Today, as I walked down Fort Johnson Road to Fort Johnson, I thought about the Larsen book I am trying to finish for a book club. I featured it on this blog in 2024 and expected to like it as I did other Larsen books I have read. Well, I’m having a hard time with it, as it turns out. Of course, I was not
Seabrook resident Mary Fleck asked me to share the following announcement: Join us for an engaging discussion with Roger Jones, local businessman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and avid athlete!Roger will be discussing his debut novel, The Final Victory, a powerful story of resilience and unity centered around competitive dragon boat racing and the courage of cancer survivors. And you’ll hear from our special guest—the wife of “Tom,” one
Five books! That’s a lot to feature in one blog entry. It had to be done, however, because the volume of new books coming out these first few months of 2025 is overwhelming. In addition, with five authors represented here, you are bound to really like at least one of them, right? As you look at the covers of the five books, think about each
When Louis Armstrong sings “What did I do to be so Black and Blue?”, he is evoking a color that holds various meanings to black people. The song was originally in a musical and was sung by a black woman bemoaning the fact that fairer skinned black women seem to get all the men. Of course, that is part of colorism. Certainly, the musical genre
Ann Tyler has been writing books for 60 years. Her first one, If Morning Ever Comes, was published in 1964 when Tyler was only 22 years old. The first Ann Tyler book I remember is The Accidental Tourist. I hate to admit that I found the book difficult to get into, but my husband read it and liked it a lot! I read French Braid
Golfer and retired executive Jimmie James sat out on a remarkable journey in 2017 to play the Top 100 Golf Courses in the USA. He achieved his goal and wrote about the experience in an intriguing book. AND I got to hear him speak today at Our World on Kiawah Island. If you are a golfer and/or know a golfer, this book will interest you.
Ocean Park is a relatively newly developed area in Kiawah . They have a very active book club there, and my friend offered to send me a list of the books the members have read. Take a look and see how many you have read. Here they are:
How to Read a Book, by Monica Wood (288 pages) The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawson (448 pages) The Briar Club, by Kate Quinn (432 pages) An Immense World, by Ed Yong (464 pages) The Wedding People, by Alison Espach (384 pages) James, by Percival Everett (320 pages) Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult (480 pages) Here One Moment, by Liane Moriarty (501 pages) God of the
Time of the Child by Niall Williams is a book that I meant to feature at Christmas. The story is set in the 60’s in a small Irish village called Faha. While Williams has written many other books, the one he wrote before Time of the Child (This is Happiness) is also set in Faha. This isn’t a Christmas book, but it takes place during
Before we go on to the 2025 ‘Book World’, there are books that I missed featuring on the blog that I obviously should have featured. I know this because I’ve had people tell me, “Oh, I just read the best book!” and then proceed to tell me all about it. I love it when people do this, and I want to share a few of
