by Ryder Miller | Aug 29, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Nature’s Nether Regions from Professor Menno Schilthuizen is a strange exploration of the sex lives of (mostly) insects and spiders. Sex is a subject that fascinates him like many others, but this book is not for young audiences. He does keep from using slang, and has...
by Katie Richards | Jul 31, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, NW Authors
Robin Oliviera’s I Always Loved You tells the story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas, two of the most important painters of the late 19th century. We know that after Degas’ death, Cassatt collected all the letters she had sent him from his house, and that...
by Site Owner | Jun 3, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
The Last Irish Love By Sebastian Barry Viking, $26.95, 310 pages The Temporary Gentleman is an eloquent sequel to Sebastian Barry’s third novel, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty. Set in the mid-1900s, The Temporary Gentleman tells the story of the tempestuous love...
by Site Owner | May 23, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Ghosts in the Past Prove Unshakeable By Patrick O’Keeffe Viking, $26.95, 275 pages The Visitors centers around the story of two families intertwined in the past while still influencing the present. One night, Jimmy is approached by a disheveled Walter, who...
by Site Owner | May 12, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Sports & Recreation
New Meaning for “The Wall” By Timothy S. Lane Viking, $26.95, 336 pages The book begins in the perspective of Columbia City basketball star, Jimmy Kirkus, son of Columbia City basketball legend but eventual failure, Todd “Freight Train” Kirkus. Jimmy, also...
