June 2018
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THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STARS – Anne Corlett
What would a YA book look like if instead of being written for angst-ridden teen girls it was targeted for adults who wish they were angst-ridden teen girls? It would look a lot like The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett. Jamie Allenby wants some alone time and to achieve this end, she leaves Continue reading
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BUNYAN’S GUIDE TO THE GREAT AMERICAN WILDLIFE – Quentin Canterel
Oh, dear. I was only a few pages into this when the style seemed familiar and I looked back to see that I had previously reviewed the author’s book, The Jolly Coroner. That had been a crazy book with a strange but enticing story and wrapped up in an unusual form. Bunyan’s Guide to the Continue reading
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CITIZEN’S CREEK – Lalita Tademy
“Cow Tom” was born into slavery in the U.S. South in 1810 but he was sold as a child to a Creek Indian chief. Because of his innate ability to pick up on languages he grows to become a valued translator for his chief as different Indian tribes, white settlers, and black men spread west Continue reading
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LOST BOY – Christina Henry
Wow. Christina Henry sure can write! This is only the second book of Henry’s that I’ve read, but both have made a real impression on me. Lost Boy is “The True Story of Captain Hook” so it’s not really much of a surprise who the narrator of the story is, but Henry weaves a magical Continue reading
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INHERIT THE FLAME – Megan E. O’Keefe
I haven’t been particularly enamored with the first two books in the ‘Scorched Continent’ series by Megan O’Keefe but I had already requested and received this third book in the series before I had gotten through the previous books or I likely wouldn’t have put in the request. However, this volume rises up just enough Continue reading
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DIARY OF A BEATLEMANIAC – Patricia Gallo-Stenman
Fandom … of any sort, really … looks pretty much the same, no matter what the generation or what the object of a fan’s interest might be. Patricia Gallo-Stenman, now an adult, spent her teenage years keeping a diary which chronicled her fanaticism for all things Beatles, as well as the typical teen-girl musings on Continue reading
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SATELLITES IN THE HIGH COUNTRY – Jason Mark
Satellites in the High Country is a collection of seven essays by journalist-adventurer Jason Mark. Mark asks the question “What is wilderness?” and wonders if ‘wilderness’ might be different from ‘wildness’ and the seven essays here have him looking for wildness or wild places where one might get away from the touch of mankind for Continue reading
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DRAWING DEAD – Pete Hautman
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE Poker. Comic books. Minnesota. Yeah, this mystery is targeted toward me. Joey Cadillac is used car dealer in Chicago with a former Miss Minnesota (Chrissy Swenson) for a girlfriend. Joey feels pretty good about the deal he just made – he traded a beat-up Cadillac (on which he had rolled Continue reading
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NO FIGHTING, NO BITING! – Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak
I don’t review these older children’s books too often, but I really should. This is a Level 2/Grades 1-3 easy-to-read book. It’s quite charming, and it’s actually ABOUT something (learn to play nicely). And while many of the books at this level that are being written and published today are still didactic, they try to Continue reading
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GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn
This isn’t typically the sort of book I would naturally pick up on my own, but it’s gotten an awful lot of press and a copy was given to me by a friend (and you should always read the books given to you by a friend). I can understand the interest that this has received Continue reading
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KOKORO – Keith Yatsuhashi
This will be a briefer review than normal for a number of reasons which I will currently keep to myself. As with the first book in this series, Kojiki, I struggled to enjoy this book. I felt like I understood the characters a little better this time around, but I really never cared about them. Continue reading
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