Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
In Sunlight and In Shadow By: Mark Helprin Nancy Pearl, a noted American librarian, has said that books are made up of four elements: story, character, setting, and language. A great book, like To Kill a Mockingbird, would be memorable for three of these elements. ...
Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Go Set A Watchman By Harper Lee Go Set a Watchmen, the recently discovered “first novel” by Harper Lee has come on the scene amidst great anticipation, mixed reviews, intellectual curiosity, raging controversy, and, for some, deep disappointment. Lovers of Lee’s...
Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pride Pride (2014) opens in the summer of 1984. The British miners are on strike in a bitter stalemate with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Moved to action by the way the strikers are being trounced in the press, an unlikely group of activists decides to help, and...
Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Flying Circus By: Susan Crandall On a country road, in 1920’s Indiana, a plane and a motorcycle seem to be racing headlong for a grove of trees. At the last minute, the plane pulls up but the motorcycle plows into a pond. Henry Schuler, is walking on that...
Oct 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Survivor Club Series By: Mary Balogh Every now and then, I find that my reading desires point towards something gentle with a touch of romance that transports me through time. When this happens, I turn to Mary Balogh, one of my favorite Regency-era authors. Balogh is...
