The 19th Wife is David Ebershoff’s award winning novel that combines two stories – a historical fiction account of Ann Eliza Young – the 19th […] Read More
Tag: Book Reviews
As I write this, Jeffrey Stepakoff is celebrating the debut of The Orchard at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA. It is planned to be […] Read More
Joshilyn Jackson hits another home run with Backseat Saints. Like The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Jackson takes on a more serious topic, domestic abuse – […] Read More
I’m gearing up for reading Atonement. I’ve written here before that after two attempts, I haven’t made it. But after a recent review of The […] Read More
My dad has a saying: “Granny (his mom) likes to fish. I like to catch fish.” I could say something similar regarding me and books. […] Read More
I wrote to a friend, “I haven’t laughed this hard since discovering David Sedaris.” I read Mark Haddon’s earlier work, The Curious Incident of the […] Read More
After my last date with Tracy Chavelier via Burning Bright was disappointing, I was hesitant to pick up Remarkable Creatures. If you’re not familiar with […] Read More
Reading The Tipping Point makes me hate my sociology professor in college. I can’t remember ever being so hooked by a non-fiction read. And if this […] Read More
It seems everyone is talking about Todd Burpo’s account of his son Colton’s celestial visit in Heaven is for Real. And before I get started […] Read More
Melanie Benjamin’s Alice I Have Been made quite a splash when it was published in 2010. The reviews that I read were mixed, and so […] Read More