by envisionmg | Apr 24, 2018 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
“Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier....
by envisionmg | Nov 2, 2017 | Fiction, Literary Fiction, Rachel Reviews
This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction. The Handmaid’s Tale...
by envisionmg | Oct 23, 2017 | Fiction, Staff Review
If you are in the mood for something magical to read for the month of October, I recommend The Witches of New York by Ami McKay. Set in 1880’s New York, the author gives us a glimpse of the world of magic, realism, fantasy, and witchcraft. Beatrice Dunn, one of...
by envisionmg | Aug 14, 2017 | Fiction, Sarah Reviews
In many respects the world that my generation grew up in has changed for the better. Gone are the days of enforced segregation, slavery, and Jim Crow laws. And while the society we have created is not nearly close to perfect, it is a far cry from the social injustices...
by envisionmg | Apr 6, 2017 | Fiction, Staff Reading
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti (a local author; she also wrote The Good Thief) “Samuel Hawley isn’t like the other fathers in Olympus, Massachusetts. A loner who spent years living on the run, he raised his beloved daughter, Loo, on the road,...
by envisionmg | Nov 4, 2016 | Fiction, Patron Recommendations
Our patron called this “the best, funniest book.” About the book: “Dell Haley’s mama always told her there were two things a man couldn’t get enough of: good cookin’ and good lovin’. Dell has the cooking down pat — the...
