The annual book selection and potluck meeting of the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group is this month. I’m sad that I’ll be missing it — we always have so much fun talking about the books we’ve brought to … Continue reading →
I don’t know what to say about what’s going on in St. Louis, but I’ve come to believe that saying nothing is worse than saying the wrong thing. So, let’s talk. We can start with how easy it would be … Continue reading →
Book: Some of My Best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America by Tanner Colby Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Viking Publication date: 2012 Pages: 294 Source: Library Summary: Tanner Colby, author of Some of My Best Friends are … Continue reading →
Today’s prompt for Armchair BEA is “Tell us about the books that transported you to a different world, taught you about a different culture, and/or helped you step into the shoes of someone different from you.” Diversity is a timely … Continue reading →
While checking out some of the links at the Spread the Love link party over at The Steadfast Reader, I encountered a couple of posts about the Spring Reading Thing. The Spring Reading Thing is an event hosted by The … Continue reading →
Book: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Perennial (Modern Classics) Publication date: 2006 (Originally 1937) Pages: 219 Source: Library Summary: A short classic novel, well ahead of its time, about love, adventure, and identity. … Continue reading →
Edited to add: This event has been canceled. Sorry for any inconvenience. The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith (my review) was one of the books I read last month for my New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge. A number of … Continue reading →
Welcome to the final discussion session for The Happiness Project Read Along! Here are the first three: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 This week we’re talking about Chapters 10, 11, and 12, as well as the book as a … Continue reading →
This post was inspired by The Cartographer of No Man’s Land, a World War I novel by P.S. Duffy. Join From Left to Write on November 14 as we discuss The Cartographer of No Man’s Land. As a member, I … Continue reading →
Welcome to Nonfiction November, a little project hosted by Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness and Leslie from Regular Rumination. With weekly themes and a link-list for discussion posts (like this one) plus nonfiction book reviews, Nonfiction November promises to be a laid-back and refined celebration of … Continue reading →