by envisionmg | Nov 18, 2013 | Staff Picks
About the book: “Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat diner in Plainview, Indiana is home away from home for Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean. Dubbed “The Supremes” by high school pals in the tumultuous 1960s, they’ve weathered life’s storms for over four...
by envisionmg | Oct 22, 2013 | Staff Picks
One of the many things I like about being a librarian is the serendipitous way reading material falls into your hands. This is a good thing for me since, left to my own devices, I will go to the history section and not leave. One day a few months ago I was working at...
by envisionmg | Sep 26, 2013 | Fiction, Staff Picks, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jim I had actually been waiting for this book to be translated into English for some time. It was written by a Italian writers collective Wu Ming (aka Luther Blisett). Altai is a loose sequel to their book Q published in 1999. Because it is a translation...
by envisionmg | Aug 14, 2013 | Staff Picks
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them. 1987. There’s only one...
by envisionmg | Aug 9, 2013 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Staff Picks
Jessica Brockmole’s debut novel written in letters sparkles from the start. Don’t let the format put you off. If you are thinking of long-winded letters from the 18th Century, think again. These letters move the pace along in this historical novel often...
by envisionmg | Aug 1, 2013 | Staff Picks
About the book: “Gone Girl meets Before I Go to Sleep in Sophie McKenzie’s Close My Eyes, a riveting psychological thriller about a grieving mother who finds out years after her daughter’s death that her child may still be alive When Geniver Loxley lost...
