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Book Review: ‘Empire of Ink,’ by Alex Wright
New York Times 14 Jun 2026
In “Empire of Ink,” Alex Wright describes how newfangled technologies and disruptive personalities have regularly unsettled the American media ... .
BOOK REVIEW: What can ghosts teach about grief?
TimesDaily 13 Jun 2026
“Waiting on a Friend” is Natalie Adler’s first novel but, already, I’d argue she can do what greats like Ann Patchett, Patrick Ryan and Celeste Ng do ... .
Book Review: ‘Something We Said,’ by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
New York Times 13 Jun 2026
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor’s new book, “Something We Said,” is at once a memoir and a history of a racial slur ... .
BOOK REVIEW: 'Little Red's Big Sister' explores sibling relationships
Decatur Daily 13 Jun 2026
“Little Red's Big Sister,” by Beth Edwards, (Dorrance Publishing Company. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 2023, 26 pages, softcover ... .
Book Review: ‘They All Fall in Love at the End,’ by Haili Blassingame
New York Times 13 Jun 2026
In “They All Fall in Love at the End,” a young Black woman navigates taboo attractions and a contentious political environment while working toward a creative writing degree ... .
Book review: Death can be shocking, entertaining and tedious
CyprusMail 13 Jun 2026
There’s something compelling about hitmen, whether the first one you think of is Leon, Martin Blank, Jason Bourne, or any of the other bad, flawed but ultimately rivetingly cool antiheroes of page and screen ... Frank Buck is fat. Very fat ... Chicago Hitman.
Lima Public Library book reviews
Lima Ohio 13 Jun 2026
This book contains edited selections from Rick’s journal and travel photos with a 45-years-later preface and postscript reflecting on how the journey through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal changed his life.
Book Review: ‘As If,’ by Isabel Waidner
New York Times 12 Jun 2026
In this surreal book, two spiraling men swap lives ... .
Book Review: ‘Rialto,’ by Kate Milford, and ‘Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero,’ by Erin Entrada Kelly ...
New York Times 12 Jun 2026
Kate Milford’s cozy mystery is set at an abandoned amusement park, while Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer’s horror satire unfolds at a malevolent sleepaway camp ... .
Book Review: ‘Drayton and Mackenzie,’ by Alexander Starritt
New York Times 12 Jun 2026
In “Drayton and Mackenzie,” two young grads navigating the 2008 financial crisis enact a plan they hope will change their fate ... .
Book Review: Wild, Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Daily Gate City 12 Jun 2026
Wild, Dark Shore is haunting, atmospheric, and deeply reflective — though readers expecting a fast-paced thriller may struggle with its deliberate pacing ... Still, that darkness is precisely what gives the book its emotional resonance ... .
Book Review: ‘This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, a Life,’ by Deborah Lutz
New York Times 11 Jun 2026
In her lyrical new biography, “This Dark Night,” Deborah Lutz shines light on the most enigmatic of the literary, secluded Brontë sisters ... .
Book Review: ‘The American School of Spies,’ by Stephan Talty
New York Times 11 Jun 2026
In “The American School of Spies,” Stephan Talty tells the story of the desperate struggle to preserve antiquities during World War II ... .
Book review: Frederick Forsyth continued the Odessa Saga prior to his 2025 death
Mount Pleasant Morning Sun 11 Jun 2026
Frederick Forsyth died one year ago (in June ...
DEAN POLING BOOK REVIEWS: Take Me to Your Leader: Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Moultrie Observer 11 Jun 2026
Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter,” Tyson’s latest book, the beloved celebrity astrophysicist exhibits his expected scientific acumen and mix of broad and acerbic humor ... books for decades.