Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten
I will confess that I was initially drawn to Saving Max because my son’s name is Max. I noticed the name over at NetGalley and decided it was worth a read...
Year: 2010
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic by Robert O'Connell
Cannae – that word means nothing to most people, but to military historians it means the humbling of one of the greatest empire’s in history. Cannae was ...
Added to the TBR: A Tale Dark & Grimm
Marjorie Ingall’s review of A Tale Dark and Grimm has me wanting to read it immediately: “A Tale Dark & Grimm,” by Adam Gidwitz, is something else ent...
In the Mail: Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin Publishers Weekly Former L.A. Times crime reporter Corwin (Homicide Special: A Year with the LAPD’s Elite Detective Unit) int...
In the Mail: 21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times Synopsis The world has undergone foundational shifts in recent decades—widespread advances in technology and...
Penguin Radio Fright Edition
In this episode of The Literary Life, Penguin Radio investigates fright: that disturbing feeling that can spring from the most unlikely of places—even the pages...