ZINTKA! | Kirkus Reviews

ZINTKA! | Kirkus Reviews

by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton illustrated by Henry Sene Yee ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022 A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. Likes 84 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s. Discovered…

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LET’S GO, KITTY! | Kirkus Reviews

LET’S GO, KITTY! | Kirkus Reviews

by Tish Rabe ; illustrated by Laura Hughes ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2016 While this is a fairly bland treatment compared to Deborah Lee Rose and Carey Armstrong-Ellis’ The Twelve Days of… Rabe follows a young girl through her first 12 days of kindergarten in this book based on the familiar Christmas carol. The…

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A GRAVE IN THE WOODS

A GRAVE IN THE WOODS

Bruno returns from medical leave to his office, which has been commandeered by Colette Cantagnac, his overbearing new executive administrator, just in time to hear that English ex-chef Tim Birch and his wife, Krys, want to purchase a vacant hotel, the Domaine de la Barde, and refit it as a cooking school. It sounds like…

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THE COMPASSION ADVANTAGE | Kirkus Reviews

THE COMPASSION ADVANTAGE | Kirkus Reviews

BREAKING THROUGH THE INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES OF GLOBAL BUSINESS by Erin Meyer ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 27, 2014 These are not hard and fast rules, but Meyer delivers important reading for those engaged in international business. A helpful guide to working effectively with people from other cultures. “The sad truth is that the vast majority of…

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MISCHIEF NIGHT MASSACRE | Kirkus Reviews

MISCHIEF NIGHT MASSACRE | Kirkus Reviews

A glorious bundle of horror stories that readers will find entertaining and unnerving. Parent offers tales of terrifying and potentially deadly happenings, set around the October 31st holiday. In the opening story, “Russian Dollhouse,” high school freshman Kit reluctantly takes her younger brother trick-or-treating. Her mood brightens when she runs into Jordan, a sophomore she…

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DANICA DELA TORRE, CERTIFIED SLEUTH

DANICA DELA TORRE, CERTIFIED SLEUTH

Danica dela Torre, the “youngest sleuth” in the small Canadian town of Renley Crow, worries that her new neighbor and all-around smart kid Kennedy Fang might take all the good cases away from the Unofficial Official Renley Crow Detective Club, the business she began with her best friend, Jack Harrow. Instead, Kennedy enlists their services…

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THE GREAT BLACK HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

THE GREAT BLACK HOPE | Kirkus Reviews

by Scottie Pippen with Michael Arkush ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 9, 2021 Basketball fans will enjoy Pippen’s bird’s-eye view of some of the sport’s greatest contests. The Chicago Bulls stalwart tells all—and then some. Hall of Famer Pippen opens with a long complaint: Yes, he’s a legend, but he got short shrift in the ESPN…

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THE LOVERS | Kirkus Reviews

THE LOVERS | Kirkus Reviews

by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2016 Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of… Likes 517 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Hoover’s (November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional…

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RACHEL WEISS’S GROUP CHAT | Kirkus Reviews

RACHEL WEISS’S GROUP CHAT | Kirkus Reviews

by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2016 Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of… Likes 517 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Hoover’s (November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional…

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FORTUNATE SON | Kirkus Reviews

FORTUNATE SON | Kirkus Reviews

by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a…

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