Book Reviews on the Website

NCLA's award-winning journal, North Carolina Libraries, publishes reviews of books about North Carolina or by North Carolina authors.  These reviews have most recently been ably compiled and edited by Eileen McGrath of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

We began publishing these reviews on the Website in June 2011.  This enables us to get these reviews out as they are ready and allows you to have access to them without having to wait for the journal's semi-annual publication schedule.

The 2011 reviews are available here and include Michelle Cronquist's review of Jennifer Bean Bower's Animal Adventures in North Carolina, a guidebook to 70 tourist attractions in North Carolina that feature animals, as well as Michele Hayslett's appraisal of  Farm Fresh North Carolina: The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers’ Markets, Farm Stands, Farms, Apple Orchards, U-Picks, Kids’ Activities, Lodging, Dining, Choose-and-Cut Christmas Trees, Vineyards and Wineries and More by Diane Daniel.  Storyteller Donald Davis's collection of stories, Tales from a Free-Range Childhood, is reviewed by Catherine Tingelstad, and Patrick Valentine evaluates Alan D. Watson's Tyrrell County: A Brief History.  Suvanida Duangudom considers the Tim Peeler and Roger Winstead book, NC State Basketball: 100 Years of Innovation.

We hope that you enjoy being able to access the reviews online and in a more timely manner.

Dr. Robert Burgin
Web Administrator
North Carolina Library Association