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 #mybookreview @LisaWingate Click To Tweet Taking her cue from history, Lisa Wingate tells […]
#MyReview: Flight Path by Hanna Palmer Not Your Typical Read
This is the story about the devastation of the communities surrounding the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport 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 […]
#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 @marthahallkelly #MustRead #amreading Click To Tweet It was much better than All the Light […]
#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 1950’s #amreading #mybookreview 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. […]
