Blast from Indigo

NEW RELEASES, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 We have a number of new titles at Indigo this week.  Here are a few notable ones. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny.  The newest Gamache novel finds Armand and Reine-Marie in Paris awaiting the arrival of a new grandchild, spending time with their children Daniel and Annie, and, of course, with Jean-Luc.  Inspector Gamache is not in

For Fans of Margaret Atwood

Virtual author event with Margaret Atwood in conversation with Ann Patchett Parnassus Books, in partnership with Penguin Random House and Penguin Random House Canada, is pleased to present a virtual event for Margaret Atwood in celebration of the paperback release of The Testaments. Atwood will be joined in conversation by Ann Patchett. #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the booker prize for fiction,

Ode to Libraries

The above picture is of Fletcher Library, a joint Chattanooga city library and a library for the University of Chattanooga. It was built on McCallie Avenue in 1940 and remained the joint library until 1974 when a new library was built for the university after it became part of the University of Tennessee system in 1969. This was MY library. Thankfully, it still stands but

Jon Meacham’s virtual event

On Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Jon Meacham will celebrate the launch of his new book about John Lewis. As an Atlantan, although non-native, I am very proud of John Lewis. Having heard about him since the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, I followed him with interest during his career. He was the Representative from my district so I voted for him

Conservancy Book Review

Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson Can humans overcome their hard-wired propensity for short-term planning and self-regard to take on a daring solution to save the world’s plant and animal species from the brink of extinction? In Half-Earth author Edwin O. Wilson, posits that humanity should commit to reserve one-half of the planet’s surface to nature to benefit the majority of

Announcing a new category

From the beginning, I have described my blog as a ‘work in progress’ so I’m pleased to announce a ‘progression’, which will involve a new category and a collaborative effort with the Kiawah Conservancy.  The idea for this collaboration evolved after I wrote a book review for the latest issue of “Naturally Kiawah”, the Conservancy’s twice yearly publication. Perhaps, I thought, I could feature on

The Reading Woman

The picture below is a pastel by Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is of his wife Louise. It currently hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Does it remind you of yourself when you fall asleep while reading? This next photo is of a watercolor by Carl Olaf Larsson. It hangs in the Louvre, Paris. Now that I have a kitten in addition to

More New Titles are in at Indigo

Don’t buy all the Lions of Fifth Avenue. I’m getting the book VERY soon. There better be some left!! NEW RELEASES 8/4/2020 August 4th was a big release day with 20+ new titles going onto the shelves at Indigo Books.  Here are a few of them. One Minute Out by Mark Greaney.  Greaney’s protagonist, The Gray Man, is a former military special-ops guy now CIA.