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Category: Book Reviews

Book Review The Remains of the Day
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 30, 2022February 9, 2022

Book Review :: The Remains of the Day

I know I’m late to the game with this one. Until this month, I had neither read The Remains of the Day nor watched the […] Read More

Book Review The Pull of the Stars
Book Reviews Posted onJanuary 22, 2022February 9, 2022

Book Review :: The Pull of the Stars

When Emma Donoghue began work on The Pull of the Stars in 2018, she had no idea how eerily similar the world would be to […] Read More

Cover of Oh William! for Book Review
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews Posted onOctober 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Book Review :: Oh William!

Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel Oh William! is full of what we love about Strout – stories of imperfect people managing life in imperfect ways. Strout’s […] Read More

Hour of the Witch Review
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 25, 2021June 20, 2021

Book Review :: Hour of the Witch

Chris Bohjalian is one of the more prolific contemporary writers who is truly dexterous in his writing. In his career that spans more than 25 […] Read More

When Ghosts Come Home
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 19, 2021June 19, 2021

Book Review :: When Ghosts Come Home

Wiley Cash has a way of making Southern readers feel right at home – a skill he repeats in his latest novel, When Ghosts Come […] Read More

Shuggie Bain Book Review
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 24, 2021January 27, 2021

Book Review :: Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart fortifies my belief in The Booker Prize winners.

Book Cover Native Son by Richard Wright
Book Reviews, Books, Justice Posted onJuly 22, 2020July 23, 2020

Book Review :: Native Son

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

Fight Systemic Racism BLM Fist
Blog Awards, Book Reviews, Justice Posted onJune 29, 2020June 30, 2020

Racial Equality :: Suggested Reading, Viewing, Listening

As our country comes face to face once again with systemic racism and the enormous gaps in race equality, many are turning to various forms […] Read More

Three of our book club's all time top 10
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMay 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Book Clubs :: Top Ten (and maybe more)

I recently caught up on the book keeping for my book club – which basically means making sure all the book ratings are loaded into […] Read More

Ratings for 2019 Book Selections
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onMay 18, 2020May 19, 2020

Book Clubs :: That’s a Wrap (on 2019-2020)

This month we wrapped up our book club’s 2019-2020 year of reading. As I’ve said before, these end of year posts are probably the best […] Read More

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Consequences
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Oh William!
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Oh William!
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All Our Wordly Goods
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by Kerry Patterson

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