by envisionmg | Sep 25, 2014 | Patron Review
Reviewed by Kim I picked this up thinking it was going to be a grown-up version of Pretty Little Liars with unlikable characters, name brand dropping in every sentence, and a ludicrous plot that drags on forever. I know. You’re probably wondering why I tried it...
by envisionmg | Sep 19, 2014 | Patron Review
Reviewed by Kim Being a Danvers resident and a Katherine Howe fan, I’ve been excited about this book coming out for months. My interest was further piqued by the fact that this book was based on similar circumstances which happened in a different town’s...
by envisionmg | Sep 17, 2014 | Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Non-fiction
As anyone who reads any of my reviews on this blog knows, I read a lot of non-fiction (especially history. See my last review). Even when I read fiction I love it when there is some kind non-fiction connection. This holds true with graphic novels, and here are a few...
by envisionmg | Sep 15, 2014 | History, Jim Reviews
Like many people, I first read about the Hundred Years War in Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (which I got totally by accident because I mixed the title up with A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America which I was...
by envisionmg | Sep 10, 2014 | Staff Review
Reviewed by Rachel Let me start by saying that I love Netflix’s adaptation of Orange Is the New Black – I LOVE it. As such, I was totally onboard for more of my favorite thirty-something Brooklynite WASP Piper and her highs and lows (and woes) during a fifteen-month...