by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 3, 2011 | The Literary World
“I have many fond memories of poring over the outlandish sci-fi and fantasy book covers at the University Book Store in Seattle and choosing a stack to bring home with me to devour. I have managed to, over the many decades since the late ’70s, hold on to a good...
by Peabody Institute Library | Aug 1, 2011 | Mystery
Reviewed by Kim Brisbane to Julia: “We simply must do something about your penchant for blowing things up, my Lady.” Yes, The Dark Enquiry starts off with a bang. Literally as well as figuratively. Having been married now for fifteen months, Lady Julia and...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jul 30, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Reviewed by Kim In this fascinating tale of perseverance, Linda Urbach picks up where Flaubert left off, at Charles Bovary’s funeral. A society outcast because of her mother’s actions, twelve-year-old Berthe is forced to live with her bitter and...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jul 28, 2011 | Mystery
Widely regarded as the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie, according to publishing house HarperCollins, is the “most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare”. That may account for several things: the perennial...
by Peabody Institute Library | Jul 26, 2011 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Kim What would happen if the scientific community and the military got together and created a virus which essentially turned people into vampires? This is the basic premise of Justin Cronin’s third novel. Predictably, the origin of the virus has so...
