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Tag: Southern Literature

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onApril 28, 2017October 8, 2017

Book Clubs :: SOC Sistas Long List 2017-2018

It’s that time of year when my book club is making its selection for the 10 books it will read in the upcoming year. We […] Read More

Book Reviews Posted onDecember 31, 2015July 13, 2016

Book Review :: Best Books from 2015

I accomplished a first in 2015 – finishing 100 books. Most years, I read about 65. A few times I’ve topped out near 85, but this year […] Read More

Go Set a Watchman
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 15, 2015July 24, 2018

Book Review :: Go Set a Watchman

Many of you have been asking, but it is hard to know where to begin. My thoughts on Go Set a Watchman. Does Go Set […] Read More

Book Clubs, Books Posted onMay 8, 2015December 28, 2015

Book Clubs :: SOC Sista 2015-16 Short List

This is it! Below are the books my book club will be reading June 2015 – May 2016! Go Set the Watchman by Harper Lee […] Read More

Top 100 Books
Book Clubs, Books, Things I Love Posted onMarch 30, 2015July 24, 2018

Top 100* Books

Periodically, my book club will have members submit their top 10 all time favorite books. We did this recently, and as a result of the […] Read More

This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onNovember 9, 2014July 14, 2018

Book Review : This Dark Road to Mercy

Last year our book club read Wiley Cash’s debut novel A Land More Kind than Home and were completely blown away. In fact, it was […] Read More

Book of Marie
Book Reviews, Books, Out and About Posted onApril 5, 2014August 12, 2018

Book Review :: The Book of Marie

He calls it his most important work. The Book of Marie by Terry Kay is an epistolary novel that spans fifty years of Cole Bishop’s […] Read More

Book Reviews, Out and About Posted onMarch 15, 2014August 3, 2018

Book Review :: A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff

A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia by William Rawlings I met William Rawlings at a literary […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onDecember 30, 2013July 11, 2018

Book Review :: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake

I’ve found myself recommending this book a couple of times lately, so I thought I would make it official and write a brief review. There […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 22, 2012April 1, 2012

Book Review :: Coming Up for Air

Patti Callahan Henry was among the first authors I reviewed when I started this blog way back when. I had the opportunity to sit with […] Read More

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Thunderstruck & Other Stories
it was amazing
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
by Elizabeth McCracken
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
it was amazing
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
by Ann Patchett
The Great Alone
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When Rabbit Howls
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When Rabbit Howls
by Truddi Chase

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