I need to thank Allison for telling me to read Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman’s memoir of spending just over a year in prison. Imagine the least prison likely person possible. You’re probably picturing me right now. Well that’s basically what it was like for Piper Kerman a blond WASP who ran with…
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Book Review: The Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy has wowed me once again with The Prince of Tides, his novel about a family’s tumultuous home life and their conflicting feelings toward each other. I love everything about Conroy’s writing style and how he makes me yearn for my own Lowcountry. The novel follows Tom Wingo as he relays the complex story…
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The great thing about traveling is the amount of time I am able to donate to uninterrupted reading. Considering I sat on the tarmac for four hours before my plane took off for Indianapolis on Thursday, I had plenty of time to finish my latest book. The Nazi Officer’s Wife is Edith Hahn Beer’s memoir of…
Read MoreBook Review: My Horizontal Life
Anyone who has read or watched Chelsea Handler knows she is no girly girl, a fact prominently displayed through this collection of essays depicting all of her sexcapades. It’s rare (and great) to read this kind of bawdy humor coming from a woman. Each story was funnier than the last. I don’t want to give…
Read MoreBook Review: Midwives
This novel was a quick but good read recommended by my Mommy (and Oprah). At the center is the ethical dilemma of whether or not a midwife is guilty of murdering a patient. Minus a point or two because while there was resolution to each character’s issues, many things were handled from a surface perspective…
Read MoreBook Review: The Lords of Discipline
The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy was an amazing novel. Conroy is a gifted writer and one of my favorite authors. His flowery writing style could make a dreadfully banal topic seem like the most beautiful things you have ever read. Combine that with the fact that his literary focus is the South, and…
Read MoreBook Review: The Help
Kathryn Stockett’s The Help was a wonderful quick read about Mississippi life (and Southern life in general) in 1962. At the crux of the story sit three women – two black, one white – who come together to blur the racial lines that defined their every action. Aside from the fact that I was delighted and…
Read MoreBook Review: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Last night, I finished reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Dave Wroblewski. It was a *nice* novel about a mute boy who has suffered a tragedy and his loyal dog companion. Though enjoyable, it was very slow. It picked up around the halfway point, but when you’re dealing with a 562 page book, that’s…
Read MoreBook Review: What Is The What
Perhaps I was not very globally aware during middle school, but I did not know much about the Second Sudanese Civil War. I had heard of the Lost Boys of Sudan, but knew nothing more than the fact that they were orhphaned boys in Africa escaping some sort of turmoil. “What Is The What”, Valentino Achak…
Read MoreBook Review: The Alchemist
While blog-reading is great, it does not come close to the feeling of picking up and getting lost in a good book. As a voracious reader I know that the sheer number of books out there can make choosing a title a daunting experience. I am happy to help by lending my thoughts via book…
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Peaches to Apples 