by envisionmg | Feb 2, 2022 | Julie Recommends
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Gamache finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. Then Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and...
by envisionmg | Jan 31, 2022 | Max Recommends
Kindred by Octavia E Butler Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is...
by envisionmg | Jan 28, 2022 | Jim Recommends, Jim Reviews
The Voyagers. The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed...
by envisionmg | Jan 26, 2022 | Jen Recommends
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit. The...
by envisionmg | Jan 24, 2022 | Shilpa Reviews
Crow by Barbara Wright This middle grade historical fiction novel was written in 2012 and covers the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot and only successful coup on American soil. The local elected government in Wilmington that included African American Alderman and white...
