As part of my memoir kick, I picked up The Sound of Gravel. The story of a girl and her siblings growing up in a fundamentalist Mormon compound in Mexico, Ruth Warnier spent her childhood moving between Mexico, California, and Texas. The house her family lived in on the Le Baron Compound in Mexico was … Continue reading The Sound of Gravel
I've read a lot of books like Into This Air. Travel writing, memoirs, biographies, history. I haven't read a book like this in a long time, though. I know how it ends. It's like reading about the Titanic. Along the way you become attached to each person on the mountain, you forget it's not fiction. … Continue reading Into Thin Air
I was worried at first starting Talking As Fast As I Can, thinking I'd spend the full book wishing it was about Lorelai instead of Lauren Graham. Turns out, Lauren and Lorelai have a lot in common. Including coffee. And her writing will keep you going, and keep you laughing, much the way Lorelai and Rory's … Continue reading Talking as fast as I can
In my rummaging online I found a few lists that will get you headed to your nearest book store. And, if your 2017 reading resolutions are anything like mine, it'll help you cross some off your list. Irresistible Books: Small Presses in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017's Best Poetry 10 Works of Black Literature America Needs … Continue reading 5 lists to find your next read
Nicotine by Zell Zink Penny finishes college and returns home only to lose her father. With his death, the family drifts apart, and Penny drifts lost. Heading for the house left to her she finds it filled with squatters, and no heart to tell them to leave. Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller Most every woman my … Continue reading The next 5 books I’m reading
I ran through the first season of The Crown on Netflix at a surprising pace. And I felt like it left me with a cliff hanger, as any quality show would now. But this is based on real life. I went in search of a biography and in looking through search results this book jumped … Continue reading Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of the Modern Monarch
The Land of Enchantment is a journey through a tortured romance, an emotionally abusive relationship, and a first love. Leigh Stein walks you through what she saw at the time as a beautifully romantic love story. From suburban Chicago, to the New Mexico desert, to Brooklyn, Stein tells the story of how they met, started … Continue reading The Land of Enchantment
I've spent a lot of time, and most of my adult life, living south of the Mason-Dixon Line. While on vacation in Charleston I started thinking about some truly southern books I've loved. The list I came up with was much longer, so odds are more will be coming. Until then here's 5 southern books: … Continue reading 5 Books About the South
Between Me and The World: There has been no better time to read this book than now. Actually a better would have been about the time it was written. With the country in mayhem, feeling disjointed, out of control, this is a must read. It's been out for a year, and I'm pretty surprised I … Continue reading Currently Reading: Between Me and The World
Sometimes a book is just an okay read. Sometimes, it's a disappointment, and sometimes it blows you away. I wanted to read Persepolis for a couple reasons - a graphic novel written by a woman that is overwhelmingly successful, is unusual. One written by an Iranian woman about her childhood during the Iranian Revolution, and coming … Continue reading Persepolis
