The title of this book is perfect. Anyone, who knows who Roxane Gay is, will assume the book has to do with eating. Hunger connotes a desire for food, right? But, this book is much more than a book about food. It’s a book about yearning, about hungering for many things. Food is, of course, […]
#MyBookReviews #TBR The Last Duel and My Italian Bulldozer
You may have missed my blog posts? #reading #writing Click To Tweet Maybe you didn’t notice but I’ve been offline for a little while. What have I been doing? Reading and writing. I am working on revisions on my work-in-progress and I’ve been reading. Recently I finished two very different books but both worth a […]
#MyBookReview Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
I am often skeptical of books that have thousands of reviews and still have over four stars. So, this book languished on my e-reader for months. I finally read the sample, and I was hooked. The story is riveting and quite disturbing… Click To Tweet Taking her cue from history, Lisa Wingate tells the story […]
#MyReview: Flight Path by Hanna Palmer Not Your Typical Read
This is the story about the devastation of the communities surrounding the Atlanta… Click To Tweet The author tells the story as if a memoir. She lived in several of the small communities that succumbed to the growth of the world’s busiest airport. Her experience growing up there, leaving the area and then returning gives […]
#MyBookReview Patron Saints of Liars by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett fans have probably already read this amazing book. It was Ms. Patchett’s first novel. I can’t believe that because it is so polished and well-done. I am not a full-fledged Ann Patchett fan because I found Commonwealth tedious at best and I only modestly enjoyed State of Wonder. But I loved Bel Canto […]
First Reviews of A Painting to Die For–5 Stars!
Liz Konkel at Reader’s Favorite gave this review of A Painting to Die For. You can Preorder your copy here! A Painting to Die For by Joan C. Curtis is the third book in the Jenna Scali Mystery series. Jenna Scali has always loved a painting of her father’s that was supposed to be hers […]
What She Ate #MyBookReview 5 Stars for this Winner
What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women. The Food Tells Their Stories by Laura Sapiro is a biographical account of six woman and what they did or did not eat. The author contends that most biography is more interested in what a woman does in the bedroom versus what she does in the kitchen. Yet, most […]
OMG! What a Book. #MyReview Lilac Girls #MustRead
Okay, so I know I’ve given a number of books 5 stars, and I don’t really do that lightly. But, Lilac Girls should get 10! I haven’t read as good a book in a very long time. IMO it deserves the #Pulitzer… Click To Tweet It was much better than All the Light We Cannot […]
#MyBookReview Peculiar County by @StuartRWest
What a fun read! This new book by @StuartRWest should definitely be on your ToBeRead list.#TBR #YA. Click To Tweet If you enjoy a paranormal mystery written from the point-of-view of a sassy 15-year-old, you’ll like this book. It has all the elements of a paranormal–ghosts, witches and human monsters. It also has a touch […]
#MyReview of The Patriots: A Novel by Sana Krasikov
This book taught me about the way people lived in Soviet Russia during the 1930’s through the… Click To Tweet I learned how it would feel to live in a repressive society where no one trusts anyone. Undoubtedly the author, Sana Krasikov, did a lot of research to bring us this story. Nonetheless, the book […]
