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When you find an author you like do you keep tabs on them? There are some authors I can count on to publish a new novel every year or so and then there are those that I keep an eye on, googling occasionally in case they've written something new. I'll periodically go back to my … Continue reading Favorites, Old and New
With all the books in the world is it a sin to reread an old favorite? Answer: NO. It's been a while and it's not that I haven't been reading, I just haven't been reviewing. Maybe it's the fall or maybe it's the crop of books I can't wait to get lost in, but I'm … Continue reading Comfort Reading or What I did this summer
Originally published in the University of Florida's African Studies Quarterly: Volume 21, Issue 4, July 2023, pp. 84-85 https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/current-issue/ First published in France in 2020, Black is the Journey, Africana the Name is a scholarly examination of race, identity, and homeland. Professor Maboula Soumahoro asks what it means to be a Black African French woman, … Continue reading Black is the Journey, Africana the Name
Stephen King does it again. I feel like there are two types of people in this world: those who like Stephen King and those who think they don’t like him. If you’re not a fan it's probably because you tried one of his books and it scarred you / scared you for life. But here's … Continue reading Fairy Tale
How to organize your space and achieve your ideal life Have you ever imagined your ideal life? If time and money were no issue, how would you live? How would you spend your time on a typical day? What would your home be like? Marie Kondo wants you to take time to imagine these things … Continue reading Kurashi at Home
Have you ever flipped the script on your life? Instead of behaving as usual you suddenly veer off, uncaring, allowing life to happen instead of trying to manage it? Nora does it in the laugh-out-loud funny Nora Goes Off Script, which is like a burst of sunshine on a cloudy day and exactly what I … Continue reading Nora Goes Off Script
I read children's books for the same reason I read anything else: the title or cover grabs my attention or I hear about it somewhere and it piques my interest. Here are two I recently discovered. Very Good Hats came to my attention in a Very Bad Way. The author, Emma Straub, was set to … Continue reading Grandpas and Hats
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