Bookfoolery

I think the best way to describe this book is to go back to my old format (of about a dozen years ago) and talk about what I liked and disli...

Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee was the second collection of short stories I read for my personal challenge to read a story per day...

Creatures  was the first book I finished after going on my blogging break. I presume it called to me loudly because of that gorgeous cove...

I'm going to use the cover description because I think it's well-written without giving away too much: When Orhan's brillia...

The Year My Mother Came Back by Alice Eve Cohen Copyright 2015  Algonquin Books - Memoir 288 pp. Quick synopsis: A memoir detailin...

The capacity for love in a human heart is not limited by its size. Rather than divide the heart's chambers into smaller rooms as the ...

This is kind of weird, really -- three quirky reads in under a month? That doesn't happen often. I'm just going to talk a little abo...

The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland Copyright 2014  Algonquin Books - General fiction Source: Received unsolicited from publisher I...

Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea by Lisa and Valerie Martin Illustrated by Kelly Murphy Copyright 2013 Algonquin Young Readers - Adventure...

This has been a slow reading week and I haven't felt much like writing so today I'm going to pair the reviews of two books, both sen...

Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum Copyright 2013 Algonquin Books - Fiction 298 pp. First sentence (plus one): My tia Nen...

Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt Copyright 2013 Algonquin Books - Fiction 359 pp. He thought of how weird it was that whe...

Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence by David Samuel Levinson Copyright 2013 Algonquin Books - Contemporary Fiction 313 pp. Source:  Un...

The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro is the story of a disgraced artist, Claire, with a skill for forgery. Claire is offered a chance to redee...

The Walnut Tree  by Charles Todd is subtitled "A Holiday Tale" and I'm not quite sure why.  It may end at Christmas, but o...

Surprise! A post!!! I've been waking up at 3:30 to 4:30, every morning. Usually, I read until I fall back asleep but today I wasn'...