Dear Bookworms, If you haven’t heard of The Martian by now, you’ve probably been living under a large rock. Andy Weir’s bestselling science-fiction novel has soared to great heights recently, with top reviews and a 2015 film adaptation starring Matt Damon. The Wall Street Journal called the book “the best pure sci-fi novel in years.” And for good reason….
In her latest novel, The Muralist (one of our November picks), B.A. Shapiro crafted another great piece of historical fiction about the art world. Goodreads offers the following description: “Alizée Benoit, an American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940 amid personal and political turmoil. No one…
Dear Bookworms, With the recent publication of Winter, the popular new series The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer comes to an end. I, admittedly, was late in coming to this series due to the fact that I was incredibly pessimistic about any more fractured fairytales. However, after having it recommended to me multiple times by…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Ten of The 12 Days of Books! An army of grumpy elves, two small Christmas angels, one invisible reindeer with a marzipan addiction and a whole lot of Christmas magic, that’s what you can expect from Cornelia Funke’s When Santa Fell to Earth. A magical Christmas story for children, this…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Seven of The 12 Days of Books! Today’s highlight is trip down memory lane for any girl who grew up in the 80s and 90s when the American Girl dolls hit the scene! The Pleasant Company’s original five girls: Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, and Molly captured the hearts of young…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Five of The 12 Days of Books! All children can be wonderful and all children can be nightmares. In The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson, six nasty, manipulative children take over a church Christmas pageant. The Herdman kids (Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys) are a…
Hello Readers, Welcome to the Day Four of The 12 Days of Books! Christmas is a time for celebration and joy. It is a time for reflection. It is a time to be thankful for the many blessings in your life. It is a time to laugh with friends. It is a time to gather…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Three of The 12 Days of Books! Have your travel plans ever been derailed? You think you’ll get to your connection in plenty of time, but the LIRR is delayed (as usual), the runway is icy, or your car has a flat tire and suddenly you have to improvise and…
Dear Bookworms, By now, many of you may be familiar with Anthony Doerr’s popular novel All the Light We Cannot See. Originally published in May of 2014, it quickly gained a place on the New York Times best seller list, and remains there even now. Readers, the praise this novel has received is not undue. …
“And that’s all show business is, really. Transitioning panics.” – p. 83 I loved Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) so when I saw she had a new book coming out, I immediately added it to my “To Read” list. Why Not Me? (one of our September picks) proved to…