An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart.

Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.

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Come Fly With Me by Camille Di Maio ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

It’s 1962, the dawn of the jet-set era. Hope takes flight for two Pan Am stewardesses navigating an adventurous new life in a novel about love, friendship, and escape.

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Nolanverse: Exploring the Greatest Illusion in Movie History: An Unauthorized New Analysis of The Dark Knight Rises by Robert E. Eliot ~ a Review

by MK French

The Dark Knight Rises concludes Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy of movies, and its conclusion inspired a lot of discussion regarding its meaning and what happened. Fans around the world discussed their theories behind it online, and now we have a new analysis of the movie. It isn't authorized by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan, who wrote the script, and provides a new way of looking at the film.

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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Fossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary efforts of their leafy counterparts. It has been the constant growth of plants that have allowed so many of our favorite, fascinating prehistoric creatures to evolve, oxygenating the atmosphere, coaxing animals onto land, and forming the forests that shaped our ancestors’ anatomy. It is impossible to understand our history without them. Or, our future.

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Follow Me to Africa by Penny Haw ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

 

Historical fiction inspired by the story of groundbreaking paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, Follow Me to Africa is a sweeping, dual-timeline story of intergenerational friendship, a meditation on the beauty of the natural world, and a celebration of the women who pave the way for those to come.

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The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay ~ a Review

by MK French

Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo, Eddie for short, is an aspiring playwright hoping to make it big in London’s theater world. Repeated rejections make her suspect it's her name and not her plays that are the problem. Hugo Lawrence Smith is stifled by his law degree and wants out. He and Eddie become friends and plan to use Hugo's name on Eddie’s play. When her plays are successful, they can expose the theater world for its racism and hollow clout-chasing. This plan soon spirals out of control, leaving Eddie and Hugo wondering if their reputations and friendship can survive.

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A Victim at Valentine's by Ellie Alexander ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

In the cozy town of Redwood Grove, Annie Murray’s Valentine’s Day plans take a sinister turn when a beloved pillar of the local community is found dead at her Agatha Christie-inspired bookshop.

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