Blog Posts

The American pioneer myth: Who wears it best?

By Kate Blackwood / August 31, 2026

Comparing summer blockbuster novel YESTERYEAR to the classic Little House books doesn’t really work – but I’m gonna try anyway.

‘I love a build’: uncovering happiness in ‘Don’t Call it a Comeback’

By Kate Blackwood / February 28, 2026

We can all learn from people who are just wired different. And in the case of me devouring Keira D’Amato’s story, it’s a case of complete joy in the discovery.

Love and electricity: The novel ‘Child of Light’

By Kate Blackwood / August 13, 2025

Without breaking out of the character of 1896, Jesi Bender’s CHILD OF LIGHT gives an eerie premonition of electricity’s progress in the past 125 years.

What to read on vacation

By Kate Blackwood / July 4, 2025

Never bring nonfiction about the arctic on vacation to Albania. Especially if it’s a library book.