I Could Hardly Keep from Laughing, an Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor, by Don Hooper and Bill Mares. Paperback. 188 pages. Published by Rootstock Publishing. $24.95. Reviewed by Tena Starr I doubt many are mourning the passage of 2021, and though i... More »
Reviewed by Tena Starr Unstitched, by Brett Ann Stanciu. Paperback, 197 pages. Published by Steer Forth Press. $15. When a local man repeatedly breaks into the Woodbury Library, where Brett Ann Stanciu is librarian, she goes to some lengths to get him arr... More »
A retiree’s adventure, reviewed by mother and son A Retiree’s Appalachian Trail Adventure, by Peter King. 340 pages. Published by Peter King. $23.99. Reviewed by Luke Vidic Three weeks ago, when I saw Peter King’s book on my desk, I was unsure what to do. Bef... More »
Nighthawk’s Song, by Charles Fergus. Hardcover, 273 pages. Published by Arcade Publishing, Crime Wise. $25.99. Reviewed by Tena Starr Nighthawk’s Wing, the second in Charles Fergus’ Gideon Stoltz mystery series, is, to start with, a beautifully written ... More »
Book review Art, fun, and ancient Eastern philosophy in a single volume I Ching or Book of Changes, Symbolic Landscapes, by Elizabeth Nelson, translation by Brian Arnold. $27 at Bookbaby.com Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite Elizabeth Nelson’s new self-published... More »
Children’s author takes aim at adult readers Spychip Armageddon, by Raymond Perkins, illustrated by Stephanie Perkins, 400 pages. Available from Amazon. $12.95 in paperback, $2.99 on Kindle. reviewed by Chris Braithwaite If the kids in your family are fa... More »
Safe as Lightning, Poems by Scudder H. Parker, with illustrations by Adelaide Tyrol. Rootstock Publishing, 115 pages, $15.95 in paperback. Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite Scudder Parker’s poems are as difficult to categorize as the man himself. I’ve had ... More »
copyright the Chronicle April 12, 2017 Reviewed by Tena Starr A Life Lived Backwards, by Mark Creaven. Paperback. 76 pages. Available on Amazon.com, $9.99. Longtime West Glover resident Mark Creaven has been, among many other things, an EMT, a job that,... More »
Our Revolution, by Bernie Sanders. Published by Thomas Dunne Books — St. Martin’s Press, New York City, 2016. 450 pages. Hardcover. $27. Reviewed by Joseph Gresser Senator Bernie Sanders’ new book clearly was written in expectation of a different reality ... More »
We are Unprepared, by Meg Little Reilly. Published by Mira. Paperback. 353 pages. $15.99. Reviewed by Tena Starr It’s sometime around the present, and youngish, fairly prosperous hipsters Ash and Pia have recently moved to the Northeast Kingdom from Brooklyn. ... More »
Argyria: The Life and Adventures of a Silver Woman on Planet Earth, by Rosemary Jacobs. E-book. $6. reviewed by Brad Usatch In Argyria, Long Island native and longtime Orleans County resident Rosemary Jacobs chronicles more than five decades of struggle with a... More »
Flypaper Dreams, by Jay Kendall. 165 pages. Paperback. $13.95 Reviewed by Tena Starr There are both pros and cons involved in self-publishing a book. The pros are that it’s difficult to get a book, even a very good one, published these days through traditional... More »
