In Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia, Dennis Covington takes a firsthand look at the mysterious and mystical practice of […] Read More
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When I survey the most memorable of evil characters, it is female versions that first come to mind. Ron Rash’s title character Serena. Steinbeck’s Cathy […] Read More
Night of Miracles is the 2nd book in Elizabeth Berg’s Arthur Truluv series, but if you’re like me and haven’t read the first one, that’s […] Read More
Karen Prior’s On Reading Well is a love story. It is not only the story of her love of reading good literature, but it is also […] Read More
The History of Loneliness by John Boyne was an interesting book to be reading right now. Boyne is best known for The Boy in the Striped […] Read More
I don’t read short stories often enough. I wrote about this several years ago when I picked up a collection by Alice Munro. Thunderstruck and other […] Read More
The New Yorker calls Stoner “the Greatest American Novel you’ve never heard of.” Despite my ravings, it took three years for me to convince my book […] Read More
I’m an Ann Patchett fan. So when I traveled to Nashville for a conference earlier this year, I intentionally carved out time to make a […] Read More
I had such high hopes. I’ve been reading Kristin Hannah for a long time – or maybe I should say, I’ve been listening to her […] Read More
Last month I wrote about my penchant for the dark when it comes to beach reads. Earlier this month when we headed out for our annual trip […] Read More