Book List: Astronaut Books for Shared Reading with Children Growing-up to be an actual astronaut is a daunting and competitive career path considering how many astronauts there really are in the world. So why is it that so many children have dreams of working or living in space? Perhaps it is the adventure that challenges […]
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Book Review: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer
Book Review: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer Thriller: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer I will admit, I am a sucker for some of the blockbuster authors. Baldacci, Grisham, Clancy, Patterson–I have read and will continue to read their books. An author who can tell a story, make me like a character, and pull me into […]
Book Series Review: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh
Book Series Review: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh Science Fiction: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh The first Foreigner book was published in 1994. C. J. Cherryh won her first (!) Hugo Award in 1979. Sustained excellence is hard. Bands come and go. Companies wax and wane. Even countries rise and fall. In any walk […]
Book Review: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan
Book Review: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan Fiction: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan Lydia is a bookseller at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. A large, independent bookstore in Denver, CO, it is the home for a number of quirky employees and for a number of regular patrons, the BookFrogs as the […]
Book Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon
Book Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon Science Fiction: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon I love finding new books from authors with different voices. Often, their characters are refreshing and also speak with different voices, representing populations that open my eyes to people I might otherwise overlook. Rivers Solomon is such an author, and […]
Book Review: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Book Review: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Fiction: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders George Saunders book “Lincoln in the Bardo” has won some of the most prestigious literary awards given, including being only the second American book to win the Man Booker Prize. It is an extraordinary book, truly unlike anything I have read before. […]
Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children
Book Series Review: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman
Fantasy Series: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library, Book 1 in The Invisible Library Series The Masked City, Book 2 in The Invisible Library Series The Burning Page, Book 3 in The Invisible Library Series The Lost Plot, Book 4 in The Invisible Library Series The Mortal […]
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney Tom Clancy In the 1980s the Cold War was nearing its end, though no one knew it then. Into this backdrop of geopolitical tension and rivalry, Tom Clancy, an insurance agent from Maryland, published his first book. With brilliant and heroic CIA agent […]
Booklist: If You Like Peter Rabbit… Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children
If You Like Peter Rabbit… Booklist: Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children When I first heard of the 2018 live action movie of Peter Rabbit, I must admit to being worried, because I adore Beatrix Potter’s detailed and delightful watercolor illustrations. Peter Rabbit, himself is also an irrepressible trickster with that balance of naughty and […]