the Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

April 07, 2026

Although there were times Meg Shaffer’s The Book Witch felt like a young adult novel, she had me with her dedication. “Dedicated to…the librarians, booksellers, and teachers fighting the good fight to save our stories. And to all the world’s...

Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

March 16, 2026

I am the wrong nationality to appreciate Lucy Mangan’s Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading. She’s younger than I am, but her childhood reading in the ’80s is certainly different than mine in the ’60s. I preferred her Bookish, her memoir of...

Bookish by Lucy Mangan

March 08, 2026

I have Rosemary Kaye to thank for introducing me to British author Lucy Mangan. Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is really about Mangan and how reading shaped her life. Books saw her through her college years, her jobs afterward, introduced her to her husband,...

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

February 17, 2026

“Have you ever wanted to live inside a book?” Kate Quinn departs from her usual historical fiction to enter the world of magical realism, libraries and books in The Astral Library. While some of her usual readers might be disappointed, this book hit...

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page

January 31, 2026

As of right now, Libby Page’s novel, This Book Made Me Think of You, will go on my Favorites list for 2026, even if it’s only on the January-June list. There were book suggestions to add to my TBR list, a London setting, a marvelous independent bookstore,...