by envisionmg | Jul 19, 2021 | Staff Reading
Midnight in Chernobyl – Adam Higginbotham “Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl...
by envisionmg | Jul 16, 2021 | Staff Reading
My current TBR stack is a little unusual for me – two non-fiction and only one fiction. I love mysteries, and I have Donna Leon’s latest, Transient Desires, right at the top of my stack. About the book: “In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti...
by envisionmg | Jul 14, 2021 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
Our patron said The Maidens was “really good, one of those page turners.” “Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored...
by envisionmg | Jul 12, 2021 | Ari Reviews, Fiction
I enjoyed reading this book. I could not put this book down and as a historical fiction book lover this one I highly recommend for those who love historical fiction. The Social Graces takes you into 1870’s New York City during the Gilded Age that focuses on the...
by envisionmg | Jul 9, 2021 | Summer Reading
The Beekeeper Of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri “Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an artist. Mornings, Nuri rises early to hear the call to prayer before driving to his hives in the countryside. On weekends, Afra sells her colorful landscape paintings...