Reviews

Staff Review

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Aug 16, 2013

Hilarious and honest, Dad Is Fat chronicles the difficult but joy-filled experience of raising five children in a two-bedroom walk-up in New York City.  Comedian Jim Gaffigan ranges from topics like disastrous

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Wesley the Owl by Stacie O'Brien


Rated by Hannah Jane W.
Aug 15, 2013

Wesley the Owl is a fascinating story about the 19 years Stacie O’Brien shares with Wesley, a barn owl.  Stacie, an employee at Caltech, is offered the opportunity to raise a barn owl.  She immediately accepts the offer and throws herself into the arduous but overwhelmingly poignant task of creating a happy and long life for her new feath

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Spellwright by Blake Charlton


Rated by Jared H.
Aug 13, 2013

In a world where words are literally the most powerful magic around, Nicodemus Weal is at a big disadvantage.  You see, he is a cacographer—a dyslexic mage who cannot write magical words or touch the words of others without drastically changing the desired outcome, often dangerously.

Staff Review Aug 12, 2013

One of my favorite things about working in a library is discovering new authors, or at least new to me authors.  J. T. Ellison is the author of the Taylor Jackson series which focuses on the cases of Nashville Homicide Detective Taylor Jackson.

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The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Aug 11, 2013

I like to read stories set in the art world.  And what more enticing art mystery is there than the Gardner art museum theft of March 18, 1990 in Boston? None, you say. It is only the biggest art heist in history! 13 artworks valued at over $500 million in today’s market.

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Slings and Arrows (DVD)


Rated by Scott S.
Aug 10, 2013

About six years ago, I was home for the holidays. I had visions of my family opening presents and huddling around the TV to watch Christmas movies and generally be twenty-first century Rockwellians. Alas, my parents (and the MU Tigers who went to the Cotton Bowl in Arkansas that year) had other plans.

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Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld


Rated by Colleen O.
Aug 7, 2013

Kate and her twin sister Violet were born with what they called “senses”-certain psychic abilities that they are aware no one else they know has. Throughout their difficult childhood, Kate runs from these abilities, while Vi embraces them.