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I have long avoided seeing movies made from books that I love. I have never seen "The Green Mile", "The Shell Seekers", or the...

I had a front-row seat at the online Ken Burns panel discussion on Benjamin Franklin and Writing. During the discussion, one of the panel...

I was reading Amor Towles "Rules of Civility" a few weeks ago, sitting on the sofa in the bright morning sun, steaming cup of coffee at...

Sometimes (actually, rarely) I intentionally slow my reading pace of a book. There are a couple of reasons for my doing this in the past:...

I just finished "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles. The story was good, to be sure, but it is the exquisite writing that gets me....

While looking for my next read among the custom-built bookshelves on the far end of my living room, I spied a slender bright green spine...

January 10, 2022: McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...

It turns out that one bad apple just may spoil the whole bunch. I'll tell you my story and let you decide. I am trying to read a book by...

I was reading reviews of an upcoming historical fiction book and noted the reviewer stated that she was tiring of dual/multiple timelines...

Just as Alice fell down the rabbit hole, so have I done many a time through my stream of consciousness. As the magnificent song by The...

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique...

A first novel about four best friends who, after graduating high school, decide to postpone the standard college route to pursue their...

I KNEW I had read this book! There was a 3-star rating on my Goodreads account, but no review. How unlike me! I left a review of Taylor...

Hundreds of words and definitions are added to the dictionary each month. I had no idea! Merriam-Webster added 455 new words in October...

I just finished a book for my personal diversity challenge titled, "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House" by Cherie Jones. It was a...

Riding high from last night's "date" with fellow readers in the "Diverse Reading" group on Clubhouse, I started a new book today, "The...

How long has it been since you played in a clubhouse? Well, I did tonight!! Clubhouse is a new app that is all about gathering people...

I'm starting to feel like I am not really giving books a chance. True, my mom has to be grabbed right away or she will put a book down. I...

I got my third tattoo last week. Yes. It hurt. But only if a number of needles going into your skin, through the epidermis down to the...

Okay, technically, it's NOT an actual bait-and-switch, but pretty darned close. I finished my e-book, and went to the Libby app to find...