Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Hurricane Sisters By: Dorothea Benton Frank When you look below the surface, most families have a web of history and relationships that affect the way they interact with each other. This is the case for the Waters family including matriarch, Maisie Pringle. The...
Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
A Visit From the Goon Squad By: Jennifer Egan Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel (2011), A Visit from the Goon Squad, is a short, perfectly designed novel with a lot to say. The theme of the novel is best described by Scotty, a down on his luck janitor and...
Dec 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry By: Gabrielle Zevin Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is a quirky little novel with a big heart. Of course, it is also a book for booklovers. At the novel’s center is eccentric bookseller A.J. Fikry and his store, Island...
Nov 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
A Brave Vessel By: Hobson Woodward In a well-researched, but always engaging narrative, Hobson Woodward explores the connection between William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the voyage of the Sea Venture, a ship sent to supply the floundering colony at Jamestown,...
Nov 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Purity By: Jonathan Franzen Reading Purity is a very personal, time-consuming investment; however, the payoff is extraordinary. Good (possibly great), well-crafted novels just don’t come along that often. My biggest problem with finishing it is wondering what I will...
