Wally Lamb’s We Are Water is the fourth of his novels that I’ve read, and while I’d put it third behind The Hour I First […] Read More
Author: Elisabeth
I’m a recovering English teacher who now works in healthcare communications. In between, I had a brief stint in sales and even dipped my toe in moonlighting as a photographer. I've been blogging since 2009. I've been reading since forever.
How does your book club pick the next book? My book club has a tried and true way that increases the chances of only reading […] Read More
He calls it his most important work. The Book of Marie by Terry Kay is an epistolary novel that spans fifty years of Cole Bishop’s […] Read More
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee This was a book club selection that I nominated. It won the Booker Prize in 1999, and four years later Coetzee won […] Read More
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia by William Rawlings I met William Rawlings at a literary […] Read More
I started making this last fall, and it has been a hit everywhere I’ve served it. Even my mom – who had previously sworn she […] Read More
Consider this a shameless plug for my uncle’s new book, After the Arena, in which I make a cameo appearance drinking strawberry moonshine. No joke […] Read More
Traditionally, I’m not big on resolutions. I am big on goals, but this year, I’m switching things up and have resolved to change a few […] Read More
I’ve found myself recommending this book a couple of times lately, so I thought I would make it official and write a brief review. There […] Read More
Call me homesick for a good read, but this favorite and familiar author – Alice Munro – came through for what ailed me. Her latest […] Read More