“The Private Life Of The Brain” is a novel by a research neurologist at Oxford University and director of Britain’s Royal Institution Susan Greenfield. It can be described as a correspondence between...

“Throwaway Girls” by Andrea Contos will make you want to jump into the book and help with all hands on deck. Her discerning vocabulary and passion for words shine bright as you endure the crazy narrative. ...

“Everything that’s coming into your life you are attracting in your life. And it's attracted to you by virtue of the images you’re holding in your mind,” Rhonda Byrnes, author of “The Secret,”...

“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante is a masterpiece that will remain on bookshelves for centuries to come. Her breathtaking prose and unfairly true characters will make you cry and laugh simultaneously....

   The mysterious, almost austere cover of “I, Claudia,” coupled with words on the inside cover like “Imperial Day Academy” and “tyrants waiting in the wings” put me in...

At first glance, “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss is just another one of many similar fantasy novel, with a familiar setting in some middle-ages type world and a main character with magical...

Opening “Far from the Tree” by Robin Benway, I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. Seeing the story was about three kids who had been separated almost at birth, I guessed it was some sort of heartwarming...

Opening “Dread Nation,” by Justina Ireland, I expected one of either two types of familiar story. Reading the summary on the back, I had seen the part about a “combat school” and “zombies”...

After 25 years of overseeing Community’s “Free Verse” magazine, Judith Dewoskin stepped down and handed her position over to Robert Morgan and Ken McGraw a few years ago. After...

  “This Jealous Earth” is Carpenter’s first collection of short stories even though he’s written and published almost 30 short stories and his debut novel, “Theory of Remainders”...

Standing in a grey jacket with a dark blue turtleneck under the 13 chandeliers of Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Colson Whitehead reads and speaks about his new book ‘The Underground Railroad’. This Oprah...

Creature of Moonlight by Rebecca Hahn I have a list of things I like to see in a fantasy book; a strong female protagonist, dragons, kingdom politics, and not too much romance. This book covers all...