REVIEW: The Thing With Feathers by Noah Strycker
The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human Noah Strycker Review by Lara Little When I stumbled into my first bower, on a blistering afternoon in the...
View ArticleQUICKIE: Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist by Sarah Lawrence Writing Class...
Naked Came the Post-Postmodernist Sarah Lawrence College Writing Class WRIT-3303-R Review by Lara Little Kate’s hand shook. She didn’t comprehend what was happening. She finished the incision and...
View ArticleREVIEW: The King’s Grave by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones
The King’s Grave Philippa Langley and Michael Jones Review by Lara Little I found myself drawn to this wall and, as I walked towards it, I was aware of a strange sensation. My heart was pounding and my...
View ArticleREVIEW: In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl
In Falling Snow Mary-Rose MacColl Review by Lara Little As they came closer, I saw their faces, grubby, some still blood- or mud-spattered, all walking, no stretcher cases among them. They stopped when...
View ArticleREVIEW: Daniel’s Music by Jerome Preisler
Daniel’s Music: One Family’s Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment through Faith, Medicine, and the Healing Power of Music Jerome Preisler (with the Trush family) Review by Lara Little Gently now,...
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Outlaws: One Man’s Rise Through the Savage World of Renegade Bikers, Hell’s Angels, and Global Crime Tony Thompson Review by Lara Little Brandishing a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, Boone joined a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ten Trees and a Truffle Dog by Jamie Ivey
Ten Trees and a Truffle Dog Jamie Ivey Review by Lara Little There is a moment every morning when the countryside takes a pause. The sun has yet to fully warm the land but there’s enough heat to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Call the Nurse by Mary J. MacLeod
Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle Mary J. MacLeod Review by Lara Little ”Mary-J! Mary-J! Fergie’s fallen from his ladder.” I ran inside for my first-aid bag and set off...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick
Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick Review by Lara Little Winningly uncouth and eccentric, Lee was also highly intelligent and impulsive. He considered the novelist Laurence...
View ArticleQUICKIE: Pigs in Clover by Simon Dawson
Pigs in Clover, or, How I Accidentally Fell in Love With the Good Life Simon Dawson Review by Lara Little Then, out of nowhere, a piglet shot out the back. Well, not out of nowhere, obviously, but I...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone
The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc Nancy Goldstone Review by Lara Little However Joan managed to recognize him, from the moment she approached Charles, she demonstrated the same...
View ArticleQUICKIE: Cats and Daughters by Helen Brown
Cats and Daughters Helen Brown Review by Lara Little ”Who’d live in a house called SHIRLEY?” asked Philip, peering at the brass plate beside the front door. Honestly, he could be so annoying sometimes....
View ArticleREVIEW: Spacewalker by Jerry L. Ross with John Norberg
Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer Jerry L. Ross with John Norberg Review by Lara Little In my life I have seen views of Earth and the universe from a...
View ArticleQUICKIE: The Lost Light by Kevin P. Duffus
The Lost Light: A Civil War Mystery Kevin P. Duffus Review by Lara Little Yet there in his hands was the Governor’s message asking him to do the unthinkable. It is not difficult to appreciate the...
View ArticleQUICKIE: The Midwife by Jennifer Worth
The Midwife Jennifer Worth Review by Lara Little I was startled to see him there. I had expected to see a neighbor, or his mother, or an elder daughter. I had never seen a man at a delivery before,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Come in and Cover Me by Gin Phillips
Come in and Cover Me Gin Phillips Review by Lara Little They were only ghosts. They were only shadows that she could see when the light fell just right, and they would be gone soon. But she was afraid...
View ArticleQUICKIE: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That by Jesse Bering
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being Human Jesse Bering Review by Lara Little This conjuring ability to create fantasy scenes in our heads that literally bring us to orgasm...
View ArticleREVIEW: That Book About Harvard by Eric Kester
That Book About Harvard: Surviving the World’s Most Famous University One Embarrassment at a Time Eric Kester Review by Lara Little I decided that the best approach to my journey across the Yard was to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Klonopin Lunch by Jessica Dorfman Jones
Klonopin Lunch Jessica Dorfman Jones Review by Lara Little I dug deep and really tried to conjure up an image of what getting my groove on would look like. Try as I might, all I had to work with was a...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith by Joanna Brooks
The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith Joanna Brooks Review by Lara Little These are the unspoken legacies we inherit when we belong to a people: not only luminous visions of eternal...
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