CynthiaParkhill

Vaudeville performer Little Fitz and his ventriloquist’s puppet “Ziggy” are characters from a murder-mystery dinner party game called “Dea...

In this video, I share 3 books that I am currently reading, and 2 books that are on my radar for books I want to read.

Video book review: The Mighty Muskrats — Chickadee, Atim, Otter, and Sam — are on the case after the Treaty Bundle — centerpiece of a fou...

To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson is an entertaining story about a youthful con artist. The protagonist, Jackson Greene, is determined t...

With The Screaming Staircase (Disney-Hyperion, 2013) author Jonathan Stroud introduces young readers to an exciting adventure series set ...

During the recent “Winter Reads” program through Jackson County Library Services, participants were able to select a free “gently used” bo...

There is something odd about the San Francisco bookstore where Clay Jannon clerks overnight. From shelves filled floor-to-ceiling — the ...

Books show up in unexpected places in an actively-used library, as patrons remove items from shelves and then set them down. Locating an...

The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Twelve, 2010) is a fast-paced mystery with parallel storylines that unfold in alternating chapters. In...

Advance praise by author Steve Hockensmith for Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz put me in mind to re-read Hockensmi...

Colin Fischer  by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz (Razorbill, 2012) is the newest addition to my list of recommended books for people...

Fresh from earning an A in my Cuesta College course, Connecting Adolescents with Literature and Libraries, the Young Adult (YA) genre remain...

My feelings about House Rules by Jodi Picoult are mixed. First of all, the protagonist — a young man with Asperger syndrome — is 18 years...

Cover art: “Trueman Bradley: Aspie Detective” by Alexei Maxim Russell (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)  In my desire to curate a definitiv...