Category: Review
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Book Recommendation: ‘Dandelion Wine’ by Ray Bradbury
Recommended by Grace Johnson, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile “I want to feel all there is to feel,” he thought. “Let me feel tired, now, let me feel tired. I mustn’t forget, I’m alive, I know I’m alive, I mustn’t forget it tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.” — Douglas Spaulding, Dandelion Wine […]
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Book Recommendation: The Sector General series by James White
Recommended by David Magle, co-owner OtherWorlds Books & More James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. His best-known novels were the twelve Sector General series, the first published in 1962 and the last after his death. White abhorred violence and medical and other emergencies were the sources […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot’ by Marianne Cronin
I was finishing this book when my husband looked over and said, “A book shouldn’t do this to you.” But I think books should make you feel all the emotions, so sometimes that includes tears streaming down your face. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is a sweet story about two people who […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ by TJ Klune
Recommended by MARY SAWYER, Branch Manager, Ephraim Library “Don’t you wish you were here?” reads the caption of a seascape mouse pad sitting on Linus Baker’s office desk. Never have I read a book that made me wish to be there quite like Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, set in an unnamed fantasy […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Nineties’ by Chuck Klosterman
Recommended by KIMBERLY WELLS, bookseller at Novel Bay Booksellers We self-proclaimed children of the nineties tend to remember the decade with fondness, but for a phase of life that unofficially began with the fall of the Berlin Wall and ended with 9/11, this era was about so much more than the clothes and music. Author […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’ by Shel Silverstein
Recommended by GRACE JOHNSON, Peninsula Pulse staffer and bibliophile As National Poetry Month comes to end, I can’t help but think back to the poetry that has stuck with me. One collection that always comes to mind is this one by Shel Silverstein. As a kid, I was mesmerized by the fun and quirky poems, […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Sounds Unheard, Songs of Home’ by Joseph Lopez
Recommended by MARGARET MAGLE, owner, OtherWorlds Books & More I love it when I am able to have local authors come in with their books. Sounds Unheard, Songs of Home is one such book. The author, Joseph Lopez, is a writer living in Door County, and the poetry in this book shows a true love […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘Stephen Crane: Complete Poems’ by Stephen Crane
April is Poetry Month, so to celebrate, all of our recommendations this month will be poetry collections. Recommended by STEVEN RICE, Manager, Door County Historical Museum and Archives Most famous for his classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane had an outsized impact on American literature despite his short body of […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘The Doctors Blackwell’ by Janice P. Nimura
Recommended by JEANINE BRENNAN, Manager, Egg Harbor Library Branch March is Women’s History Month and a time to celebrate women who have pushed boundaries, influenced change and redefined roles. In 1849, 29-year-old Elizabeth Blackwell became a medical doctor, and five years later, her younger sister Emily earned the same degree. During the next two decades, […]
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August Reading Recommendations
Looking for something new to read this month? Maybe you’ll find the perfect choice among these recommendations. MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodRecommended by Dawn Taylor, cataloger/technical services/acquisitions, Sturgeon Bay Library Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy is a dark, fascinating story set in what could be the […]
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Jarosh’s Books Introduce Children to Door County History and Adventures
Sue Steckart Jarosh’s third career as the author of children’s books didn’t begin until 2017, but it was something she’d been preparing for her entire adult life: five years as a first-grade teacher; more than 30 years as an owner, with her husband, Joe, of Jacksonport Craft Cottage; and, at that point, 10 years as […]
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Book Review: ‘Death Washes Ashore’
Review by Carolyn Kane Author Patricia Skalka made a virtual appearance in April to discuss her newly published novel, Death Washes Ashore, with guests of Write On, Door County. This work is the sixth installment in her Dave Cubiak mystery series, and readers who are familiar with Cubiak’s adventures might reasonably have expected his creator […]
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanRecommended by Novel Bay bookseller Kimberly Wells Murder? Mystery? Sassy pensioners in a posh British retirement community? Check, check and quadruple check! When four crime-busting senior citizens insert themselves into a murder investigation, they discover a related cold case with personal connections. The Thursday Murder Club mixes humor and […]
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Poetry Review: ‘Sheltering with Poems’
review by Albert DeGenova The pandemic is now in its second year and all of us are fatigued. Many of us want to put all the sheltering in place, social distancing, and mask wearing behind us. But we cannot. Many of us want to forget and move on. But we cannot. And because we cannot […]
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Book Review: ‘A-B-C The Animals’
A-B-C The Animals by Amy Phimister and Christine Degeneffe (illustrator) Review by Francha Barnard Imagine yourself as a child with the whole world of wildlife to explore. Wouldn’t it be fun to find as many animals as you could, working your way through the alphabet – rather like playing the ABC game during childhood car […]
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A Thousand Ships by Natalie HaynesRecommended by Liz Welter of Novel Bay Books, 44 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay With the onset of pandemic blahs and gray winter freezes, a good book provides a satisfying escape. One of the best new books to provide that respite is A Thousand Ships: a majestic and sweeping […]
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Book Review: ‘Quilters of the Door’ by Ann Hazelwood
Ann Hazelwood is a quilter, certified quilt appraiser, former president of the National Quilt Museum and, for 30 years, the owner of a quilt shop in Old Town, St. Charles, Missouri. She’s also written travel books, but when Hazelwood sold her quilt shop in 2008, she turned to writing novels about quilting: three series of […]
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Book Review: ‘Sarah’s Cross’ by Dean M. King
Dean M. King’s first novel, Sarah’s Cross, is a treat for readers who like their ghost stories seasoned lightly with blood and gore. King and his family live in Door County, but he chose to set Sarah’s Cross in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, a likely place to encounter spirits both helpful and malevolent. King’s hero is Tommy […]
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Stephen King’s The Stand: A Perfect Pandemic Read
Welcome to a new installment of the Door County Readers series. Twice a month, we invite readers to talk about which books have been most influential to them, their favorite authors, what they’re reading now and more. This week, Peninsula Pulse editorial intern Solomon Lindenberg discusses reading Stephen King’s The Stand during a pandemic. Let […]
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‘Apologies to the King’: How ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Got Away with It
If we shadows have offended,Think but this, and all is mended,That you have but slumber’d hereWhile these visions did appear. Because of the immediate, physical nature of theater, its ability to deliver powerful messages directly to the audience is paramount. And because of its implicit interpretive nature, it’s common to see classic texts reimagined and […]