According to Jessica Stillman, a contributing writer to INC.com, a recent meta-analysis confirmed what teachers and others have long suspected. Reading a variety of fiction can build empathy. Obviously, reading about people that aren’t like us and situations that are unfamiliar to us help us understand and relate to experiences we have not personally had. Book clubs on Kiawah and around the nation have routinely
FACT–The real horseback librarians A group of “book women” on horseback in Hindman, Kentucky, 1940. KENTUCKY LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES They were known as the “book women.” They would saddle up, usually at dawn, to pick their way along snowy hillsides and through muddy creeks with a simple goal: to deliver reading material to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities. The Pack Horse Library initiative was part of President Franklin
Just wondering if any of you tuned in for the interview with Kathryn Smith. I did. Two main take-aways1. Gertrude Sanford Legendre became an ardent conservationist and was a member of the Coastal Conservation League.2. Kathryn Smith is an author who thoroughly researches the subjects she writes about. Smith wrote The Gatekeeper, published in 2017. The book is about Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, FDR’s personal secretary. LeHand
Thanks to friend Katie Kotz, I am happy to announce yet another opportunity to tune in to a virtual program. A Summer with Southern Authors is a series sponsored by the Charleston Library Society and the Evening Post Books & Buxton Books. The series will begin June 11 at 4:30 p.m. and continue throughout the summer every other Thursday at the same time. This Thursday’s
If you thought Ordinary Grace was one of the best books you read last year, you may be interested in tuning in to hear the author William Kent Kruegar speak at an upcoming event on June 12, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.EDT. He will speak on his new book This Tender Land. I recently finished This Tender Land and am still processing it. At first I
Sue Monk Kidd has a new book out entitled The Book of Longings. Is it as captivating as her others? The reviewer in the Post and Courier’s May 31st edition seems to think so. Below is a link to that review in case you missed it. And remember, this is an historical novel–fiction–not ‘real’. The book is, however, filled with truths–yours for the taking. https://www.postandcourier.com/features/book_review
While the name of my blog is ‘Reading Around Kiawah’, I want to welcome any reader to visit the blog and look around. You might find something of value for your reading life! Right now, the blog is a work-in-progress, which it will always be, actually. Please continue to visit as I make entries and solicit input from followers.
September 14—Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Presenter: Stephanie Auge October 5–Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera Presenter: Judy O’Brien November 9—The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson Presenter: Martha Zink Author Report: Martha Zink December 14—The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Presenter: Diane Flaherty Author Report: Diane Flaherty January 11–Big Lies in a Small Town
