Reviews

Staff Review

Lightning Time by Douglas Rees


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Oct 6, 2011

It is indeed a Lightning Time.  John Brown of Osawatomie is travelling among abolitionist supporters in Massachusetts, raising money for his fighters back in Kansas Territory.  Theodore Worth is 14, a Quaker, and quite taken with the thrilling drama Brown

Staff Review

Black Butler by Yana Toboso


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Sep 23, 2011

Kuroshitsuji, or Black Butler, is a manga composed of one part serious historical fiction, one part supernatural horror, one part fanservice, and five parts uncut crack.

Staff Review Sep 15, 2011

On Labor Day, 1960, before cell phones and GPS devices, the author set out with his poodle, Charley, to see and take the pulse of America.  He took Charley for company and because a dog is a good ambassador when meeting strangers.  In a custom-made camper t