According to the calendar it’s fall, but does anyone else feel like summer never really happened? The weather here stayed mostly in the low 70s with a few days hitting 80 degrees or above. I never had that baking feeling of heat, when all you can think about is chilly weather and big books. And while I love the weather in Seattle all year round I am desperate for a ... Read More...
What I’m Reading This Week
It’s probably not good form to begin a post by making excuses, but here it is: I spent most of last week getting my husband ready to move to Michigan and after he left on Saturday I had no energy left for anything but moping around the house. I did read last week, but nothing that stuck with me enough to review. I’m looking at today as a reset, because I’m going to be living on ... Read More...
Summer Fun Reading: Mini-Reviews
Summer fun reading means something different to everyone. For some it's a chance to finally slow down and sink into longer, deeper reading, but for others it's a time of toss-away reading—books that you're not invested in, that you don't care if they get left behind at the beach, pool, or vacation spot. It's not a bad thing. In fact, it can be a welcome relief after reading ... Read More...
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Thanks to his strict grandmother, Elwood Curtis is the kind of young man anyone would be proud of. He's smart, honest, and dependable. He is a devoted follower of Martin Luther King, listening to a record of his speeches until he knows them by heart. After he graduates from high school he has the chance to take free classes at a nearby technical college. It’s on the trip to ... Read More...
Delayed Rays of a Star
The premise for Delayed Rays of a Star is one I love. In 1928 young photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took a photo of three women at a party in Berlin (see below). One of them, Anna May Wong, was already famous as a Hollywood actress, but the other two, Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl had yet to achieve celebrity. Author Amanda Lee Koe takes this one photograph and spins it ... Read More...
Mistress of the Ritz
I began this week with a novel that took place partly during World War II so will keep it clean and end that way. Except, Mistress of the Ritz takes place in the thick of it—Nazi headquarters in Paris, the Hotel Ritz. Author Melanie Benjamin is back with a historical fiction based on the life of Blanche Auzello, the wife of the Ritz’s director during the war. Blanche and ... Read More...
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