Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar: Reviewed by Kristin These stories often read like fairy tales. In the titular story, “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Tabitha is wearing iro...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu: Reviewed by Kristin An infinite number of universes. Humans have coded and manufactured “skunkworks” to manipulate and manage physics of t...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara:   Reviewed by Kristin Nora Bird has always been cautious in life. She and her twin brother Charlie lost their parents in an accident whe...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Paul McCartney, edited by Ted Widmer

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Paul McCa...:   Reviewed by Kristin How many books have been written about The Beatles, individually or collectively, and/or about their post-Beatle m...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Too Old for This by Samantha Downing:   Reviewed by Kristin Lottie Jones has gotten away with murder. Frequently. Lottie thought her killing days were behind her, until s...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Found Recipes: Beloved Vintage Recipes Worth Sharing by Betty Crocker

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Found Recipes: Beloved Vintage Recipes Worth Shari...:   Reviewed by Kristin Opening this book was like opening a box of recipes from my grandma. These “vintage” recipes run from the 1920s to...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler:   Reviewed by Kristin Millie, a former child star all grown up, goes on a pilgrimage to take the remains of Rose McIntyre Nash, her elde...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Overdue by Stephanie Perkins

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Overdue by Stephanie Perkins:   Reviewed by Kristin Ingrid and her boyfriend Cory have been together for eleven years, since their literal first day of community coll...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson:   Reviewed by Kristin Madeline Hill (Mad) and her mom have a farm in Coalfield, Tennessee. When a man pulls up to their farm stand one d...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz:   Reviewed by Kristin It is a common theme in science fiction: Humans create robots, robots develop sentience, war happens, rogue robots...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon:   Reviewed by Kristin Sometimes books seem so over the top that you don’t really have high expectations. Jana DeLeon’s Miss Fortune ser...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance:   Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance Edited by Jonathan Strahan Reviewed by Kristin With stories by Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho,...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth:   Reviewed by Kristin   “The Earth has been sold. What could possibly go wrong? ” Have you checked out some of the gems in Tennessee...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar:   Reviewed by Kristin The Hawthorn family live in the town of Thistleford on the edge of a mystical land called Faerie. For many generat...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Grave Expectations by Alice Bell: Reviewed by Kristin Just last month I reviewed Displeasure Island  by Alice Bell, being totally unaware that it was the second in the se...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown with Kathleen McGurl

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown with Kathleen...:   Reviewed by Kristin Nellie Morris is a young woman growing up in the East End of London during World War II. Her little sister Flo bar...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa M...:   Reviewed by Kristin Lisa Marie Presley planned to write a memoir for several years before her death. She began recording the stories t...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Cat...:   Reviewed by Kristin Martha Andersson has had a good life, but is having a little trouble adjusting to conditions at Diamond House, a S...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach:   Reviewed by Kristin Sally Holt was thirteen-years-old when she lost one of the most important people in her life, her big sister Kathy...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. by Caitlin Cass

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race...:   Reviewed by Kristin This graphic novel packs a lot about the right to vote in the United States into its pages in a very accessible fo...