Forgiveness by Joe Lee

May 30, 2022

It’s unusual for me to review a graphic novel. Even when the illustrations are in black and white, as these are, I have a difficult time visually reading graphic novels. But, Joe Lee’s Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of the Auschwitz Twin...

Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony

March 27, 2022

Joyce St. Anthony debuts a new series, the Homefront News mysteries, with Front Page Murder. It’s set in May 1942 as the Pennsylvania homefront is still gearing up for World War II. And, women have taken the place of men in some of the jobs in Progress, PA....

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

February 26, 2022

I ordered a copy of Love in the Library for myself. Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s picture book is based on her grandparents’ story of incarceration at Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II. Yas Imamura’s soft, desert-toned artwork is...

The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin

April 07, 2021

It’s not easy to discuss a novel I loved, one that I sobbed over and stayed up to finish. Madeline Martin’s novel of World War II is an homage to books and reading and the power of books. It’s filled with characters I loved, and beloved ones who are...

Lineage Most Lethal by S. C. Perkins

July 25, 2020

Is this the kind of amateur sleuth, or, actually, the kind of character you would like to see in a book? “I don’t apologize for loving learning and information. I’m smart, I’m good at my job, I work hard, and I’m proud of it.” Those...