Book Review: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, by Scott Westerfeld

  It’s a three-fer deal in today’s review!  I read Uglies, Pretties, and Specials over this past Christmas break and found the trilogy very well-written, a fast read,...

Book Review: Gentlemen of the Road, by Michael Chabon

I can sum up my experience reading Michael Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road by comparing it to reading an entire text in Edward Script ITC: Very Lovely, but Sometimes Difficult to...

Book Review: The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett’s charming, clever, witty The Uncommon Reader is a novella which begs for the accessibilty of a nearby pencil and pad of paper; there are such astute observations on...

Book Review: Mister Monday, by Garth Nix

How many pages do you give a book before you know – for whatever reason – that you won’t be finishing it?  I was about 160 pages into Garth Nix’s Mister Monday,...

Book Reviews: Listening Is an Act of Love, by Dave Isay -and- This I Believe, edited by Jay Allison & Dan Gediman

I first heard about the StoryCorps Project a few years ago and was immediately charmed by the idea of it.  Two people important to one another enter a soundproof booth and spend 40 minutes...

Review: Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged, by Carrie Bebris

First, a definition: Prescience is the full knowledge of all possibilities…. Throughout history a number of cultures have believed that oracles have possessed this ability. It is one...

Book Review: Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos

Martin Grace is bound to London on a business trip when he meets Cornelia Brown, manager at a trendy coffee spot in Philadelphia.  “Come with me,” he asks her after some brief,...

Book Review: King Matt the First, by Janusz Korczak

My 6 yr old son is still just on the cusp of learning to read. I think it’s a combination of him being the fourth child (hence, less focused energy on schoolwork on Mommy’s...