Reviews + Articles
Edited Out by E.J. Copperman
Although E.J. Copperman's Edited Out is fun with its dry humor and old movie references, I'd still recommend that readers start with the first in the series, Written Off. It's easier to suggest that than to explain how Rachel Goldman, a mystery writer, with a...
My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul
Bob = Book of Books. Of course, Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, is a reader. She's also compulsive, as many of us are, about keeping a list of the books she reads. Paul has kept that list since 1988 when she was a junior in high school. It's...
Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell
Edith Maxwell's historical mysteries, like Donis Casey's, evoke a certain time and place. The history brings the setting and period to life, while the mystery elements involve the character of the sleuth. Maxwell's Called to Justice is the second book...
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Option B sounds as if it's a title about tests. Actually, it is about the tests life throws at us, and how we conquer them. Sheryl Sandberg, the author of Lean In, along with Adam Grant, psychologist and professor, talk about "Facing Adversity, Building...
Winners & a Lori Rader-Day Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Rosalind L. from San Antonio, TX, and Karen B. from Bloomington, MN won copies of David Rosenfelt's Outfoxed. Tari H. from Mount Sterling, OH won Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James. The books are going out...
What Are You Reading?
"For a girl who often felt like she lived more in the cozy world of books than in the unforgiving world of the playground, a book of books was the richest journal imaginable; it showed a version of myself I recognized and felt represented me." I'm reading Pamela...