Shelf Reflections

Movie review: Hidden Figures

The history of science and innovation is filled with untold stories. Many of us have heard the names of the[…]

On Christmas Eve, 2016, literature lost a true giant. Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, and Shardik,[…]

England’s Tudor monarchs—Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I—are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of[…]

“Chuck Dutton built Music City Salvage with patience and expertise, stripping historic properties and reselling their bones. Inventory is running[…]

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known[…]

Healer Blackthorn knows all too well the rules of her bond to the fey: seek no vengeance, help any who[…]

“Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was[…]

Since I just finished re-reading this book, it’s featured here as my Throwback Thursday pick. It’s one of my favorites,[…]

“Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. Her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison[…]

“There are two sides to every story… The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common[…]