Reviews

The movie Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence as a prima ballerina turned sexy Russian spy, came out earlier this year to lukewarm criticism from the public. I liked it, but of course, I’d already read the ... Read More...

The Gaia Effect, a peek inside a not-so-far-off dystopian future

Maria Riegger

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The Gaia Effect by Claire Buss is an entertaining, fast-paced read set in a world, which frankly, may not be as far-fetched as was once thought. Imagine a world where everyone is infertile and when you are r... Read More...

All the Ever Afters: A Powerful Rendition of the Stepmother’s Side of the Cinderella Story

Maria Riegger

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There are always at least two sides to every story. Perspective is everything and Danielle Teller’s novel has definitely delivered a different angle. Teller’s novel is a powerfully written rendition of the Cinderella story, from the point of view of the stepmo... Read More...

“Oh No They Didn’t”: Amerilexicophobia

Maribel Garcia

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AMERILEXICOPHOBIA: What’s that you ask? According to Lynne Murphy, an American linguistics professor, but longtime U.K. resident, it is an illness. It’s a form of distress that the British suffer from, an af... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Questions, Interviews, Memoir, on Writing, Reviews

In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

How to Create a Successful Culture

Kelly Sarabyn

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In the 2000s, Disney created one unprofitable movie after another, from Brother Bear to Home on the Range (remember those? Me neither.) Disney ended this decades-long losing streak by bringing in Ed Catmull and John Lasseter to run their studio. What’s interes... Read More...

The Big Sheep: A delightfully humorous dystopian novel

Maria Riegger

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Robert Kroese’s The Big Sheep is a fun, genre-bending ride. Kroese is largely an author of humorous, deeply sarcastic science fiction, although he writes (and writes very well) in multiple genres. Indeed, I d... Read More...

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Tabitha Lord

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Our guest reviewer today is Leah DeCesare. Leah is the award-winning author of Forks, Knives, and Spoons and the non-fiction series Naked Parenting. You can visit her at www.LeahDeCesare.com. Thank you, Leah! ... Read More...

Connection and Gratitude: A Review of Johanna Basford’s Ivy and the Inky Butterfly by Claire Grillo

Claire Grillo

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My parents were artists, my father a poet and visual artist, my mother a lover of the tiniest hidden beauties in the world. This partly explains my devotion to the arts – namely music, drawing, and coloring. From the time I was a young child, there was nothing... Read More...

Best Books of 2017

Kristin Jacobson

Best of 2017, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, Reviews

Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year. Tabitha's Top Picks: The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...