- May 30, 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens recently soared to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, and after reading it last weekend, I understand why it’s attained that stature and why others are so captivated by this unforgettable story. Using exquisite prose, Delia Owens vibrantly describes the environmental beauty and vibrancy ...
Read more… - May 24, 2019
Book Review: Normal People
This little gem of a novel by Sally Rooney definitely made me feel my age (old). It is a love story of two millennials from the same backwater town in Ireland, who are clearly meant to be together, but can’t admit it to themselves or to each other. ...
Read more… - May 17, 2019
Usually when I love a movie it’s because: the movie contains monsters; the movie makes me cry; the movie has robots in it; or the movie is called John Wick. Sometimes, though, I love a movie because it surprises me and confuses me and then I can’t stop thinking about it.
Directed by Boots ...
Read more… - May 8, 2019
The Acadian Kitchen by Alain Bosse (The Kilted Chef)
I lived in a suburb of Montreal when I was a kid. Unsurprisingly, one of the things I remember most vividly about my time there was the food. Poutine, smoked meat sandwiches, and chicken and rib franchises (I’m thinking about you, Swiss Chalet!) are what immediately come ...
Read more… - May 2, 2019
The
Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker
In
a small California town, a college freshman complains of feeling sick, falls
asleep… and doesn’t wake up. Soon, there are more cases like hers—otherwise
healthy individuals suddenly overcome by fatigue they can’t shake. Once they
are asleep, nothing can wake them from their slumber. Soon, the mysterious
illness sweeps through the town like the wildfires ...
Read more… - April 26, 2019
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov and how they lived through the horrors of the German concentration camp, Auschwitz. In 1942, the German government, looking for workers for their labor camps, made Slovakian families send someone 18 or older for work details with ...
Read more… - April 4, 2019
Sadie by Courtney Summers
If you’re looking for an audiobook that will get you through a boring car drive, this could be just the ticket. It is performed by a full cast, so the voices are always changing, which helped me stay focused. And the story is quite suspenseful, about a murder and a disappearance ...
Read more… - March 27, 2019
I just put a hold on this wonderful Canadian author’s newest book, Women Talking, after reading about it in The New Yorker. This, her eighth novel, was released in Canada last year and is due out in the U.S. on April 2. As in many of her books, she draws on her Mennonite heritage ...
Read more… - March 22, 2019
If you like graphic novels in the tradition of Maus by Art Spiegelman or Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, you’ll enjoy this graphic memoir by Michael Kupperman, an award-winning writer and artist. I am a big fan of graphic novels; even if you aren’t, you still might enjoy reading this one, for a number ...
Read more… - March 14, 2019
Lovely War by Julie Berry
The title of the Washington Post review of this young adult saga was “The novel you’ll want to steal from your teen’s nightstand.” I think that about sums it up. Julie Berry’s book is a sweeping piece of historical fiction with meticulously researched details about World War I. ...
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