Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
I listened to the audio book and then had to actually “read” it a couple of years ago. And I...
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Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Strong writing, captivating story, and the characters are uniformly three dimensional. The protagonist, Annabelle, is 99% goodness, but that didn’t...
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Win the race. Kill Hitler. Or die trying. There you go. That’s the story. Sorry about the spoilers (not really–those...
In Harm’s Way by Doug Stanton
Lately I seem to have gotten into a groove of reading about war (human against human and human against the...
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
I just posted some thoughts over at the Online Author Visits site about the importance of making your fiction seem...
Just Write It
Unsolicited Advice From time to time I run into someone who finds out I’m a writer. They tell me they’ve...
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
I’ve been fortunate lately: one top-notch book after another. Makes it easy to do a book review! This one proves...
True Grit by Charles Portis
Some of us remember the original movie (you know–John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn), and more of us are probably familiar...
Time Flies
Daylight savings this past weekend. Didn’t we just fall back, like yesterday? I remember when old people I knew (my...
