Can you remember when you first read Alice in Wonderland? Ever wonder about Alice? Or how Mr. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) came to write such
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created “Alice in Wonderland.” The Mystery of Lewis Carroll, a well-researched
What a pleasure to be back with JP Kinkaid, his wife Bree, and the rest of the Blacklight entourage. Deborah Grabien, JP’s creator, has again
This book, a mere 146 pages of text, is jam-packed with wonderfully offbeat information about a variety of American writers and their homes, now designated
Haley Tanner has written a small gem of a debut novel in Vaclav & Lena. If you have ever loved the girl or boy next
There are books read and reviewed by this writer that ought to come under a heading like, “Not for Everyone.” Who does the reviewer address
Now I’m hooked. One mystery is never enough, literary or noir, look-out-here-comes-a-bullet or the forensics of a TV crime show, this is fun, entertaining reading.
The NCIBA trade show has been over for four days and my head is still reeling. I belong to the association and yet I am
The Paperbag Princess, A twist to the knight and princess tale. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko is
Great Joy, a Christmas picture book by Kate DiCamillo, really is a great joy, and between DiCamillo’s words and Bagram Ibatoulline’s illustrations, it deserves to
Ever wish you could be a part of a world-famous rock band and perform at venues in cities like Paris, New York, Berlin, London? Well,
AN UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP Just when we think we’ve read all the Holocaust books that we can, Bernard Rosner and Fritz Tubach come up with a
Myrna Loy The Only Good Girl in Hollywood is the first formal biography of the popular star famous for the six Thin Man films made
I love independent bookstores. I love small presses. But before all others, I’m nuts about readers looking for something to read that they hadn’t thought
Henry Porter’s The Bell Ringers is set in England’s future, the very immediate future. Next week? Next month? Next year? It isn’t science fiction; rather,
It should be easy to return a twice-stolen masterpiece – stolen once from a Jewish family by the Nazis and a second time from the
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