We all grow up with myths. Myths about place. Myths about history. Myths about family. Growing up is, in part, about the sifting process that […] Read More
Category: Book Reviews
Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood is an engaging plot that may cause you to loose sleep, delay housework or simply skip other normal life activities. […] Read More
I never meet Pat Conroy. I’m sure that given the number of book festivals and signings that I’ve followed, there was plenty of opportunity. The […] Read More
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
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