Book Review: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Viking Books for Young Readers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1984837011 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition     The legend of Lucy Gallows says that 12 year old Lucy Callow ran into the woods after an argument with her mother, and when her brother went after […]

Book Review: Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner Vesuvian Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1944109363 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition   Speak No Evil is an unusual book in that while it has some mild supernatural elements, is really about the often unspeakable horror of what humans do to each other.  Melody is a selectively […]

Book Review: Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds by Peter Adam Salomon

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds by Peter Adam Salomon PseudoPalms Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1093780673 Available: Paperback,  Kindle edition, audiobook     Eight Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds has a fascinating concept, and turns out to be more relevant to our times than I’m sure the author expected. Taking place in the near future, I’d […]