Melissa GoutyAug 24, 20205 min3 Books About Wartime Women Who Rocked the WorldThree recent books tell the important stories of women whose impact is still felt today: a codebreaker, an actress, and an amputee spy.
Melissa GoutyAug 23, 20204 minElectrifying the World - and the ReaderGraham Moore’s The Last Days of Night, published in 2016, is the stunning story of how America came to be electrified in the late 1800s.
Melissa GoutyAug 19, 20206 minThe Cottingly Fairy Photo Hoax People actually believed in fairies, as evidenced in the Cottingly Fairy Photo hoax. Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book is a fun parody.
Melissa GoutyAug 13, 20203 minBrilliant Maps for Curious Minds by Ian WrightBrilliant Maps delivers a zinger to your mind in the form of infographic-maps. Easy to see and quick to decipher in bold, boisterous color.
Melissa GoutyAug 12, 20205 minHow a Woman of No Importance Won a War and Changed the World The French Resistance was organized by Virginia Hall, a spy - and amputee-- who provided valuable intelligence during WWII.
Melissa GoutyJul 29, 20203 minEveryone Dies FamousLen Joy's Everyone Dies Famous draws on the cherished tradition of small-town literature where lives overlap, circle, and collide daily.
Melissa GoutyJul 23, 20206 minCan You Help the Madwoman In the Asylum?Alex Michaelides relies on the long-standing tradition of female insanity in fiction in his suspense novel, The Silent Patient.
Melissa GoutyJul 12, 20207 minCreate Marginalia in Every Book You ReadMarginalia is the practice of writing in your books, sometimes called literary vandalism. But if the great authors could do it, so could I.
Melissa GoutyJul 1, 20203 minOn Reading Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad in the Aftermath of George Floyd's DeathReading Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad was a different experience now than it would have been before George Floyd's death.
Melissa GoutyJun 3, 20205 minIs There Bad Blood Between Publishers and Libraries? Internet Archive created a National Emergency Library giving unlimited access to ebooks to an unlimited number of people. Publishers sue.
Melissa GoutyJun 2, 20204 minThe Interesting History of the Ever-Popular “Beach Read”Sizzling summer reads started around 1900 when affluent people leflt the city and vacationed at the shore with plenty of time for reading.
Melissa GoutyMay 28, 20206 minThe Surprising People-Finder in The Book of Lost FriendsLisa Wingate's The Book of Lost Friends teaches history. Freed slaves try to find family and friends by placing "Lost Friends" ads in the So