Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist is a must read for theater lovers, historians, performers and aspiring artists alike. The author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner explores his subject’s passion, drive, collaborative nature and the creative evolution of his many projects; his unlikely journey f...
The Secret Christmas Library
It’s no secret that this reviewer thoroughly enjoys the work of New York Times best-selling, prolific author and gifted storyteller Jenny Colgan, despite professing an aversion to romances. In addition to charmingly cozy novels, she has also written several scripts for television, children’s boo...
One of Them
Kitty Zeldis is a prolific author and gifted storyteller who ably captures the zeitgeist of the time period immediately following WWII in her well-crafted novel One of Them which focuses on two college girls struggling with identity and discrimination. It’s an unusual coming of age story involving...
Mona's Eyes
Thomas Schlesser wears many hats as an art historian, college professor, foundation director and author of several well-regarded nonfiction books. His second novel is the international #1 best seller Mona’s Eyes, first published in Europe in 2024. It was translated from the original French for thi...
The Once and Future Queen
If you think you know the story about King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, you may be in for a surprising – and enlightening –Â awakening in The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty. This debut novel, the first in a trilogy, is described as a magical Camelot that is......
Love Letters for Other People
In a small town in Indiana, two teenagers named Aubrey and Nick fall in love. Nick lives with his alcoholic father, while Aubrey comes from a traditional family. Can their love survive? Love Letters from Other People is a novel told in dual timelines: the present and 17 years ago.......
Prose Pizza
Cynthia Schumacher’s Prose Pizza is a charming, thoughtful collection of nine stories that reveal the extraordinary layers beneath ordinary lives. With a warm yet incisive eye, Schumacher explores private desires, social expectations, small rebellions and the moments — quiet or sudden — that r...
The Book of Women's Friendship
Female friendship is all the rage in popular culture at the moment. You see it in the forefront of movies, TV shows, and social media. The idea that platonic relationships between women are of incredible importance, more so even than a romantic relationship, has become more and more normalized in......
The Jaguar’s Roar
Micheliny Verunschk weaves a nuanced web about colonialism and the effect centuries-old behavior still has on modern times in her newest release, The Jaguar’s Roar. With whip-smart prose, she imagines the life of Iñe-e as she is raised in Brazil and eventually taken from her homeland. Verunschkâ€...