Author: joyandmatts

The Night Watchman is inspired by the real life of Louise Erdrich’s grandfather, who was part of the Chippewa tribes resistance to termination in the 1950s. The story follows an […]

It is a collection of love letters to plants and our earth. The language is so beautiful. Through words, the author takes you to walk in the rain, to make […]

I have heard a lot about how good James McBride is, but this is first book I have read of McBride’s. It is a very well researched historical fiction. It’s […]

In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson issued a series of proclamations restricting or voiding the rights of German-Americans after the United States declared war on Germany. The government seized over 500 […]

Annie Jacobsen’s book uses declassified documents and accounts from pertinent ex officials to describe a scenario involving nuclear war, step by step, beginning with the launch of a single weapon […]

Hello, we would like to have occasional informal events that provide opportunities to discuss and gush or jeer and listen about books. This is usually called a book club. But…we […]

How do you choose friends? Common interests? Shared values? Compatible temperaments? Now, how about characters for a story? The opposite? If you are going to throw people in a can […]

Our new store is open at 915 Vine Street in central Cincinnati. The location was once a luggage repair shop and later French Crust (YUM), which moved to Elm street. […]

I picked up a copy of Hamlet at a bookstore in Milford called the Bookmatters. Here’s my review: it’s good and funny and you should read it not just for […]

Matthew Desmond asks a difficult question in his latest book, Poverty, By America. Why does a country with so much wealth have so much poverty? But his answer is much […]