After a little digression on Friday, it’s back to books! Reading may be your escape during quarantine, but for many the economic issues caused by the pandemic means buying the newest releases isn’t a great idea. So, today I’ve got eight beautiful backlist books I read and loved years ago. Several I’ve never talked about because I read them before I started this blog. Even ... Read More...
COVID 19 Mini Book Break
Good morning, lovely readers! Normally, I’d have an end-of-week book review for you today, but honestly, what’s normal these days? Unless you live in one of the states that is not following stay-at-home guidelines, you’ve likely been cooped up with family or on your own for weeks. Either way, it’s draining. Also, in my case, it’s leading to a repeat of the kinds of behavior ... Read More...
Miss Austen: A Novel
On Monday I reviewed what was a stunning, but intense book, so it’s with a bit of relief that I’m back with a book I’ll call recovery reading. Cassandra Austen is the older sister of author, Jane Austen. Jane has been dead for many years and Cassandra has felt it was her duty to be the arbiter and controller of her beloved sister’s legacy. To this end, she has been gathering ... Read More...
Valentine: A Novel by Elizabeth Wetmore
When you encounter a scene like the one that opens Elizabeth Wetmore’s novel, Valentine, and the words …she imagines him facedown in the dust, lips and cheeks scoured by sand, his thirst relieved by only the blood in his mouth. sear themselves on your brain you know you are in for high-intensity reading and immersion in a heartbreaking world. A world where a 14-year-old girl ... Read More...
Ten Spring 2020 Books I’m Ready to Read
I’ve put a lot of words out there on this blog, but it’s getting harder these days. The circumstances happening around the world are so staggering, so beyond comprehension, that writing about books feels a little frivolous. Especially as, from what we’re hearing from experts (which does not include the megalomaniac in the White House), this is just the beginning in America. We ... Read More...
March Reading Recap
Well, of all the things I thought might happen this March I could never have come up with where we are now. I'll spare you the contents of my brain churning with the anxiety I have not only over family and friends flung across America, but all the people who have lost their jobs, the people sick and struggling. I feel helpless. So, while it feels a little frivolous to write ... Read More...
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