NPR’s Best Books of 2017 Guide

December 8, 2017

NPR’s long awaited picks for the year 2017.  Surely something for everyone! https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/ NPR’s Book Concierge Our Guide To 2017’s Great Reads 18 And Life On Skid Row by Sebastian Bach 300 Arguments: Essays by Sarah Manguso . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

Crime Through Time

November 16, 2017

Some of the most enthralling mysteries are factual rather than fictional!  Perhaps you can squeeze some of these titles in before the holiday rush!

Category: Book Reviews

What the library staff is reading: as we end summer and start autumn.

September 27, 2017

Janet: “The Mighty Currwongs & other stories” by Brian Doyle.             I was drawn to reading this book for two reasons: Kate recommended it to me AND the description of . . . read more »

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When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin 2016

September 15, 2017

This is a huge and beautiful story in a short 247 pages. I hope everyone will read it.   ​  An orphan who is bullied, a girl with cancer, a Mom who dies, a magician, a . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan 2012

September 15, 2017

This is a beautifully told story that I struggled through. I’m not sure who I would recommend it to except an adult. An innocent young girl who has “seal” in her grows up on a . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Young Adult Books

Skink No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen 2014

September 15, 2017

A great story and fun read aloud with plenty of action, humor and bizarre touches a la Carl Hiaasen.  I can recommend this from about 5th grade to adult. It’s a fast paced search through . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

Teddy & Co. By Cynthia Voigt 2016

September 15, 2017

I  don’t pretend to understand this little book but it is sweet, whimsical and philosophical. It’s tone reminds me of Winnie the Pooh; although modern, it is no less charming. I can recommend it as . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya 2017

September 15, 2017

I enjoyed this sweet coming of age story about a third generation Cuban American family in Miami. There is a lot of Spanish in this book. At first I found it annoying that there wasn’t . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

Across the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

September 15, 2017

This is an absolutely gorgeous historical fiction about an adopted child trying to find her roots. The roots turn out to be on Penikese Island ; one of the Elizabeth Islands off Cape Cod that . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff 2000

September 15, 2017

I can enjoy a sweet story with a happy ending but this one would have been too much for even me if it weren’t for the Dickensian elements. The writing is sentimental and predictable with . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books