Reading Recommendations with Annie Yorty
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? Is it possible to pick just one favorite? The Fire Cat by Esther Averill Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? Little House on the Prairie series [...]
Grown-Up Pose by Sonya Lalli (book review)
Get your copy here! A delightfully modern look at what happens for a young woman when tradition, dating, and independence collide, from acclaimed author Sonya Lalli. Adulting shouldn’t be this hard. Especially in your thirties. Having been pressured by her tight-knit community to get married at a young age to [...]
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (book review)
Get your copy here! When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one. Odder [...]
Reading Recommendations with Jill Chapman
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? I had a couple that my mom read to me over and over. One was about a friendly ghost but he was lonely. The other was about a little girl and her grandfather. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the titles of either. [...]
Cremas, Christmas Cookies and Crooks by Harper Lin (book review)
Get your copy here! It’s almost Christmastime in Cape Bay, and another murder has everyone in town talking. A despised new drama teacher at the local high school is killed in the school’s parking lot. The police arrest a beloved teacher, Mrs. Crowsdale, but everyone else thinks she is too [...]