Barbara Ellis

5 days ago | denverpost.com | Barbara Ellis

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected].

1 week ago | denverpost.com | Barbara Ellis

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected].

2 weeks ago | denverpost.com | Barbara Ellis

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected]. “Dream State,” by Eric Puchner (Doubleday, 2025)Set in contemporary Montana, this is a multi-generational tale of friendship, betrayal, commitment, taking a leap of faith and living with no regrets.

4 weeks ago | denverpost.com | Barbara Ellis

April’s Earth Month should have made us curious about what we can do to tread more lightly on the planet. We may think of reusing and recycling or driving less, but we’re less likely to focus on gardening to heal our beleaguered environment. But it turns out that changing our gardening practices may be one of the most impactful ways we can aid the Earth.

1 month ago | denverpost.com | Barbara Ellis

“Tough Luck,” by Sandra Dallas (St. Martin’s Press, 2025)Our plucky, resilient, inventive yet no-nonsense heroine is no angel, yet seems to be protected by her own guardian angel. Fourteen-year-old Haidie, along with her younger brother, sets off in 1863 from an Iowa orphanage to find the father who left them years before for the allure of Colorado gold mines.