Kōtarō Isaka’s Bullet Train
In Bullet Train, Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs have gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on the…
Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport that Wasn’t Built for Us
Running While Black explores many of the issues and problems Black runners face while running. The sport markets itself as being “for everyone,” yet, for many Black people, it’s filled with anxiety and fear. Désir opens the book by describing…
Eyan’s Genre of the Month: Banned Books (And How They Changed My Life)
Perhaps I am staring off on a melodramatic note, but if you’ve read any of my blogs or spoken with me for more than 4 seconds, you know I tend to lean hard into hyperbole and dramatics. And again, I’m…
Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Summary: On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a…
Book Review: “The Way to the Stars” by Una McCormack
Hopefully, without sounding as though I’m disparaging Extended Universe or media tie-in novels, The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack is, technically, a Star Trek novel. However, you can ignore that entirely for the purposes of this book and this…
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Summary: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s, and her all-male team at Hastings…
Midsummer Adult New Fiction
It’s midsummer, and I’ve been reading some great new books. Each of these novels has a strong sense of place, and although they deal with serious life topics, they are also humorous and touching. I enjoyed reading them and hope…
Halfway Through 2022-My Favorites and Most Anticipateds
Now that we have arrived into the sweltering humidity of July, we have not only passed the halfway mark for the year 2022, but also the halfway point for this year’s Summer Adventure Program. July 5, on a personal note,…
Nailed It, Failed It: A Dual Book Review
In this new blog series I’m calling Nailed it, Failed it, we will examine two novels that deal with the same topic—one that did it well and one that did not. Today, I’m looking at novels that deal with racial…
Book Review: Unguarded by Scottie Pippen and Michael Arkush
REVIEW Let me begin by saying that I am in no way, shape or form a sports fan. I can count on my hands the number of professional sports games I’ve sat through, and most of them were Rugby, which…