Lose Yourself in the World of Books
The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II I always enjoy a good World War II fiction or nonfiction book, and when this one came in as an advance copy at the store with a blurb from Erik Larson on the front cover, I knew it had to… Continue reading D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
Last week I featured some of my favorite World War II fiction, so it's only right that I follow it up with nonfiction this week! I've also noticed that all of my favorite WWII books, both fiction and nonfiction, are the stories of women during the war. It wasn't intentional for me to formulate a… Continue reading My Favorite WWII Nonfiction
The Adventure Zone #1 Many of my Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) playing friends have told me how much they love The Adventure Zone. I'm not a big podcast person, but I do love a good fantasy graphic novel! So when the first volume was released, I decided to pick it up and give it a… Continue reading Here There Be Gerblins by The McElroys
A Memoir in Thirteen Animals I've been waiting to write this review until I found the copy of the book that we're supposed to have on hand at the store. And when I finally gave up, I ordered another copy from the publisher. Right before we had to close our doors at the bookstore because… Continue reading How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
Diary of a Bookseller #12 On Monday, per the guidance of our Pennsylvania governor and health department, we closed the doors of the bookstore to the public. While many stores are remaining open limited hours so that staff can receive books and fulfill web orders, our store is presently closed to customers and employees -… Continue reading How to Support Your Local Indie Bookstore When Everyone’s Stuck at Home
How Comedy Ruined Everything During my January funk (which seems so slight compared to what the world is going through now), the Nonfiction Book Club read Planet Funny by Ken Jennings. This is the review I had meant to post 2 months ago! Synopsis From the Back Cover:Where society's most coveted trait once might have… Continue reading Planet Funny by Ken Jennings
I've been a fan of World War II literature for as long as I can remember. One of my first introductions was with the Molly American Girl series, and as I got older, Moppy, my maternal grandmother, would tell my sister and I stories of growing up in Philadelphia during the war. When I was… Continue reading My Favorite WWII Fiction
Check, Please! #1 What feels like eons ago, my coworker and friend, told me about an adorable web comic that I just had to read called Check Please!. What she didn't tell me was that it was a super cute LGBTQ+ story with a pie-baking hockey player as it's protagonist! How could I have put… Continue reading #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Little Women #1 & #2 I've been watching Little Women on near repeat the last few days to cope with being in the epicenter of the Pennsylvania Covid-19 outbreak. I re-read the book in the last month for the tenth time, but the first since I was fourteen and I'd nearly forgotten just how near… Continue reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I almost posted another review today, but it's International Women's Day, so I knew I had to do a review of a book by one of my favorite female authors about one of my favorite women in history! Synopsis From the Jacket Flap:Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to… Continue reading The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Celebration of Books 