CynthiaParkhill

Cleared another book from my TBR list this week: I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi. “When news stations start reporting that...

Andrew Limbong, host of NPR’s Book of the Day, invited readers of the newsletter to share what books they are looking forward to between n...

While much of my reading is Tween and Young Adult fiction, I also enjoy Science Fiction and Fantasy for an adult readership. One of the book...

“Hello, everybody!” In my latest Book-Talk video , I review The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel , an adaptation by author Sheela...

Here’s an interesting article, via The Conversation, which suggests that reading science fiction and fantasy can help young readers cope an...

What an intense read: gripping, suspenseful; it kept me thoroughly engrossed, wanting to know what happened next. Things build inexorably ...

On an impoverished and remote planet, Min and her brother Jun dreamed of one day traveling together among their civilization’s “Thousand W...

I found Cat Zero by Jennifer L. Rohn (Biting Duck Press, January 2018) to be very suspenseful in its treatment of a virus outbreak, and c...

Every Friday the 13th, sixth-grader and genius Nate Bannister keeps his life interesting by doing three not-so-smart things. This is why...

Minutes before a meteor strikes the earth, Denise and her mother are granted temporary shelter aboard a “generation ship,” designed for a ...

As a library professional, it matters to me that resources in the collection validate the experiences and reflect the diversity that exist...

In Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Vintage, 2015), a deadly virus has wiped out nearly all of the earth’s human population. Its ...

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

Books that my husband and I read aloud together hold a special place on my “currently-reading” list. The Word Exchange by Alena Graed...

Related to my class discussion of fairy tales (and their heroines) this week, I recommend reading The Lunar Chronicles , a series of Young...

In an online forum for my Early Childhood Education class, students are asked to think back concerning their earliest experiences with books...

For my classmates’ enjoyment: Starfire on her special ‘cat shelf’ In an online forum, my Early Childhood Education class asks for an int...

For 11-year-old Julia, the physical and emotional changes that come with growing up are compounded by the inexplicable slowing of the eart...

The best way to describe Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is with the words of one of its narrators describing a musical composition, a “sex...

Here’s an interesting take on the Steampunk genre by Matthew Crary writing for UU World: “The expansion of British rule and the rise of the...