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At seemingly odd times, a bit of text, a scene, or a character from a past read will pop into my mind. From books that made very little...

...that is the question! My sorority book club is made up of both alums and collegiates, and was formed during this quarantine. So far,...

Penguin Random House just posted Our Most Anticipated Mysteries for Fall. Here's a peak: The Searcher by Tana French Summary: Cal Hooper...

Straight from the American Library Association's website: DC’s Wonder Woman to lasso up Library Card Sign-up Month 2020 This September,...

I just finished "The Glass Hotel" by Emily St. John Mandel. I was quite excited when I saw that this 2020-published novel was available...

I have read a few novels which have won the coveted Pulitzer Prize. So far, reading these novels has left me scratching my head as to why...

I am not a fan of J. D. Salinger. I do not think The Catcher in the Rye was the best coming of age book written this century. I also do...

Head on over to Bubbly Bibbly where you can read my latest review of Normal People by Sally Rooney. It's a little longer than my other...

It's Tuesday, and you know what that means: new books have been released into the wild! In reviewing the books available today, one...

On the literary calendar, August 18 is "Bad Poetry Day". Let me introduce you to a most famous poetry mangler. William Topaz McGonagall...

The second meeting of my sorority book club will meet tonight. Unfortunately, I won't be available (we had to push it a week to the...

I have a 100-Page-Rule. Simply put, I give a book 100 pages to grab my attention and make it worth my time to read it. That, in my...

I have read as long as I can remember. I loved The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary, and devoured Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys books....

There are so many books out there. I have over 1000 on my to-be-read (TBR) list. And yet, EVERY Tuesday, more and more and more books are...