Category: Book Reviews

Book Review: Julia Quinn’s Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Book Review: Julia Quinn’s Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for…well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all. As for Colin . . . turns out Penelope is the girl haunting his dreams, but when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat — or his promise of a happy ending?

Posted July 1, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Chris Crutcher’s Period 8

Book Review: Chris Crutcher’s Period 8

Telling the truth can cause problems, and not minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don’t know is that the ultimate bully, the ultimate liar, is in their midst.


Book Review: Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd’s Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

Book Review: Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd’s Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

Good Prose explores three major nonfiction forms: narratives, essays, and memoirs. Kidder and Todd draw candidly, sometimes comically, on their own experience—their mistakes as well as accomplishments—to demonstrate the pragmatic ways in which creative problems get solved. This useful book that is the perfect companion for anyone who loves to read good books and longs to write one.

Posted June 27, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments