Book Blog & Book Reviews

Escape to the French Farmhouse by Jo Thomas

The most refreshing, feel-good story of the summer.

by ericarobbin June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo

What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans?

by ericarobbin June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

Tolkien’s Worlds: The Places That Inspired the Writer’s Imagination by John Garth

A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the creator of Middle-earth.

by ericarobbin June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

Beach Read by Emily Henry

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

by ericarobbin June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates the “Golden Age” of piracy in the Americas.