoreA moving, rich, beautiful novel that addresses animal extinctions without preachiness.
Read MoreFilled with court intrigue, complex relationships, and beautiful writing, this is a satisfying end to the trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and his service to Henry VIII. Highly recommend.
Read MoreThe second novel in Mantel’s fascinating depiction of Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor court of Henry VIII.
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