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December 20, 2019
THE LESSON OF THE LARK: Celebrating the Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment of the Unites States Constitution
By Laura Cobb, Illustrated by Maya JamesRating:
3.7 / 5.0
A fairly-reasoned balance is struck between storytelling and political and feminist history and education in THE LESSON OF THE LARK, where a basic prose tale...
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0
Meaningful humor and spunky characters combine to create a classic adventure story with environmentally conscious undertones in Eileen Conway's MADAME X AND THE WORLD BENEATH.
Rating:
3.1 / 5.0
THE WONDERS OF THE PECULIAR PARASOL is a magical fusion of several fairytales into a single plot, with a nice sense of the family and...
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0
THIS DAY IS OURS is the rare realistic historical romance, blessedly devoid of insta-love, though Gretchen Jeannette’s historical details and American Revolutionary battle scenes sometimes...
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0
Author Topshee Johnston knows how to dish up fear, suspense, and an anti-heroine worthy of a sequel of his debut novel, HARD LUCK GIRL.
IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
A powerful personal account of one man's mourning process, WHEN WILL IT STOP HURTING? offers hope to those who have lost loved ones and feel...
Rating:
1.5 / 5.0
THE BOOK OF JOHN is a strange amalgam of New Age spirituality and addiction recovery testimonial from an author who hit rock bottom and lived...
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0
With an intriguing and relevant story, there’s enough information and imagination in Louis Siegel's THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW to overlook the slight meanderings...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Susan Scutti's FENCE SICKNESS is engaging and quietly dramatic, full of poetic prose and gritty, real life details. It's an in-depth, emotional examination of family...
IR Approved
November 6, 2019
ME & MARIO: Love, Power & Writing with Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather
By Carol GinoRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Not all anecdotes are created equal, but most in Carol Gino's ME & MARIO create a compelling portrait of two great minds and the adventurous,...
IR Approved
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0
Succinct chapters that interweave personal anecdotes, Cambodian cultural history, and the indoctrination of the Khmer Rouge all serve to create a page-turning memoir of emotional...
IR Approved
October 25, 2019
HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya
By Leslie Baer DinkelRating:
5.0 / 5.0
HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya is a thorough, sometimes harrowing, always thought-provoking memoir about Leslie Baer Dinkel's adventures...