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Category: Book Reviews

My Beach Reads for 2018
Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 23, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: 2018 Beach Reads

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

Ann Tyler Clock Dance
Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 19, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: Clock Dance

Fans of Anne Tyler will recognize all the things they love about her in Tyler’s latest novel, Clock Dance: quirky – but very real – characters, […] Read More

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMay 26, 2018July 6, 2018

Literary Roundup :: Summer Reading Guides

Based on what I’m seeing these days, summer reading guides are almost as popular as year end “best of” lists. With upcoming vacations that could […] Read More

sweet and low by nick white
Book Reviews, Books Posted onMay 20, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: Sweet and Low: Stories

Nick White’s collection of stories Sweet and Low are best described as evidence of the new South. Ever present are the themes that demonstrate the […] Read More

An American Marriage
Book Reviews, Books, Justice Posted onMay 10, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: An American Marriage

I’ve been mulling over this review of An American Marriage for a while, wanting to write it in a way that does it justice. To […] Read More

Middlesex Perfume East of Eden
Book Reviews Posted onMay 5, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Reviews :: My Kind of Beach Read

It should be obvious from the title that what I consider a wonderful beach read is not what most people call a “beach read.” For […] Read More

book club recommendations
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 27, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Clubs :: End of Year Wrap Up for 2017-18

If you’re looking for book club recommendations, this is a wrap up, including ratings, of my book club’s 2017-18 book selections. Because life happens, we weren’t […] Read More

long list selections
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMarch 10, 2018July 8, 2018

Book Clubs :: SOC Sista Long List for 2018-2019

For the last several years, my book club has followed the same procedure for selecting its books for a whole year. Last year, when our […] Read More

Fact of a Body Review
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Justice Posted onFebruary 23, 2018July 9, 2018

Book Review :: The Fact of a Body

I bought The Fact of a Body after hearing about it on the Literary Disco podcast*. My plan had been to give it my dad […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Justice Posted onFebruary 4, 2018August 7, 2018

Book Review :: The Ragamuffin Gospel

The Ragamuffin Gospel changed the way I think of God’s love. For someone who has been a Christian as long as I have, and for […] Read More

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Elisabeth's bookshelf: read

Thunderstruck & Other Stories
it was amazing
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
by Elizabeth McCracken
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
it was amazing
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
by Ann Patchett
The Great Alone
liked it
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
really liked it
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When Rabbit Howls
really liked it
When Rabbit Howls
by Truddi Chase

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  • ron rash – serena
  • wally lamb – the hour i first believed
  • alice munro – dear life
  • cs lewis – the screwtape letters

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  • lemon sugar cookies
  • trifle in a glass
  • thai quinoa salad
  • balsamic/tomato dipping sauce
  • pimento cheese
  • kale/brussel sprout salad

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