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Book Review for The River is Waiting
Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onMay 23, 2025May 23, 2025

Book Review :: The River is Waiting

Fans of Wally Lamb will feel right at home in The River is Waiting, where the angst and raw humanity of Corby Ledbetter echo Lamb’s […] Read More

Book Review of The Evening Shades
Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onMarch 22, 2025March 22, 2025

Book Review :: The Evening Shades

I was just a few pages into Lee Martin’s The Evening Shades when I felt its similarities to Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night. And […] Read More

Brief review of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onFebruary 16, 2025February 16, 2025

Book Brief :: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix has spent weeks on the Publishers Weekly Hardcover Fiction Top Ten list, but like much of today’s contemporary […] Read More

Book Club Chat for Weyward by Emilia Hart
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024

Book Club Chat :: Weyward

I first read Wayward in 2023, drawn in by its stunning cover. Once I started Emilia Hart’s debut, I was captivated by its themes and […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onOctober 11, 2024October 11, 2024

Book Brief :: The Warrior

The quote at the beginning of The Warrior: What happens when what you don’t see is more significant than what you do see? by T. […] Read More

2023-2024 Short List
Book Clubs, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onJune 3, 2024July 20, 2024

Book Clubs :: 2024-2025 Short List

We did it! For the first time, possibly ever, we selected our short list of ten without a run-off. While there’s one or two that […] Read More

Buffettology by Mary Buffett
Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline, Things I Love Posted onMay 27, 2024May 27, 2024

Book Brief :: Buffettology by Mary Buffett

I’ve heard several financial experts say if you want to learn how to invest like Warren Buffett, there are two things to read: his annual letter to his shareholders and Buffettology by Mary Buffett, his former daughter-in-law.

Book Club Selections
Book Clubs, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onMay 17, 2024July 20, 2024

Book Club Selections :: Long List for 2024-2025

We’re at that time of year! Earlier this week my book group met for its annual book pitch which is a really fun meeting because […] Read More

Book Brief: Day by Michael Cunningham
Advance Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured, Headline Posted onJanuary 26, 2024February 15, 2024

Book Brief :: Day by Michael Cunningham

While technically Day by Michael Cunningham will fall into the category of COVID pandemic fiction, this one was beautifully and uniquely constructed—three days in three years, stretching from 2019 to 2021. The same day on the calendar, so each is a year apart.

Meet Abraham Verghese
Advance Reader Copy, Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Out and About Posted onMay 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Meet the Author :: Abraham Verghese

Last week when I was wrapping up my review of The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, I saw that he was going to be […] Read More

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