Book 47: The Help – Kathryn Stockett
After hearing Emma Donoghue recommend this book, I of course immediately added it to my list of books to read. So I was ecstatic when I flew home to NC for my aunt Miriam’s wedding that another aunt...
View ArticleBook 110: The Color Purple – Alice Walker
I must preface this post with the caveat that prior to reading the novel I knew little about it. I vaguely knew that Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey were connected to the film, but that was it. And...
View ArticleBook 122: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
I need to stop saying I don’t like nonfiction and start saying I enjoy immersive nonfiction. It seems the majority of nonfiction works that I do like are those that delve deeper into societal issues...
View ArticleBook 350: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
I picked up my copy of this book just 11 days before Maya Angelou died last spring. I’d always had this book (Amazon link) on my list, but I’d never found a reason to pick it up and for some reason …...
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