Category: Book Reviews

May 1, 2025

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin *** (of 4)

A young adult award winning (Newberry Honor, Sibert Medal) account of the making of the world’s first nuclear bomb and attempts by the Russians to...

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May 1, 2025

The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian *** (of 4)

For hundreds of years, the Swiss have maintained public neutrality. The country did not join the United Nations until 2002. Yet, almost since the end...

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March 18, 2025

A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko **** (of 4)

Kevin Fedarko, a native of the degraded coal mining towns near Pittsburgh, and his best friend, photographer, Pete McBride, walk the 750-mile length of the...

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March 18, 2025

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke *** (of 4)

In southeast Texas's Nacagdoches County, Texas Ranger Darren Matthews has problems big and small. As a Black Texas Ranger he is self-motivated to uphold the...

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March 18, 2025

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman *** (of 4)

Richard Osman has taken a bread from his retired senior citizens of the Thursday Murder Club. His new crew of investigators include Amy Wheeler, a...

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February 25, 2025

James by Percival Everett **** (of 4)

On the face of it, a book that can be described in a single sentence. What would the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn look like if...

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February 25, 2025

A Map of Future Ruins by Lauren Markham *** (of 4)

By necessity, print and visual media focus on the big picture when reporting on human migration -- how many thousands of refugees are crossing the...

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February 4, 2025

The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich **** (of 4)

In a small farming town in North Dakota, sugar beet farming is almost as much everybody's livelihood as keeping track of one's neighbor's business. Kismet,...

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February 4, 2025

Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke *** (of 4)

The Civil War has come to Louisiana. Union soldiers are making advances, but slavery, and its cruelties persist. The experience of war, and its changing...

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January 16, 2025

Dogland by Tommy Tomlinson *** (of 4)

Dogland is a lighthearted romp through the world of elite dog shows. As Tomlinson makes clear from the outset, the relationship between dog and human...

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