Book Review: Our Little World by Karen Winn

The complexity of sisterhoodโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the summer of 1985 when four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there including Bee and Audrina Kocsis, sisters who rode there with Sally, her older brother Max, and Max & Sallyโ€™s...

Book Review: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

A heist steeped in history, but thin on action. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Will, Irene, Daniel, Lily, and Alex – a prize of $50 million awaits this team of college-students-cum-art-thieves who wish to return Chinese art plundered by the West...

Book Review: The Selfless Act of Breathing by J.J. Bola

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Pub date: 2/15/22 Touched a nerve Mr. Bola, and this teacherโ€™s heartโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Michael (Brit of Congolese descent) is a beloved teacher who seemingly has a great life in London, but behind it all, he harbors...

Book Review: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Capturing COVIDโ€ฆ. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Diana Oโ€™Toole is the proverbial New York โ€œhas it allโ€ girl: amazing job, dedicated boyfriend, a wondrous, goal-oriented life planned out in pristine perfect detail. Until she doesnโ€™t have anything. COVID interrupts and...

Book Review: When We Were Young by Richard Roper

In 3: โ€œFriendship in words.โ€ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Ahhhโ€ฆ werenโ€™t we all? Theo and Joel have a long history, all the way back to high school where they promised one day to hike the Thames Path together. But then...

Book Review: What You Can See From Here by Mariana Leky, Tess Lewis

An English teacher ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ A tale, a fable, and some banginโ€™ good literatureโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ”ฅ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Luise lives in a small town in Germany with her parents, friends, and a grandmother who dreams of an okapi right before...