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
It feels like cheating to call this a recipe, so perhaps consider it a gentle reminder: the same recipe you make in a large trifle […] Read More
We did it! The votes are in & the SOC Sistas have selected the books we’ll be reading this year. If you are looking for […] Read More
There is a rash of World War II literature. In our last book club annual selection long list, there were enough books that had we […] Read More
Amor Towles wrote Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow – two of my favorite books from last year. When I learned that he […] 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
A few years back, my book club put together its collective Top 100 Books. I remember in that exercise, that I had a hard time […] Read More
Southern Living calls this the best carrot cake of all time, and I can’t disagree. I made this carrot cake recipe a long time ago, […] 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