It was a negative review that made me read The Garden House: A Novel, by Linda Mahkovec, a short novel that has received mostly positive
Tag: fiction
Awakening By Sharon Bolton: Read It For The Snakes
Awakening, by Sharon Bolton, is a mildly romantic thriller set in an English village inundated by serpents. Typically, I avoid thrillers–I do not like to
Flying Lessons: A Compelling Collection of Diverse Stories #KidLit
My sister,* a teacher and school diversity coordinator, gave me a gift a few weeks ago: Flying Lessons & Other Stories. It’s a middle grade
Diverse #KidLit & Keeping Classics Alive
What was your favorite book when you were a kid? I spent much of my childhood in 1980s and ‘90s reading (and re-reading) the Anne
Who is Atticus Finch & Where Does a Lawsuit About Him Belong?
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is at the center of yet another legal drama. This time, Tonja Carter, the representative of
Interstellar Space & Time Travel As A Cure For Car Sickness #KidLit
There’s nothing like a story about space and time travel to distract my poor kids from the discomfort of car sickness on a journey to
