In August, my book club’s selection was James by Percival Everett. This is one of those posts that I might should skip. I had a […] Read More
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A joint review of the movie American Fiction and the novel that it is based on, Erasure.
Enough people have asked if my husband and I are still watching all the Oscar Best Picture nominees so I decided to post my thoughts […] Read More
I first read Native Son in college. (That’s my copy in the photo.) And while I know I read it – there are highlights, notes […] Read More
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!
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
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
The History of Loneliness by John Boyne was an interesting book to be reading right now. Boyne is best known for The Boy in the Striped […] 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