Author: Frances Boyd
A new book club list!!
Sea Marsh Book Club books for 2021: Meeting Date Book Author Host Monday, November 16, 2020 Another Brooklyn Jennifer Woodson Lois Monday, December 14, 2020 Such A Fun Age Kiley Reid Laura Monday, January 18, 2021 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett Judy Monday, February 22, 2021 Pope Joan: A Novel Donna Woolfolk Cross Marti/Madeleine Monday, March 15, 2021 A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell
Conservancy Book Review 6
What It’s Like to be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing—What Birds are Doing, and Why Author: David Allen Sibley Reviewer: Cindy Perry If you’re a backyard birder or if you’re simply interested in learning more about the rich array of shorebirds, songbirds, vultures, waterbirds, or other interesting birds, consider David Allen Sibley’s artistic and research-driven book, What It’s Like to be
Linda Malcolm reviews a “classy” book
The Classics Revisited First, there was Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles followed by her Circe (currently on the NY Times bestseller list). Both books look back to the Homerian sagas, The Iliad and The Odyssey and expand on those tales to imagine a deeper story about the action and characters we know from the classic tales. Natalie Haynes’ new book, A Thousand Ships, follows that
Three New Books for February
Valentine’s Day is only one week away. Want to read a book about love? Not romantic love, but the love a mother has for a child, a librarian has for books and a farmer has for the land. Want to read a book that came out in February, the month for love? Choose one or more of the books featured in this article to not
Another Contest–to celebrate the birthday today of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was certainly one of the most popular writers of the Victorian Era, and his books remain solid ‘classics’. If I asked you “In what Charles Dickens’ work is the quote ‘Bah Humbug,’ ” you would surely know the answer. Can you say the same for the following five quotes from Dickens’ novels? To help you, I’ve given you a list of the correct
Post Pandemic
In the January 17, 2021, issue of the New York Times Book Review, Zachery Karabell reviewed four new books that look at life after Covid. It doesn’t take long for some people to write a book, does it? You may be too excited, depressed, fretful or antsy to read anything else about Covid; but, these books offer differing scenarios of a world that will become
Want to get serious?
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2020 In the December 3, 2020, issue of SMITHSONIANMAG.COM, Beth Py-Lieberman reported on new books that Smithsonian scholars felt would focus on events of the times. I have listed many of these recommended books. The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Recommended by Orlando Serrano, youth and teacher program manager at
Readers react to Amanda Gorman post
From Diane Flaherty: You can find Amanda’s interview with Anderson Cooper on YouTube. It’s delightful. We’ve been reading and re-watching her recite “The Hill We Climb” and the words are so powerful. The Scripture she quotes “everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid” comes from the Old Testament book of Micah. From Cindy Perry: Listening
The Poetry of Amanda Gorman
Many of us think that Amanda Gorman ‘stole the show’ at the Presidential Inauguration January 20, 2021. Dressed in a fetching yellow coat, she looked like an American Girl doll. Someone should have put a stool behind the lecturn to let us better see her face. And then she began to recite her inaugural poem. That’s when the magic started, and we saw into the