Category Archives: Book Reviews

A book recomendation for literary readers

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Sarah

I just thought I should tell you about a book I loved and reviewed for the Plain Dealer.  It’s called Schroder and it’s by a wonderful writer, Amity Gaige.  A fascinating look into the mind of a man who has … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Girl Called Problem

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Brenda

A GIRL CALLED PROBLEM by Katie Quirk Eerdmans Books, April 2013 Exotic location and sympathetic, real characters combine to provide excellent entertainment in a book aimed at students aged 10-14.  Grandmothers might enjoy it too, as did I.  The place … Continue reading →

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Book Review: When We Wake by Karen Healey

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Sarah

It’s fun working in a bookstore and getting ARCs!  (The pre-publication galley.) We can read what will be coming out in the next few months, ahead of the general reader.  Recently I read, “When We Wake” by Karen Healey.   It’s … Continue reading →

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The Paris Wife

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Sarah

Just a quick kudos to my friend Paula McLain.  The paperback version of The Paris Wife has been number one on the Indie Bound bestseller list for three weeks now, and it is currently number five on The New York … Continue reading →

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Frances and Bernard

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Quinn

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer is a wonderfully written novel told through the correspondence between the title characters. The format that Bauer uses, revealing the lives of Frances and Bernard through letters, gives them a depth that allows these … Continue reading →

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Dispatches from the Classics Front

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Christine

I’m in the middle of Elmer Gantry, which we’re doing for our monthly book discussion on August 25. Turns out people were pretty unhappy with Sinclair Lewis for poking fun at traveling evangelists. People were already pretty unhappy with him … Continue reading →

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Recommended Read: Child Wonder

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Sarah

Child Wonder by Roy Jacobsen awed me in so many ways.  The voice of Finn, this child narrator, is odd and beautiful.  His observations about his mother, his friends and extended family, the lodger that rents a room in their … Continue reading →

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