Category Archives: book reviews

Can the library help me find reviews for a particular novel?

Yes!  We have a number of resources, many of them on-line, to help you find a wide variety of reviews.  With a Dallas Public Library card you can search Novelist, Ebscohost, Newsbank, Newspaper Source, WorldCat, Book Review Index, and other … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Cider House Rules by John Irving

Who’s Rules? It’s hard to believe that when Morrow published John Irving’s Cider House Rules in 1985 he was just at the beginning of his prolific and critically acclaimed career with only Garp and Hotel New Hampshire preceding, other lesser-known … Continue reading

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Book Review: River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay

Guy Gavriel Kay is famous for his impressive blend of fantasy and historical fiction. In River of Stars, Kay returns to the realm of Kitai, a fictional empire based on Tang dynasty China that was first introduced in 2010’s Under … Continue reading

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Book Review: I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd

English author and illustrator, Emma Dodd, depicts a boy’s view of bugs in her book, I Love Bugs! The boy looks for bugs under a log and through the tall grass.  He looks at them under a magnifying glass.  Bugs … Continue reading

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Book Review: Mirror Mirror: a book of reversible verse by Marilyn Singer

April is chock-full of celebrations and holidays from the regularly celebrated April Fools’ Day to the more obscure (but absolutely deserving) Hairsytlist Appreciation Day (April 25, 2013).  My favorite thing to celebrate in April is National Poetry month because it … Continue reading

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