by Seniye Groff | Feb 26, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Travel
Fourteen islands and seven marine parks are explored in Kahn’s Hiking the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. But first, Kahn begins with the history of the area, hiking etiquette and tips, overview of the flora and fauna, and even safety tips. He uses a rating system...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Feb 22, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
Patience Hester keeps herself pretty busy in Hope River as the resident midwife in the local area and the whole county. She’s also a mom of four active youngsters and takes care of the farm animals. Her husband, Daniel Hester, is the local veterinarian and stays...
by Addison Fleming | Feb 21, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Sassy and Waldo take their jobs as dogs seriously. From neutralizing squirrel threats to maintaining a spotless, crumb-free house, they’ve got it covered. That’s why they’re concerned when they discover that their boy, Stewart, goes to this dreadfully boring place...
by Whitney Smyth | Feb 15, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, Sponsored
Melissa M. Terra’s, The Professor in Children’s Literature: An Anthology, is a companion piece to her book, Picture-Book Professors: Academia and Children’s Literature, which was an in-depth look at how the children’s book industry has portrayed academia in literature...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Feb 14, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Science Fiction
In a small town named Sycamore, a woman goes to her ATM, and her bank card disappears into the machine and out comes as a mess of goo! And so it begins, with pens and phones and tires and computer parts melting into a substance smelling of crude oil. Each day...
by Howard Leighton | Feb 13, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
A semi-retired public defense lawyer, Janet Moodie, living in a small town north of San Francisco is contacted by an appeals lawyer, Mike Barry, with whom she had previously worked. Janet reluctantly agrees to help him with a death sentence appeal for an inmate on...