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On Our Bookshelves – We Have Always Lived in the Castle

24 October 2019 by Laura LaVelle

This one is perfectly suitable for Halloween.

Section: Culture | Tags: Book Club Suggestions, book reviews, Merricat Blackwood, On Our Bookshelves, Shirley Jackson, The Lottery Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, What To Read

On Our Bookshelves – Sorcery and Cecelia – Or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot

18 March 2019 by Laura LaVelle

One of the most delightful things about this epistolary novel is that it wasn’t intended to be a novel at all.

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, Caroline Stevermer, On Our Bookshelves, Patricia C. Wrede, reviews, Sorcery and Cecelia, Sorcery and Cecelia: Or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot, What To Read

On Our Bookshelves – I Will Always Write Back

2 January 2018 by Laura LaVelle

*** ON OUR BOOKSHELVES *** BOOK: I Will Always Write Back AUTHORS: Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda with Liz Welch YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 On the recommendation of a middle school librarian, I bought this book for my 11-year-old daughter, and gave it to her for Christmas. I ended up reading it first, and thought … Continue reading On Our Bookshelves – I Will Always Write Back →

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, Caitlin Alifirenka, Father Edmund Dobbin, I Will Always Write Back, Liz Welch, Martin Ganda, On Our Bookshelves, pen pals, What To Read, Zimbabwe

Book Review – On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

14 December 2017 by Laura LaVelle

*** ON OUR BOOKSHELVES *** BOOK: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century AUTHOR: Timothy Snyder YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017  *** Timothy Snyder is a Professor of History at Yale University, who specializes in the study of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust. He has a reading or speaking knowledge of eleven European … Continue reading Book Review – On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century →

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, On Our Bookshelves, On Tyranny, On Tyranny Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, What To Read

On Our Bookshelves – Tales of the Unexpected

3 November 2017 by Laura LaVelle

Roald Dahl’s short stories are meant for the adult reader, and the good, young and kind are largely absent, with the old, greedy and wicked taking center stage.

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, bookclub suggestions, On Our Bookshelves, Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected, What To Read

On Our Bookshelves – The Tale of Despereaux

27 October 2017 by Laura LaVelle

The unlikely hero with big ears is a tremendous protagonist.

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, bookclub suggestions, Children's Books, Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo, La La La, On Our Bookshelves, The Tale of Despereaux, What To Read

Worth Revisiting – A Spooky Book From 1959

5 October 2017 by Laura LaVelle

*** ON OUR BOOKSHELVES *** NOVEL: The Haunting of Hill House AUTHOR: Shirley Jackson YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1959 REVIEW: There’s a chill in the air and the kids are planning their Halloween costumes. It’s time for spooky books. The Haunting of Hill House is a classic. *** I was familiar with Shirley Jackson through her … Continue reading Worth Revisiting – A Spooky Book From 1959 →

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, bookclub suggestions, On Our Bookshelves, Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery, The Lottery Shirley Jackson, What To Read

50 Years Later – From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – A Book Review

25 September 2017 by Laura LaVelle

Because more than just a mystery story, it’s a coming of age story, and like any good coming of age story, it contains some timeless truths.

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, Claudia Kincaid, E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Italian Renaissance, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michelangelo, On Our Bookshelves, What To Read

A Book By Jane Austen… And Another Lady?

11 August 2017 by Laura LaVelle

Jane Austen left the world six complete novels. Delightful as they are, no Janeite can help but wishing there were more.

Section: Culture | Tags: book reviews, bookclub suggestions, Charlotte Heywood, Jane Austen, Jane Austen and Another Lady, On Our Bookshelves, Sanditon, What To Read

A Transfixing Book – Our Review Of Fever Dream

16 July 2017 by Laura LaVelle

“Short, compelling, and eerie, Fever Dream is unlike anything else I’ve read.” — Laura LaVelle, NewsWhistle

Section: Culture | Tags: Book Club, book reviews, Book Suggestions, books, Fever Dream, On Our Bookshelves, Samanta Schweblin, What To Read

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