The Monster of Florence is a true story about a series of murders that took place in Florence and the subsequent investigation process over several decades. At first glance, this book appears to be a gruesome tale of ritual murders of fourteen couples, including the mutilation of the female victim.  Upon completion, its more about […]

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So, here’s the deal:  they are three friends from college that started selling text books online.  […]

  Its summer time and the last thing most kids want to do is sit around and read.  Did you know, though, that summer reading programs were originally started in the 1890s to encourage children to develop a habit of reading on a regular basis?  According to the American Library Association, numerous studies have shown […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about bookshelves lately.  I just recently moved into a new apartment.  I don’t know about you, but when I move, the first thing I must do to get that wonderful “this is home” feeling is pull the books out of boxes.  In a strange way, this is more important even […]

The President’s Secret Plan, The Bomb, and what the French Never Knew…Legerdemain is a real life story of a former US Air Force undercover operative in the 1950s. James Heaphey gives us first hand insight into the behind-the-scenes treachery and atrocities that accompany geopolitical operations. The author does not just give us insight into […]

Recently, I had the pleasure of reading A Life Less Convenient by Jennifer Burke. I have never read a book that lays out the struggles of an illness as insightful as A Life Less Convenient (ALLC) does. Jennifer Burke deserves a great deal of accolades for putting together this magnificent journey into the love […]

It has been a long time since I’ve read a memoir. Most memoirs that I’ve read in the past are the life and times of various authors through history. Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, Edna Ferber, Maya Angelou, to name a few. The two years I spent reading memoirs was spent studying […]

I remember going to the library every Saturday morning for the children’s reading group, and I remember picking out books that had a cool gold seal on the cover (Newbery Book Award winners). I always thought how special children must be because we got the section at the front of the library by the entrance. […]