Audiobook… Short Listed: December 2022 2 Dec 20222 Dec 2022 My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.…
Exhibits and Events… Short Listed: October 2022 3 Oct 202210 Oct 2022 It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire What To Read Sin Eaters by Caleb…
Book and Reading Culture… Short Listed: September 2022 5 Sep 20224 Sep 2022 All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien Goodbye, Summer. Thanks for the memories.…
Fiction… Doughnuts and Doom 1 Sep 20222 Sep 2022 With the autumn coming to soon say farewell to summer, a novel with a premise about a Sapphic romance between a witch and a struggling musician was enough to sell…
Book and Reading Culture… Carmilla 16 May 202215 May 2022 With every book they publish, many authors likely have a goal to have their stories immortalized forever. Some stories fade into obscurity, while others have staying power that outlasts in…
Fiction… The Man Who Lived Underground 19 Feb 202219 Feb 2022 By Donna Ledbetter It seems the police have always been at odds with oppressed people. At a time when misgivings about the police run rampant through the minds of poor,…
Fiction… Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms 31 Jan 202219 Feb 2022 By Olive Dausinas As August skims away into September, so does the summer inevitably fade. With vacations ending and people heading back to school, perhaps it would make sense to…
Fiction… Weather 10 Jul 202130 Jan 2022 Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Weather, by Jenny Offill, is written from the perspective of Lizzie, a librarian who stumbled upon her career. Rather than focusing on one particular conflict, the…
Fiction… On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 21 Jun 202130 Jan 2022 Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer WARNING: Please be advised, this honest review critiques creative work containing adult sexual content. Wow. I could just stop the review there because this book is…
Genre… Born Into This 7 May 202130 Jan 2022 Review by Donna Ledbetter In Born Into This, a short story collection reminiscent of the work of black American author Edward P. Jones, Aboriginal Australian-born writer Adam Thompson presents stories…
Audiobook… A Partial List of the Saved 22 Apr 202130 Jan 2022 Reviewed by Donna Ledbetter In the early 1900s, Ireland was at war with itself. Back then, under British control, half the nation fought to be free, while the other half…
Fiction… Little Fires Everywhere 5 Mar 202121 Jun 2021 Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer Some of you may have heard of a popular new book called Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe you have even heard of the television version…
