Whether you’re a film buff or a book lover, there’s nothing quite like a summer thriller – a fast paced, high-stakes story with plenty of punches and punchlines. And if you prefer pages to screens, I’ve got your sure bet of the summer: Rob Hart’s Assassins Anonymous. Mark is a contract killer...in recovery. After hitting…
“When lost, yelled the crowd, in chorus, sit down and yell.” When I get lost (in a book) I never want to yell. I demand quiet. I want to focus all my energy on the book. But with Liz Moore’s God of the Woods chaos could have erupted around me and I would not have…
I’m celebrating 25 years of marriage this week, so The Husbands, a book about a husband-generating magic attic was certainly timely! After a night out celebrating the impending nuptials of a dear friend, Lauren is shocked to be greeted at the door by her husband. While she’s had quite a bit to…
“There are those of us who wobble like blancmange in a crisis, and then there are those lucky souls who rise magnificently to the occasion, like a perfectly baked truffle souffle. Ian was the latter type.” (Sykes, 337) While ostensibly about the “Yummy Mummies” , the super-wealthy and status conscious ladies of the English…
There are times when a book can just hit you hard. Do you know what I mean? In All the Colors of the Dark, the newest by Chris Whitaker, I got an emotional roller coaster. We have childhood best friends, Patch and Saint, outcasts for to be sure, but they need no one else.…
If you had to take an in-depth test about the Constitution, could you pass it? If you are like me (and not an attorney or another who works in a law-related field) you can only recall the Cliffs Notes version. Yet, each time a Supreme Court case in the news alludes to the Constitution or a…
Sometimes I just need a good beach read. I got that and more in Christina Lauren’s new one The Paradise Problem. College students Liam and Anna both want to live in the housing reserved for married students (it’s roomier/cushier), so they fake marry. Over the three years they platonically room together, they…
Irish writer, Tana French is best known for her excellent Dublin Murder Squad books. Unlike that series, her books featuring retired Chicago cop, Cal Hooper, really have to be read in order. As a follow up to The Searcher (Cal Hooper #1), teenager Trey continues to wrestle with the secrets kept…
“I follow his gaze and then it strikes me. The paintings and sculptures are varied and diverse, but they all feature the same subject. It is unmistakable who it is. They all feature me.” Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace, pg. 153 What if you were doomed to love someone in every lifetime?…
“Books won’t solve my problems, Harriet.” “No, but they give your problems perspective. They allow your problems to breathe.” - Monica Wood, How to Read a Book Chances are if you are a regular library visitor that you are a booklover. I know that I love books. They provide not only an escape, but…
