The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
This book is gripping, devastating, and emotional. It's also incredibly popular, as it is a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel. It's also the subject of book bans, which in turn brought it back to the top of many a library queue (because book people are the best people). It's a true story, as … [Read more]
The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella
Just a so-so Kinsella book. FYI, this is not a romance, this is women's fiction. The main character (Effie) story is focused on her family and those relationships. There is an ex (isn't there always?) but that whole thing is not the most important part of the book. And honestly the why behind the … [Read more]
The Therapist by B.A. Paris
Good grief, this book at times is unintentionally funny. The main character of Alice really does need a therapist, or at least some common sense. Most of this book was her doing her amateur deductions about the neighbors and ignoring the big old red flag that is in her face. This was just an okay … [Read more]
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Both heartbreaking and illuminating, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas tells the story of Black teenager Starr, who witnesses the murder of her best friend at the hands of the police during a traffic stop. We are all too familiar with the role the police play in the lives (and deaths) of Black people, … [Read more]
The Cage by Bonnie Kistler
Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg
Gone 'Til November by Wallace Stroby
Cover Story by Susan Rigetti
Survivor's Guilt by Robyn Gigl
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy
The Drop by Michael Connelly
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw
Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe
Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón
He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
I was dealing with work turmoil and on vacation for most of June so I didn't get the chance to write as many in depth reviews as I'd have liked to. Which is a shame because some of these deserved a longer look; I just didn't have the time or energy... The Cage **** I went back-and-forth on my … [Read more]
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Official book description: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to … [Read more]
