I absolutely adored this book. I read with my cell phone in-hand to look up the paintings and artists that the character of Raphael referenced and interacted with, and it made the whole thing really come to life. I studied art history in college, so many of the names and …
Last night, I finished At The Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen, and it was amazing. I originally picked it up because it was in the “available now” section of my local library’s Libby app, and because I read the author’s book Water for Elephants back in in like 2010 and …
Just finished Severance by Ling Ma. I started it last year, but I had to return it to the library before I was finished. As I’ve been sitting here in under a stay-at-home order during this pandemic, I’ve been thinking about this book that I never finished and decided to …
My daughter E and I read The Wild Robot by Peter Brown last year, and she’s been asking to read the sequel—The Wild Robot Escapes—ever since. For her eighth birthday, I made sure to have a copy delivered in time. So in time, in fact, that I accidentally double-clicked the …
