Golden Paladin (Aug 2023) “She wheeled to look at the Golden Paladin, sure her eyes were as large as a hill giant’s but unable to wrangle her expression into anything more professional.”
Nonfiction roundup “To hopefully save you from sinking into despair after reading some of my recommendations for nonfiction, I decided to go half upsetting and half… well, not upsetting. (Cheerful may be a stretch.)”
Love note to a book: The Futurological Congress “On the surface—hilarity. Underneath—did you actually just articulate what is wrong with everything?”
Interview with author Erica Blaque "Erica Blaque’s debut novel, Among Wolves, qualified for the 2023 Anthony Awards as 'Best First Novel'"
Love Note to a book: The Day on Fire "Writing becomes a coping mechanism to address the problem of belonging."
Golden Paladin recap: Part 4 "The Golden Paladin deduced that Merlin was not only targeting Arthur with the mana-storm, but directly attempting to kill her."
Beach Reads "Every year when I start thinking about a beach read book list, I have to look up what a beach read is, and every year I re-learn that a beach read is whatever you want it to be."
The book report: Spring releases “It’s spring, when publishers release their best crop of books for the year.”
The Book Report: Someone Else’s Shoes “One pair of shoes has the chance to steer the destiny of two women.”
What the world needs now, is cozy, sweet cozy Kickstart a cozy, capybara-themed book from local author K.R.R. Lockhaven!
The Book Report: A multitude of memoirs “I really enjoy memoirs....The general facts of a person’s life are only important in how they relate to the story at hand.”
Metacosm Chronicles: An introduction “Welcome, friends. Enjoy the playground of the Metacosm Chronicles.”
The Book Report: The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman "Something about the holiday season always seems to have me reviewing depressing books."
Love note to a book: A Year in Provence "You introduced me to so many people who I now call my friends."
The Book Report: Mid-Columbia Reads literary festival Bestselling novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia will present at Mid-Columbia Reads literary festival.
The Book Report: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover “This book is definitely not for everyone, but... I feel it’s an honest look at an important topic.”
The Book Report: diversity in romance “One genre that is leading the pack in offering diverse characters is romance.”
LGBTQIA+ Books "Check out these titles from Mid-Columbia Libraries which feature LGBTQIA+ characters/themes/authors."
The Book Report: The Woman They Could Not Silence “In 1960, Elizabeth Packard was involuntarily committed to a mental asylum by her husband.”
Book Report: Doing Harm “Diseases considered ‘female issues’ are poorly understood, often dismissed, and commonly undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.”
