“You do not need to be afraid. You do not have to be good. You do not need to hide your fleshy interiors behind a carapace of frills and lace. Life is not meant for measurement. There is but one beat to heed. Live like this and you will know with certainty: You are…
There’s something about the arrival of warmer weather that always puts me in the mood for a romantic comedy. Which is why, after experiencing exactly one warm day this spring, I felt compelled to crack open Katherine Center's upcoming release, The Shippers. This story was designed to be read outdoors and finished over a single,…
“It’s not Keep Calm and Carry On. It’s Change Your Perception So You Never Have to Keep Calm and Carry On. Stoics are very passionate people. The key is to be correct in your passions.” Go Gentle by Maria Semple Adora Hazzard is living her best life. A fifty-something divorcee residing in the historic…
Spring break is here, and it’s the perfect time to kick back with all those great reads you haven’t yet had time for! Whether you’re on the beach or enjoying a peaceful staycation, the library has got the perfect cozy book for you. The weather might not be able to decide whether to warm up…
“He who holds the pen tells the truth.” Arthur Fletch Epigraph: The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke New writing duo, V.E. Schwab (Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil) and Cat Clarke team up as Evelyn Clarke to produce an original who-done-it in The Ending Writes Itself. In this twisty tale six…
“A cat is the soul of the home.” Motto of Agnes Aubert’s cat shelter In case you did not know I am an unapologetic cat lady. I have two cat tattoos to prove it. My current charge, Ringo, is an adorable, albeit not the smartest, gray feline. So,…
In the past few months, I’ve read some “heavy” books. Novels that addressed topics such as climate change, famine, and disease. So, I was in the mood for something that would give me joy, or at least a distraction. Enter: The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead. Grief, addiction, hope, fame, and acceptance do not…
When the Booker Committee announced its winner, Flesh by David Scalzi, a few weeks ago I thought that I should review the rest of the nominees. Well, low and behold one had escaped me. Audition by Katie Kitamura was missing from my 2025 Reading List. I decided to remedy that situation immediately. I am happy…
“No one needed a magic wardrobe that opened to Narnia if they had a library card; if you had a library card, you had a thousand magic wardrobes to choose from, ten thousand….A library card was as good as a sword drawn from a stone” - King Sorrow, by Joe Hill Warning: This book…
To be honest, Patrick Ryan’s Buckeye did not initially strike me as a page turner. The book follows two families in small-town Ohio from World War II through the early 1970s. On V-E day, a spontaneous celebratory kiss between Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt – each married to someone else – sets off a chain…
