January 7 was author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston’s birthday. She died in 1960 in a welfare home in Florida and was buried in an unmarked grave nearby. She wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, but her work was not well received by Black critics at the time. Her best known novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was first published in 1937 but had gone out
The Washington Post recently published a piece entitled “10 Books to Read in January”. Knowing that most of us will not read 10 books in one month, I have picked out a few for you to choose from IF you are caught up on your book club reading!! “The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine,” by Janice
Book Bub recently published photos of artfully organized bookshelves. If you have resolved to redo your bookshelves or add a new one, take a look at some of my favorites from the Book Bub feature: Vintage Display Simply Arranged Book Aspirations Still Life with Books Time to Unwind No Wasted Space Glorious Books
This month, Madeleine Kaye will be leading the Sandcastle Book Club’s discussion of Diane Chamberlain’s Big Lies in a Small Town. Luckily, for all of us who are reading the book, Chamberlain is appearing on “Friends of Fiction” on January 6. To be a part of the interview with Chamberlain, go to friendsandfiction.com and look for directions to join the discussion–January 6, 7:30 p.m.
Read all about it!! Read it now before you watch the movie, which opens Christmas Day in theaters and on Netflix. News of the World is a novel by Paulette Jiles. The story takes place in Texas right after the Civil War. Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels around the west reading news to the folks there, many of whom cannot read themselves, nor do they
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allend Historical Fiction 400 pgs. 9 hrs 46 min Follows two refugees from the Spanish Civil War, whose mock marriage as they flee to Chile gradually deepens into real love, set against a backdrop of war and upheaval. “…..Her (Isabel Allende) new book, A Long Petal of the Sea –translated by Nick Caistor & Amanda Hopkinson —
Send in your entries NOW!! You will have until January 1 to enter the contest. One lucky winner will be chosen. All of the following Christmas songs were first performed in either a movie or a Broadway musical. Name the musical or movie for each and you will be a winner! And if you haven’t listened to these songs in a while, pull them up
By Shayna Murphy•Updated: December 9, 2020•Book Bub Libraries are truly the gift that keeps on giving! While us book lovers may not have been able to enjoy libraries quite as much as we may have wanted to this year, that doesn’t mean we can’t admire their holiday decorations from afar. If you’re the kind of bookworm who absolutely loves going to the library every chance you get —
Virgin River is a fictional town in northern California, existing amidst the redwood forest and inhabited by a host of interesting characters. Robyn Carr has written 21 books set in Virgin River. The latest in the series made its debut October 13, 2020 and is entitled Return to Virgin River. Return is the first ‘Virgin River’ book Carr has written since 2012. So why all
December’s Meeting, December 14, 2020 Nineteen book club members tuned in for a Zoom meeting led by Diane Flaherty. Diane reviewed The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Members joined in a discussion naming their favorite characters and revealing challenges they faced trying to figure out the three main plot threads. Some members absolutely loved the book while others found it very sad. Everyone agreed
