Lynn’s Review: I’ve been in a book funk lately. Nothing I’ve read has been horrible; nothing has been shout from the rooftops exciting. I was musing this over recently: is there something off with me? But then I figured it out. It’s not me. It’s the books. I read two books in the past 5 […]
Lynn’s Review: There have been numerous books (both fiction and non-fiction) and movies about Queen Elizabeth I. The Tournament takes a unique perspective by positing a story from Bess’s little known youth. In The Tournament, Bess, her tutor Roger Ascham and his colleague Gilbert Giles travel to Constantinople to the Sweet 16 of chess […]
Lynn’s Review: Have you ever wondered why so many different ancient cultures have myths about dragons? Did you think after reading Jurassic Park that velociraptors that hunt in packs are tame? Do you need a genre break from all the romance books? If you answered yes to any these questions, read The Great Zoo of […]