Category Archives: Book Review

Subtitled True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle, this is a quick and enjoyable read. In 1970, Ms. MacLeod and her family decide to uproot from the frenetic pace of Southern England and move to a very … Continue reading →

I love mysteries and read three very different ones during the month of March. A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander is the second book in the Bakeshop Mysteries series. I haven’t read the first so this is … Continue reading →

This is another fine entry into the Cat In the Stacks mystery series. Charlie Harris is a part-time cataloger in the Archives Section at Athena College in Mississippi. When Mayor Long donates 4 volumes of a Civil War Diary of … Continue reading →

This book, by Molly Guptill Manning, will appeal most to bibliophiles and librarians.  It relates the story of the Armed Service Editions (ASE) of books supplied to U.S. soldiers around the world during World War II.  120 million small, lightweight … Continue reading →