We have almost ended that time of year when book reviewers publish their “best of 2024” books. If I were to list these books from the NYT or the Washington Post or Goodreads, you would notice many of the same books on all of the lists. You could send me your list of the best books of 2024, and many of them will be repeats.
So many of our favorite authors have new books that have just come out. This post will merely list the books so you will know about them and include a very short description. So many books/so little time!! Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook–Atlkinson returns with another story of Jackson Brodie. Matt Haig, The Life Impossible–Author of The Midnight Library writes about
This from a good friend from Altanta– Here is our club book list for 2024-25. We don’t have a name but we referto ourselves as “Bookies.” James, Percival Everett Read in conjunction with Huckleberry Finn. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story, James McBride The North Woods: a Novel, Daniel Mason The Bee Sting, Paul Murray Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang The Prophet
The Sandcastle Book Club has published its reading list for 2024-25. It appears below. If your book club has a new list, please send it to me, and I will put it on the blog. Sandcastle Book Club book list for 2024-2025 September 9, 2024 The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon—The fictionalized story of real life midwife and general practitioner Martha Ballard, who lived in colonial
I am aware that the books I often feature are Women’s Literary Fiction or Historical Fiction. I am not apologizing at all. I realize, however, that I could broaden the scope of the blog. This entry, therefore, will cite four new non-fictions that you probably only want to read if you want to know more about: The Bible, Baseball, Ballet or the Civil War. Actually,
There were many books published in 2023 that are certainly worth reading but that we didn’t have time for. Of course we don’t have time to read all the good books. My friend Rebecca Peace has an Instagram spot called beckyonbooks. She lives in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. In her most recent post she says “If you have not read these books, don’t delay. Each
This just in from Goodreads, books which were voted on by readers: Best Fiction Yellowface, R. F. Kuang Best Historical Fiction Weyward, Emily Hart The author tells the story of three women across five centuries. In the Southern Review of Books, May 17, 2023, Nicole Yurcaba writes that the book is one that “hums with endurance and carfully places a magnifying glass over the complexities
This one from Shelf Awareness FictionAmerica Fantastica by Tim O’Brien (Mariner)Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Ajdei-Brenyah (Pantheon)Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Ruiz (Little, Brown)In Memoriam by Alice Winn (Knopf)The Laughter by Sonora Jha (HarperVia)Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner)Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes (Avid Reader Press)Prophet by Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (Grove Press)Shark Heart by Emily Habeck (Marysue Rucci Books)Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (MTV Books) NonfictionBetter
Many of you enjoy looking at reading lists from other book clubs. I have copied and pasted them ‘as is’ so please excuse formating problems. If you have additional book club lists, don’t forget to send them to me. Thank you. 2023 – 2024 Coasters Book Schedule Mondays at 2:00 p.m.The 1st Monday of the month except September and January Date Book
There is no prettier place on earth than the Southern Appalachian Mountains. They have been glazed by a magic wand. Frances Boyd, August 15, 2023 For several years after I read Hillbilly Elegy, written by J. D. Vance, I felt an urgent need to defend the place my ancestors settled long long ago. Somehow the book just seemed to portray everyone from Appalachia as being
