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
Category: Book Reviews
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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