By Mads Peder Nordbo Translated by Charlotte Barslund ** English Publication 11 June 2019 ** (first publication 27 April 2017) Greenland is a far away place that I know little about. In The Girl Without Skin, Greenland is a cold place that has a sad history of its treatment of women. A cold, wet place …
Month: May 2019
By Taylor Jenkins Reid ** Publication Date 5 March 2019 ** One of the best books I’ve read all year. Yes, it’s totally hyped, but that doesn’t diminish what a great story this is. Daisy Jones is such a compelling character. She’s practically raised herself on Sunset Boulevard in the shadow of the great rock …
By Richard Roper ** Publication Date 28 May 2019** Andrew works for the local council handling death. Not death as in the coroner’s way of handling, Andrew looks after those who have passed without family or friends to take care of them. Otherwise known as “public health passings.” Tasked with checking the deceased’s home for …
By Randy Susan Myers ** Publication Date 21 May 2019 ** There is an old Yiddish proverb, “You can never be too rich or too thin.” Well, maybe not a Yiddish proverb, but find me a Jewish mother of a certain era, and I guarantee her daughter will tell you she heard this at least …
By C.L. Denault ** Publication Date 22 March 2019** Willow is a teenage girl with a special gift. She is what is considered a prodigy in this new dystopian world. In book two of this series, Willow is living in the Core and expected to conform to what it is to be a prodigy. But …
By Robert Jacoby ** Publication Date 15 May 2019** Dusk and Ember tells the story of Richard Issych. A recent high school graduate who has no idea what he wants to do with his life. He is not one of the popular kids, or the jocks, or even the nerds. He is a kid who …