Bookends by Zibby Owens

February 15, 2023

I’m not one of those people who listened to Zibby Owens’ podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, before I picked up her memoir. Instead, I came at the book from a different angle. Owens just started a publishing company, and she’s...

Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

November 27, 2022

Tom Gauld’s cartoon book, Revenge of the Librarians, is the latest one circulating around the library staff. Well, of course. But, this isn’t just a cartoon book for librarians. Writers and bibliophiles will enjoy this book by the cartoonist and...

Royal Valentine by Jenn McKinlay

November 23, 2022

Can you tell I really only had time to read a couple novellas this week? But, Jenn McKinlay’s Museum of Literature books fit the bill. In fact, the first in the series, Royal Valentine, was even better than the second. It’s hard to beat a romance with New...

The Book Haters’ Book Club by Gretchen Anthony

September 11, 2022

Gretchen Anthony’s The Book Haters’ Book Club is called a love letter to book sellers and librarians, and it includes actual book recommendations. For those of us who love stories about bookstores, this one can feel as if you dove into a slightly...

The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle

July 25, 2022

Kate Carlisle’s publisher, Berkley, has some of the best cover artists in the business, and, whoever they selected to illustrate the cover of The Paper Caper excelled at the job. Because I read an egalley, I can’t give credit to the artist, but I wish I...