Reviews A TMK Book Review of Taking Wing, by Annie Dalton 28 Aug 2019 5/5 STARS I drove for an hour to visit a friend-- our main goal: to find treasure! There was a going-out-of-business sale at a used book store just twenty minutes…
Reviews Sappho’s Leap, A Novel by Erica Jong 23 Aug 2019 5/5 STARS: An Eloquent Journey Sappho was known as the mortal muse. It explains how inspired I was while reading this book. In fact, after this, I will share two…
Reviews One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison 19 Jun 201919 Jun 2019 4/5 STARS: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Each chapter has a different character's perspective, and one perspective (Diana-- I would consider our main character) is written in first person. We…
Reviews Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy 3 Jun 2019 2.5/5 STARS: The title is perfect. We go extremely far into the future and Arthur, reborn again, this time a girl, finds the sword and must be trained by Merlin,…
Reviews Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 19 May 2019 3.5/5 STARS: I enjoy both science fiction and historical fiction, so I was eager to read “Kindred.” There is even a touch of mystery in this novel. The main character,…
Reviews City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab 27 Apr 2019 3.5/5 STARS: Easy to ready YA (or scary tween) story written in first person with an adventurous plot and interesting settings. The main character, Cass, sees ghosts. While visiting Scotland,…
Reviews Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 20 Apr 201921 Apr 2019 5/5 STARS: Eloquence meets the wild here. Like a water lily, our protagonist, Kya, hides beneath the surface and blooms above it. Our love for her grows as she does…
Reviews Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah 17 Apr 201921 Apr 2019 3/5 STARS: Impressive character development in this drama filled with poetic description and few happy moments. It becomes more interesting 1/3 the way through when, like a nesting doll, the…