The Great Mrs. Elias – Barbara Chase-Riboud This novel combined two of my favorite things…history and mystery!! Chase-Riboud intertwines a real-life murder investigation with the…
Book Review: Let There Be Light
– It’s Okay A title will often speak to me and particularly titles recommended by a friend and nothing will speak to this preacher’s heart…
Book Review: Human Acts
– Completes Me! There are books in the world that you read because you know it is a beautiful book even as it tells the…
Book Review: The Secret Life of Anna Blanc
The Secret Life of Anna Blanc – Jennifer Kincheloe The author’s intention and primary premise were intriguing: a brilliant and wealthy young woman in the…
What Do We Really Know?: Reflections on the Antiracist Book Festival
“I circled right…back to the questions that science does not ask, not because they aren’t important, but because science as a way of knowing is…
Book Review: Four Hundred Souls
Four Hundred Souls – Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain This book is a ‘must-read’ history for all Americans! Not only does…
Book Review: Girl On Fire
– Worth It! I love graphic novels and I love superhero stories about young girls, so when Alicia Keys’ book, “Girl On Fire” came out…
Book Review: A Tale of Two Murders
A Tale of Two Murders – Heather Redmond Sometimes you just want to curl up with an interesting mystery and enter into another time and…
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer Ok, I am NOT anything even close to what could be called a ‘plant person!’ Honestly, I’m pretty bad…
Book Review: Unbossed
– It’s Okay You can barely go a day without hearing someone say, if only the news reported the good things that are happening in…