Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin On Alice Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, there is a bookstore, Island Books.  It isn’t doing so well right now.   Owner A.J. Fikry was never the most sociable of people, and he’s gotten downright surly since the death of his wife Nic.  Sales… Continue reading Book Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Book Review: Ready Player One

Book Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Wade Watts is a gunter.  That’s short for “Easter egg hunter,” which has nothing to do with the holiday.  Born into grinding poverty as the child of refugees in the energy-starved dystopian future, Wade was orphaned at an early age and put into the hands of a neglectful… Continue reading Book Review: Ready Player One