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"Small Town Sins" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
Locksburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for “Small Town Sins,” a gritty novel with an addictive storyline by Ken Jaworowski. The book...

cstucky2
Sep 6, 20232 min read


"Dee Dann: Folk Artist" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
The New Haven Preservation Society has just released a compendium of artwork created by highly regarded folk artist Dorris L. “Dee” Dann....

cstucky2
Sep 5, 20232 min read


"Ice Cream & Dinosaurs: (Groovy Joe #1) | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
A doggy, dinosaurs and dance—what a jazzy trio. All can be found in “Ice Cream & Dinosaurs (Groovy Joe #1), a toe-tapping, rhyming...

cstucky2
Sep 5, 20232 min read


"Prom Mom" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Prom Mom,” by Laura Lippman, is a suspenseful read based on a true story. The thriller is intense, addictive and sinister, a...

cstucky2
Sep 4, 20232 min read


Can Do Attitude!
Clover offers a tip of her wings to the characters in her stupendous September Picks — all have a “Can Do Attitude” despite facing...

Clover
Sep 3, 20234 min read


"Happiness Falls" | Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
The impetus behind Angie Kim’s new novel, “Happiness Falls,” can be traced to the difficulties she had adapting to a foreign culture when...

cstucky2
Aug 28, 20232 min read


"All the Sinners Bleed" | Reviewed by Miles Eschmann
Set in the turbulent year of 2017, “All the Sinners Bleed” is an enthusiastically bloody crime thriller with subtext rooted in the deeply...

cstucky2
Aug 28, 20232 min read


"The Wingmen" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Shortly after the U.S. entered the Korean War in 1953, two men flew over the 38th Parallel into Communist territory aboard identical...

cstucky2
Aug 23, 20232 min read


"The English Experience"| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
It’s been a while since I read a book that made me laugh out loud, but that’s what happened as I walked the Brit walk with Jason Fitger,...

cstucky2
Aug 20, 20232 min read


"Shark Heart" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
One striking feature of “Shark Heart,” by Emily Habeck, is the beautiful cover art of a graceful shark painted in flowers, gliding...

cstucky2
Aug 17, 20232 min read


"Cutting Teeth" | Reviewed by Jenny Johnson
Little Academy Preschool is idyllic. The bright colors, sweet little handprints and chorus of delighted voices in the halls are enough to...

cstucky2
Aug 15, 20232 min read


"The Fourth Turning Is Here" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
In 1997, social and historical theorists, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss published “The Fourth Turning,” a hypothesis that...

cstucky2
Aug 14, 20232 min read


Mariah's Pick: "Bring Me Your Midnight" by Rachel Griffin
Tana has always known her fate: marry Landon, the governor’s son, to keep the peace between the mainland and her coven’s island. The...

Neighborhood Reads
Aug 11, 20231 min read


"Family Lore" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“Family Lore,” by Elizabeth Acevedo, is a multi-generational story of four sisters born with magical gifts that are revealed as they grow...

cstucky2
Aug 10, 20232 min read


"The Half Known Life" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
After traveling the globe for 12 years as the Dalai lama's biographer and observing how people worldwide search for meaning in their...

cstucky2
Aug 8, 20233 min read


“The Connellys of County Down| Reviewed by Chris Stuckenschneider
For over a year, Tara Connelly has been in Taconic Correctional, a medium security facility where she’s been a model prisoner. The day...

cstucky2
Aug 7, 20232 min read


"I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home| Reviewed by William Winkler
Lorrie Moore is a professor of English at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University. She writes essays, short stories, and has published four...

cstucky2
Aug 3, 20232 min read


"The Housekeepers" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“The Housekeepers,” by Alex Hay, is a fun debut novel in which “Ocean’s Eleven” meets “Downton Abbey.” Set in London in the 1900s, the...

cstucky2
Aug 1, 20232 min read


Ready, Set, Smart!
School bells beckon, the joys of summer morphed into fond memories tucked in the recesses of our brain. With “Ready, Set, Smart” as our...

Clover
Jul 31, 20234 min read


"Alchemy of a Blackbird" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“Alchemy of a Blackbird,” by Claire McMillan, is a historical fiction novel based on the true story of Surrealist Painters Remedios Varo...

cstucky2
Jul 27, 20232 min read
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