Book reviews by Bayside resident Stephanie Miller. Stephanie is a voracious reader and bibliophile and spends a lot of time lost in the stacks of bookstores and libraries. Find her online @StephanieSAM.
Book Short ‘The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek‘By Kim Michele Richardson By Stephanie Miller There really were blue-skinned people in Kentucky who carried a rare genetic conditi... Read more
Book Short About Graceby Anthony Doerr By Stephanie Miller David Winkler dreams the future. While sometimes happy, often the dreams foretell death and destruction and they leave an indelible... Read more
Book Short The Strong Pioneering Women Edition By Stephanie Miller A beautiful actress desperate to make good on her forced complicity with the Nazis patented the idea of multi-modal radio f... Read more
Book Short ‘How Do You Live?’A Japanese Classic on Ethical Living Review by Stephanie Miller Every young teenager should have a kind and loving uncle (or aunt or mentor) to provi... Read more
Book Short ‘Long Island,’ the long-awaited sequel to ‘Brooklyn,’ by Colm Tóibín By Stephanie Miller If you remember Colm Tóibín’s 2009 prize-winning “Brooklyn... Read more
Book Short ‘The Woman in the Library’by Sulari Gentill Review by Stephanie Miller A woman in Australia named Hannah is writing a novel about an Australian woman named Freddie (sh... Read more
BOOOK SHORT ‘James’by Percival Everett By Stephanie Miller It seems only natural that oppressed people will become subversive. In “James,” the enslaved title characte... Read more
BOOK SHORT The Death of Vivek OjiA Dazzling, Devastating StoryBy Akwaeke Emezi Review by Stephanie Miller Vivek Oji is dead. Left behind are his high school friends in a small Nigerian town... Read more
BookShort What you are looking for is in the libraryBy Michiko Aoyama By Stephanie Miller I am a sucker for any story that involves books. Publishers surely realize that I’m not alone in thi... Read more
BookShort The First Ladies: A groundbreaking partnership By Stephanie Miller Who says strong women can’t collaborate? Outspoken First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was a capable advocate for civil... Read more
