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March 24, 2021

L&L Project :: DIY Planter Box

March 3, 2021

Six things communicators – and their CEOs – can learn from Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders

January 24, 2021

Book Review :: Shuggie Bain

Book Review of Conjure Women
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews Posted onMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Book Review :: Conjure Women

Conjure Women, Afia Atakora’s debut, tells the story of mother and daughter, separated by a war that redefined our nation but more significantly to those […] Read More

Virtual Book Pitch
Book Clubs, Books Posted onApril 23, 2020April 23, 2020

Book Clubs :: Virtual Meetings Continue, Book Pitch Long List

April is “book pitch month” for our book club, where each member will pitch 2 or 3 books for our next year’s reading. This time, it was virtual!

Six Books to help you Shelter-In-Place
Book Reviews, Books Posted onMarch 29, 2020March 29, 2020

Six Books to Help You Shelter-In-Place

If you’re one of the many who has been told to shelter-in-place during the COVID pandemic, then this is a pretty good time to catch […] Read More

Book Club and Social Distancing
Book Clubs Posted onMarch 21, 2020March 26, 2020

Book Clubs :: In the Days of COVID-19

Social distancing is requiring that we all adjust – and my book club is no different. But we adjusted and proved that COVID be damned, the Sistas will overcome.

Book Review of A Woman of Independent Means
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMarch 8, 2020March 8, 2020

Book Review :: A Woman of Independent Means

I can’t remember when my book club has had such a spirited discussion as we did for A Woman of Independent Means. This is proof-postive of the book club-discussion-worthiness of this 1978 epistolary novel.

Book Review The End of the Day
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews Posted onFebruary 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Book Review :: The End of the Day

In The End of the Day, Clegg uses insight honed by years of reading manuscripts to bring fresh insight to friendships and family, how to make amends, and when to just let go.

Review of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Again
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onSeptember 7, 2019September 7, 2019

Book Review :: Olive, Again

With Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout delivers exactly what book clubs across the globe have been wanting – more of that surly and cantankerous but also lovable, Olive Kitteridge.

2018-2019 Book Recommendations
Book Clubs, Books Posted onAugust 29, 2019August 29, 2019

Book Club :: 2018-19 End of Year Wrap Up

If you’re looking for book recommendations for selections for your book club, I think these yearly wrap up posts are probably the best place to […] Read More

Review of Where the Crawdads Sing
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 29, 2019September 18, 2019

Book Review :: Where the Crawdads Sing

This review of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is for the small percentage of readers who didn’t like it – to let you […] Read More

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

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Thunderstruck & Other Stories
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
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