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 | Apr 1, 2016 | Reading Lists, Staff Reading
Very rarely do I place library holds on new releases – either because I can’t predict when a book will find its way to me (when I’m in the middle of something else??) or because there just isn’t anything I absolutely have to read right away....
by envisionmg | Feb 9, 2015 | Michelle Reviews, Non-fiction, Staff Reading
We all have in mind a sense of fairy tale: that story type and what it’s composed of, along with favorite examples. Certain names no doubt spring immediately to mind: Grimm, Anderson, Disney. You’ll encounter those familiar stories, names, and more in...
by envisionmg | Nov 24, 2014 | Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Staff Reading, What I'm Reading Now, YA Fiction
The thing is, I’m knee-deep in Spiders. It’s unthinkable, I know, but the truth is I’ve never been a Peter Parker/Spider-Man fan. Wait, though! Those days may be numbered, thanks to Spider-Verse. The first Spider-Verse specific issue (not taking into...
by envisionmg | Oct 20, 2014 | Non-fiction, Staff Reading, What I'm Reading Now
Two weeks ago I was also discussing What I’m Reading Now, with that list capped off by Meg Wolitzer’s Belzhar, a young adult novel that tangentially relies on the life and works of Sylvia Plath to support a small handful of the story’s themes....
by envisionmg | Oct 8, 2014 | Fiction, Staff Reading, What I'm Reading Now, YA Fiction
Michelle here, former Book Monogamist. See, these days I have any number of fairly wildly different* books in progress at roundabout the same time, so, occasionally I’ll post an annotated list here on Read This. (And if you’re pages-deep in the middle of...
