Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein

January 17, 2016

Chris Grabenstein’s latest middle school book is for all of us who love libraries, kids in libraries, and everything libraries stand for. I can’t discuss Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics as passionately as I would like to without spoiling a...

A Note from Lynn

November 22, 2015

My friend, Lynn Kaczmarek, stopped by with a note that’s perfect for the season, and this weekend. I hope you enjoy hearing from her occasionally. ***** I’ve been thinking a lot about books lately. Perhaps it’s the need to bury myself in something so I don’t...

Voracious by Cara Nicoletti

August 26, 2015

Isn’t it fascinating to discover what one reader gets out of a book when another misses it totally? I’ve read a number of the same books as author Cara Nicoletti has, but I never concentrated on the food in the books. She’s a butcher, a former pastry...

Browsings by Michael Dirda

August 20, 2015

It feels a little odd to discuss a book by a critic who writes essays about reviewing books. It reminds me of those old cartoons about a TV scene inside an identical TV scene inside another identical TV scene. I don’t really need to review a book by Michael...

Code Grey by Clea Simon

August 08, 2015

Clea Simon takes readers into the world of scholars and book theft in her latest Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery,Code Grey. If that phrase “feline mystery” makes you think of cozy mysteries, think again. Simon’s mysteries are darker than cozy, tending...