What Am I Reading?

August 28, 2019

Did I surprise you? No, tomorrow is the day for What Are You Reading. However, I’m not in town this morning. I’m actually in St. Louis, and will be back this afternoon. I might even have time to finish my current book, and start a new one before we all...

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

August 17, 2019

I fell head-over-heels in love with Karen Hawkins’ novel, The Book Charmer, and her characters. The delightful book is set in Dove Pond, North Carolina, a town struggling to stay alive in 2019. It takes a little magic, a great deal of friendship, passion, and...

The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle

June 03, 2019

I don’t read spy or espionage novels. But, Kate Carlisle expertly manipulates her readers to enjoy a story of spies, suspects and murders in the latest Bibliophile mystery, The Book Supremacy. It’s a treat to enter into a world of agents with...

A Velocity of Being edited by Maria Popova and Claudia Bedrick

February 03, 2019

A Velocity of Being is a difficult book to review. How do you review letters to children from various people, accompanied by illustrations by numerous artists? Instead, I think I’ll just mention a few of the works that hit home with me. Maria Popova and Claudia...

Bibliophile by Jane Mount

January 15, 2019

Several months ago I mentioned a book I was browsing through, Bibliophile by Jane Mount. It’s subtitled “An Illustrated Miscellany”, and that’s exactly what it is. It’s a beautifully illustrated collection of miscellaneous lists and piles...