Reviews + Articles
Cat Nap by Brian Lies
It's time for my occasional discussion of a children's picture book that I love. Cat Nap is by Brian Lies, a Caldecott Honor-Winning Artist. If you're not familiar with the Caldecott Award, it's the highest honor a children's illustrator can receive in the U.S. Lies'...
Inside Man by John McMahon
FBI agent Gardner Camden in back with his Head Cases team in the second in John McMahon's series, Inside Man. This one has a more technical focus than the first in the series, Head Cases. That one focused more on the characters on Camden's team. There are four people...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
With the miserable politics last week, I needed a comfort read, so I picked up my copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. I read the entire series as they came out in the U.S., beginning with this one in 1998, but I haven't picked them up since....
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson
Every time I read a book about obituaries, it makes me think about mine. I actually read The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson when it first came out in 2006. Someone on my blog mentioned it recently. (It...
A Grave Deception by Connie Berry
I had hoped to get to the Bexley Public Library when Connie Berry appeared there to talk about her sixth Kate Hamilton mystery, A Grave Deception. But, it poured that night, and I didn't want to drive in the dark in the rain. I did buy a copy of the book, though, and...
Jeff Meyerson’s Favorite Books of 2025
Thanks to Jeff Meyerson for his list of Favorite Books read during 2025. As I've said before, they don't have to be books published in 2025, just read last year. Here's what Jeff said. "I just went through what I've read and wrote each book down chronologically, which...