Book Reviews… BOOK REVIEW: “Leaves on Frozen Ground” by Dave Carty 17 Sep 2019 Dave Carty has painted a stark and beautiful portrait of life on the edges of Lake Superior in his debut novel. "Leaves on Frozen Ground" is set primarily in the…
Book Reviews… Book Review: Land of the Free: an Irish Odyssey in America 3 Sep 2019 Tom Curtin's Land of the Free: an Irish Odyssey in America tells the tale of Irish college students' pilgrimage to New York City in the Summer of '69. They are…
Book Reviews… Book Review: “The Starter Garden Handbook” 6 Mar 2019 Two (Hopefully) Green Thumbs Up for "The Starter Garden Handbook" I have been wanting to start a vegetable garden for a few years now. I feel like it would be…
Book Reviews… The Free Library of Philadelphia Surpasses 1 Million Ebook and Audiobook Checkouts in 2018 18 Jan 201918 Jan 2019 Rakuten OverDrive announced today that The Free Library of Philadelphia reached a record-breaking 1 million digital book checkouts in 2018. This accomplishment illustrates the continued growth and importance of library digital…
Book Reviews… Book Review: “The Enchanted Sonata” 26 Nov 201827 Nov 2018 A Forgivably Flawed Mash-Up of Folklore In The Enchanted Sonata, musician, animator and author Heather Dixon Wallwork, seamlessly blends the stories of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and The Pied…
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