Reviews + Articles
Winners and an Autographed Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Pauline B. of Rochester, MI won the copy of Daryl Wood Gerber's Fudging the Books. And, Death of an English Muffin by Victoria Hamilton will go to Jane W. from Scottsville, VA. The books will go out in the mail...
The Zig Zag Girl – What Are You Reading?
Well, darn. Somewhere or another I had read about magician Jasper Maskelyne and the "Magic Gang" who created illusions during World War II to confuse the Nazis. And, author Elly Griffiths credits a book about Maskelyne called War Magician by David Fisher in the...
Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
What library lover wouldn't dream of escaping to a library in the Bodie Island Lighthouse at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore? Lucy Richardson found her dream job there when she fled an engagement. But, when her mother follows her to the Outer Banks, Lucy finds...
Recap – William Kent Krueger’s Ordinary Grace
Last night, I led a book discussion of William Kent Krueger's Ordinary Grace. So, I wasn't home to read a book. But, I did have the chance to reread this wonderful book over the weekend in preparation for the book discussion. It's moving, powerful, tragic, beautifully...
The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
Mary Karr, who has taught classes featuring memoirs for thirty years, and written three award-winning bestselling memoirs herself, now turns her hand to instruction. Although the publishers originally suggested they just publish her syllabus, Karr turned her hand to...
The Fury by Shane Gericke
In the seventh edition of Genreflecting, Andrew Smith said, "Thrillers are about power - who doesn't have it, whose misusing it, and what it will cost to restore some kind of balance to the world." That explanation definitely fits Shane Gericke's latest thriller,The...