What’s on Your Summer Reading List?

As usual NPR has several stories on summer reading. Here are links to a few of their recommended lists. We would love to hear what you are reading so feel free to leave us a comment with your picks for the summer. Booksellers’ Picks for the Beach — or the...

Night Life – by Elizabeth Guest

Once a pharaoh beloved by his people, but betrayed by someone close to him, Adrian King has awakened thousands of years later as a vampire. Now the owner of the Royal Palace in Vegas, he is falling in love with Egyptologist Christine Day. But, someone else has...

American Gods – Neil Gaiman

Ok, so this is one of inkonvellum’s favorite books, so how can I begin to review it?  Gaiman’s premise that immigrants to America bring their gods with them was quite interesting. He also deals with the psychology of gods – their need to be worshiped...

The New Yorkers ~ Cathleen Schine

This is another fun novel from the author of The Love Letter. Her characters all live in the same neighborhood in New York City. They are introduced one by one and soon their lives become intertwined and their relationships defined by the dogs in their lives.

The Camel Bookmobile ~ Masha Hamilton

  The title and premise of this book really intrigued me and promised to be interesting reading. It was not a riveting read, but did keep my interest. This is a fictionalized account of an actual bookmobile that delivers books via camel to a community in Kenya. The...

Tilting at Windmills

Have you ever been daunted by great works of literature? If you’ve always wanted to read Don Quixote but were afraid to take on the challenge, Tilting at Windmills is your ultimate Don Quixote support group. It’s an online discussion group with links, lots...