Book Review: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara

***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** (  Bookshop.org  |  Amazon.com  ) The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara Hanover Square Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781335937803 Available: Hardcover, paperback. Kindle, Audible audiobook When Mallory O’Meara discovered that one of her favorite movies, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a […]

Book Review: Dying With Her Cheer Pants On: Stories of the Fighting Pumpkins by Seanan McGuire

***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** ( Amazon.com  |  Subterranean Press  limited edition hardcover  | Subterranean Press ebook edition ) Dying With Her Cheer Pants On: Stories of the Fighting Pumpkins by Seanan McGuire Subterranean Press, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1596069978 Available: Direct from Subterranean Press (limited edition hardcover, ebook edition), and Kindle edition Into every high school class a cheerleading squad […]

Book Review: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** The Grace Year by Kim Liggett (   Bookshop.org  | Amazon.com  ) Wednesday Books, 2019 ISBN-13 : 978-1250145444 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook At first glance, The Grace Year seems like a YA take on The Handmaid’s Tale crossed with The Lord of the Flies. It takes place in an alternate society where women and girls are divided into […]