Book Reviews

February 14, 2021

A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion (Review by Julie Ramhold)

Rating: 4.5* Content warning: Incidents of child molestation “The night we left Ellen on the road, we were driving north up 252 near where it meets […]
February 12, 2021

The War of the Poor by Eric Vuillard (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 4/5 In the 14th century, a man named John Wycliffe sent the Catholic Church into a tizzy with an idea. There could exist a direct […]
February 10, 2021

The Berlin Girl by Mandy Robotham (Review by Katherin Burk)

5 stars The Berlin Girl follows the life of British reporter, Georgie Young, in Berlin on the cusp of war in 1938. Bringing a unique perspective […]
February 8, 2021

The Mirror Man by Jane Gilmartin (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 4/5 When ViGen Pharmaceuticals approaches Jeramiah Adams with an offer to participate in an experiment, it sounds too good to be true. Using a breakthrough […]
February 6, 2021

The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat (Review by Ali Cicerchi)

Rating: 4.0/5.0 World War II’s reach knew no bounds and that included the Channel Islands off Great Britain. “The Girl From the Channel Islands” begins the […]
February 4, 2021

An Accidental Awakening by Stephanie Hrehirchuk (Review by Shelley Jomaa)

Rating: 4.5/5 An Accidental Awakening is an inspiring memoir of Stephanie’s journey through a spinal injury, job loss, and her chakra-based yoga practice. Following the diagnosis […]
February 2, 2021

The Minders by John Marrs (Review by Julie Ramhold)

Rating: 4.5* The premise of the book is simple: when anything can be hacked, what do you do with important information? You take it offline, at […]
January 31, 2021

Hi, Just a Quick Question by Beth Evans (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 5/5 Have you ever made plans and then immediately regretted it? Or lain awake in bed nervously replaying events in your mind? The answer is […]
January 29, 2021

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (Review by Caitlin Winkler)

Rating: 4/5 stars What a fun book! I think the back cover says it best, “An extraordinary and emotional adventure about unlikely friends and the power […]