Book Reviews

November 24, 2020

The Unravelling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R Sloan (Review by Lisa Albright)

Rating: 3 stars This book gives a backstage view into the lives of four young successful pop stars and the events that led to one of […]
November 22, 2020

The Light at the End of the Day by Eleanor Wasserberg (Review by Sharon Steinman)

Rating 3.75 The Light at the End of the Day was written by Eleanor Wasserberg. It is a historical fiction story that revolves around the Oderfeldt […]
November 20, 2020

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five (Review by Paula Torontali)

Rating: 4.0 Stars From award-wining bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and Prison Reform Activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes an essential novel in verse about […]
November 19, 2020

Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas (Review by Julie Ramhold)

Rating: 4.8/5* “Why do I feel so threatened by Selena being here? She took a grenade to my life once before, blowing it apart, and I’m […]
November 18, 2020

House of Correction By Nicci French (Review by Lara Ferguson)

Rating: 5/5 Tabitha is pretty sure she didn’t kill anyone, yet here she sits, in this House of Correction, trying to put together the memory fragments […]
November 16, 2020

How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 4/5 It’s 1990. Fourteen-year old Johanna Morrigan wants to be anybody but herself. She dreams of being wildly popular, making money and, most importantly, having […]
November 15, 2020

She Gets That From Me by Robin Wells (Review by Amanda Gavigan)

5 stars She Gets That From Me by Robin Wells is a touching, sweet story about loss, infertility, love in unexpected places, and offers glimpses to […]
November 12, 2020

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (Review by Courtney Patterson)

Rating: 4/5 Long-time residents of Gifford Place, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Brooklyn, are being pressured on all sides to vacate their homes and businesses. As […]
November 12, 2020

A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday (Review by Sophia Becker)

Rating: 3.8 stars out of 5 You know those movies, the ones that are predictable in the way that you want them to be, that always […]