Shirley Hazard (1931-2016) is a renowned author from back in the day. She won the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Awar...

 I like Fredrik Backman's writing. He finds the quirkiness in folks and writes interesting stories. Anxious People was not a favorite. ...

 From the prologue: Each of us has a private Austen.   Jocelyn's Austen wrote wonderful novels about love and courtship, but never marri...

 Euphoria by Lily King has absolutely NOTHING to do with the HBO series Euphoria starring Zendaya.  I learned this after buying the book f...

A little Wednesday summer amusement. I am currently in DE hanging with my sister. I created this post before leaving.  Here's some summe...

August 1st was Ray's 70th birthday.  That is worthy of another post.  Here's the birthday king ready to celebrate in front of his pi...

cover blurb - Margaret Ryan never really meant to start a book club... or a feminist revolution in her buttoned-up suburb.     The Book Club...