Recent Reviews

Image of No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
Author(s):
Michael J. Fox
Genre(s):
Actors & Entertainers, Health, Wellness & Medical, Entertainment, Popular Culture

No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

January 19, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Steve Marantz

Michael J. Fox has played several iconic roles in his stellar acting career: his Marty McFly, Alex Keaton, and Mike Flaherty characters bear his indelible stamp.

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Image of The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence
Author(s):
Frank Figliuzzi
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, Current/Public Affairs & Events, Law Enforcement & Intelligence

The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau's Code of Excellence

January 19, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Michael J. McCann

“The FBI Way is an important read for every American who values the rule of law and the role of the FBI in its maintenance.”

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Image of War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East
Author(s):
Gershom Gorenberg
Genre(s):
History, Military History & Affairs, Africa, World War II

War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Robert S. Davis

“should be required reading for anyone wanting to learn intelligence gathering.”

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Image of She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer
Author(s):
Kathryn Lasky
Illustrator(s):
Julianna Swaney
Genre(s):
4-8, Picture Books, Science

She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss

“An important addition to the growing collection of picture book biographies of women you should know about but probably don’t.”

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Image of Floaters: Poems
Author(s):
Martín Espada
Genre(s):
Poetry, Single Author, Contemporary

Floaters: Poems

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Anjanette Delgado

“seeing, feeling, remembering, transforming, articulating what was, what is, what could have been. If only.”

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Image of Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan: A Novel of a Life in Art
Author(s):
Deborah Reed
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction, Contemporary, Families, Contemporary, Families

Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan: A Novel of a Life in Art

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Caitlin Hicks

Marvelous and painful, truthful and penetrating, this novel, with every page, requires the reader to sense, to live in and cherish the present moment.

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Image of Spin (Captain Chase)
Author(s):
Patricia Cornwell
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller, Conspiracies, Adventure

Spin (Captain Chase)

January 18, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Carolyn Haley

Spin is an appropriate name for this techno-thriller because it can make your head spin.

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Image of All the Colors of Night (Fogg Lake)
Author(s):
Jayne Ann Krentz
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller, Suspense, Romance, Suspense

All the Colors of Night (Fogg Lake)

January 16, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Michael J. McCann

“All the Colors of Night is an entertaining, easy to read novel into which you can immerse yourself for a day or two.”

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Image of Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion
Author(s):
Vogue Editors
Genre(s):
Fashion & Jewelry, Fashion History

Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion

January 13, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

John Galliano states in the Foreword of Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion “you are working with the most talented people in the industry to produce excellence, to create this moment.”

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Image of Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
Author(s):
Christopher Fowler
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller, Legal/Police Procedural, Detective, Series

Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

January 12, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Toni V. Sweeney

“With the history of a centuries’ old nursery rhyme as its starting point, it’s the best Bryan and May mystery by far.”

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Image of The Breaker (A Peter Ash Novel)
Author(s):
Nick Petrie
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller, Crime Mystery & Thriller, Series, Suspense

The Breaker (A Peter Ash Novel)

January 12, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Beth Kanell

“Nick Petrie keeps it all moving, with all the balls in the air, so there isn’t really time for disbelief—just for the next weapon and defensive maneuver, with an edge of self-sacrifice.”

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Image of The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly, 2)
Author(s):
Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller, Suspense, Women Sleuths

The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly (2))

January 11, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Judith Reveal

“Preston and Child have designed an intricate thriller that takes several twists and turns, but never totally diverts from the crux of the story.”

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