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Tag: Historical Fiction

Book Review of The Source
Book Reviews, Books, Out and About Posted onMay 13, 2022May 13, 2022

Book Review :: The Source

I first learned of The Source from a list of suggested readings prior to my trip to Israel in 2019. At 900 pages, there wasn’t […] 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

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

Book Review of Conjure Women
Advanced Reader Copy, Book Reviews Posted onMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

Book Review :: Conjure Women

Conjure Women, Afia Atakora’s debut, tells the story of mother and daughter, separated by a war that redefined our nation but more significantly to those […] Read More

Book Club Selections for 2018
Book Clubs Posted onApril 1, 2018August 26, 2019

Book Club :: Short List for 2018-19

We did it! The votes are in & the SOC Sistas have selected the books we’ll be reading this year. If you are looking for […] Read More

World War II novels
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMarch 18, 2018April 30, 2019

Book Clubs :: WWII Novels

There is a rash of World War II literature. In our last book club annual selection long list, there were enough books that had we […] Read More

Top 100
Book Clubs, Books Posted onMarch 4, 2018February 27, 2021

Book Favorites :: Top 100

A few years back, my book club put together its collective Top 100 Books. I remember in that exercise, that I had a hard time […] Read More

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onJuly 22, 2017October 13, 2017

Book Clubs :: Year End Wrap Up for 2016-17

I’m a little late, but I’ve just finished the wrap up of our book club’s 2016-17 reading year. We started doing something a little different […] 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

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