by envisionmg | Sep 2, 2021 | Fiction, Staff Review
Fran’s review: This prequel to the Cork O’Connor series by this author is a really wonderful book. It deals with so much: father/son relationships, Native American Indian lore, mystery, suspicion, and youthful coming of age. One of the best summer reads! Highly...
by envisionmg | Aug 27, 2021 | Patron Recommendations
“When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn’t holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an...
by envisionmg | Aug 23, 2021 | Staff Reading, Summer Reading
Steeped in Stories – Mitali Perkins “The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives. But it is never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children’s classics can ignite within us. Award-winning...
by envisionmg | Aug 19, 2021 | Fiction, Sarah Reviews
Anyone who has ever fallen head over heels for their best friend can understand how painful that can be. Tack on the pressure of heading to UCLA and the impending doom of losing a job you cherish, and you’d be as stressed out as Wesley Hudson is. He’s been out of the...
by envisionmg | Aug 16, 2021 | Fiction, Rachel Reviews
Compared to both The Stepford Wives and Get Out, Harris’s debut is a tense psychological thriller that had me compelled from the start. Set over a few months, The Other Black Girl follows editorial assistant Nella after she’s introduced to her new cubicle neighbor...
