A. Manette Ansay’s prose is the comforting arms of a familiar lover. In the afternoon I read Good Things I Wish You, I was immediately […] Read More
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It has been a long time since I wrote a truly negative review, but yuck. yuck. yuck. Told in three parts – daughter, mother, grandmother […] Read More
Patti Callahan Henry was among the first authors I reviewed when I started this blog way back when. I had the opportunity to sit with […] Read More
S.J. Watson’s Before I Go To Sleep is not the sort of book our book club typically selects, but for October (yes, sorry, I’m late) […] Read More
I’ve never added books I’ve read during my morning devotions to the books I’ve reviewed, but this year that quiet time I have in the […] Read More
Wolfe may be right that you can’t go home again, but re-reading Erskine Caldwell’s Tobacco Road took me right back to Dr. Hitchcock’s Southern Lit class […] Read More
Brunonia Barry’s The Lace Reader is exactly the type of debut novel I love. It isn’t without flaws, but there is enough evidence of brilliant […] Read More
Pat Conroy’s My Reading Life will inspire all readers. In this memoir, he chronicles the people who influenced his reading and writing habits – driving […] Read More
This historical fiction and fifth novel from Katharine McMahon, The Alchemist’s Daughter is set in the center of the Age of Enlightenment, and capitalizes on […] Read More
I just finished re-reading The Screwtape Letters, and I love how some books only get better with each reading. Our pastor used this text as […] Read More