reviews

A Classic Tale With Teeth Author: Peter Benchley Having my end of summer beach time on St. George’s Island, Florida with its semi-secluded beaches and miles of breathtaking vistas was enough to inspire me to go classic or go home. So, already paranoid by a lifelong fear of deep water and stunted by the inability to swim, I packed up both Jaws and Moby Dick for my beach time reads. While Moby Dick made me question my very desire to read, Jaws had me spell bound and roiling with internal fear before the plane wheels even touched down in Florida. Gory and supernatural, the book Jaws is a far [...]

Just when you think you’re finished with WWII fiction  Author: Chris Cleave “Keep calm and carry on.” We’re all familiar with this phrase, coined in 1939 by the British government to fortify the morale of a nation faced with impending bombing raids. (As an aside, although the slogan was printed on 2.45 million posters, most of them were never displayed during WWII, ultimately being pulped to save paper.) As I consumed Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Chris Cleave’s newest novel, I was reminded over and over of that motto—“Keep calm and carry on”—because it’s exactly what his characters do. These women [...]

Anne of Green Gables Goes to College Author: L.M. Montgomery Returning to the world of Anne Shirley, fiery haired orphan who stole our hearts with her imagination and positive nature in Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island follows college adventures, whims of romance, newfound friendship, cozy nesting, and the dreamy nature of teen love in true L.M. Montgomery style. Anne is now well into womanhood yet the advances of the dashing Gilbert Blythe are still repellent to our young at heart, ever a child heroine who visualizes romance as an exercise in being swept off her feet instead of the ho-hum [...]