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2019 Summer Reading Guides
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJune 8, 2019

Literary Roundup :: 2019 Summer Reading Guides

Last May I posted a roundup of various summer reading guides that had been released and it was one of my most popular posts of […] Read More

How many of these books have you read?
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMay 30, 2019October 15, 2019

Book Award Winners :: How Many Have You Read

How many of these books have you read? List challenges abound on social media from the BBC to BuzzFeed and even PBS. The groups of […] Read More

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books, Justice Posted onMay 24, 2019

Book Review :: The Dearly Beloved

Cara Wall’s debut novel The Dearly Beloved is the story of two couples, fresh out of college and newly married. The men have been assigned to […] Read More

Book Clubs, Books Posted onMay 11, 2019May 10, 2019

Book Club :: Short List

Well, here it is! The list my book club anxiously awaits year after year… the upcoming year’s reading list. If you are looking for a […] Read More

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMay 2, 2019

Book Review :: The Favorite Daughter

Just in time for packing your summer beach bag, Patti Callahan Henry is providing The Favorite Daughter to help you stock it. Set mostly in a […] Read More

Book Selections for 2019
Book Clubs, Books Posted onApril 26, 2019

Book Club :: Long List 2019-2020

It is that time of year when our book club makes its book selections for the next year. This week we had our annual book pitch […] Read More

Review of The Den by Abi Maxwell
Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 13, 2019April 13, 2019

Book Review :: The Den

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

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books Posted onMarch 2, 2019

Book Review :: Keeping Lucy

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

Books, Miscellaneous Posted onFebruary 23, 2019February 11, 2024

Happy Blog-versary to Me! Ten Years!

This week is my 10th anniversary of blogging! In these years, I’ve learned a few things. Mostly, content is hard. So hard that even though […] Read More

Review of Our Prince of Scribes
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 4, 2019January 12, 2019

Book Review :: Our Prince of Scribes

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

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