2021-2022 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins The Daughters of Yalta Catherine Katz Surviving Savannah Patti Callahan Secrets of Happiness Joan Silber The Night Portrait Laura Morelli The Long Petal of the Sea Isabel Allende When the Stars Go Dark Paula McClain Facing the Mountain Daniel James Brown The Fortunate Ones Ed Tarkington
The Code Breaker, Walter Isaacson—book review by Frances Boyd Do you remember what you were doing on March 13, 2020? It was a Friday!! I had a friend visiting from Atlanta, and we were trying to decide if it was safe enough for us to go to the Gaillard Auditorium to see Ranky Tanky. News was spreading fast about Covid-19 cases, particularly in the northwest.
If you like true stories involving animals and adventure, this book is for YOU!! West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. A cross-country road trip in 1938 was of itself an adventure. Add two West African giraffes, an eighteen year old from the Dust Bowl Panhandle, an Old Man who has a way with animals and a secretive past, and a young red-headed woman photographer yearning
On Tuesday, July 27, from 7:00 – 8:00, Marie Benedict, author of The Personal Librarian, will interview Kristin Harmel about her new book The Forest of Vanishing Stars. Remember the book about Jews who hid in forests from the Nazis the entire duration of WWII? Remember the blog entry on Kristin Harmel? If you were interested in this author or her new book, the program
Many of us will be watching the Olympics on television soon, and we will be hearing human interest stories about the athletes. If you can’t wait until then, there are some very good books about former Olympic stars. Some of the stars may be new names to you. Beautiful on the Outside, Adam Rippon In 2018, America met Adam Rippon, and we loved him. He
Today would have been Ernest Hemingway’s 122nd birthday. We are all familiar with this iconic author so I thought I would share a few quotes from different pieces of his literature. “You know what make a good loser? Practice.”–Papa: A Personal Memoir 2. “Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”–A Moveable Feast 3. “No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom
Book Review Title: It’s Only One! Author: Tracey Corderoy Illustrator: Tony NeaTracey Corderoy pens a captivating picture book about the impact that small contributions — whether positive or negative — can have on communities. Sunnyville is a beautiful town, and its residents are happy and cheerful. When Rhino tosses one piece of litter on the ground, he justifies it by declaring, “It’s only one!” Unfortunately for Sunnyville, this one small action results in big
Two new books explore the subjects of evangelical religion in the South and revered preachers from Texas. Both books tell a story of the daughters of these preachers and how their faith in God is shaken when their faith in their fathers is destroyed. One family is white and the other is Black. Both books are debut novels for the authors. If you don’t know
You may be too young to remember when Jimmy Carter was President, or you may have just been too busy to have cared. I was pulling for him to do a good job because Georgia is my ‘adopted’ home state, and I was sick and tired of people making fun of him because he was from Plains, GA and had a Southern accent. Some very
Three things about Kristen Harmel– She is one of five bestselling authors that, at the beginning of the pandemic, founded Friends and Fiction, an online community and Facbook Live show for booklovers. FriendsandFiction.com 2. She writes stories about World War II, many of which are set in Paris. WHY? Harmel began writing at age 16 and was for many years a writer for People Magazine.
