The complex and pervasive realities of systemic racism are laid bare in the stunning memoir, The Yellow House. Sarah M. Broom candidly recounts the story of her upbringing and her subsequent journey of self-discovery. She provides a richly layered history of her expansive family through exacting research as well as vivid character descriptions; often usingContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Yellow House”
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Book Review Time: The Study of Animal Languages
I’ve been avoiding writing this review. With each passing day, yet another opportunity lost to procrastination. But it’s time to buck up and get it over with. It’s not that The Study of Animal Languages is a bad book, quite the contrary. It’s well-written, smart, and at times, unexpectedly comical. And it is anchored byContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Study of Animal Languages”
Book Review Time: The Overstory
It’s been awhile, no? I’m not silly nor pompous enough to believe you all have been waiting in hopeless anticipation for my next book review. But I do think it’s only right that I provide some form of explanation for my weeks-long absence. Plain and simple…it was life. Or at least, life as we knowContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Overstory”
Book Review Time: The Night Swimmers
My book review process has developed into a set pattern that works really well for me. I read a book of my choosing (although I have accepted submissions in the past.) Once I’ve finished, I give myself a day or two. Just a little time to let the full story sink in. An opportunity toContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Night Swimmers”
Book Review Time: Paris Never Leaves You
Charlotte Foret is in a dangerously vulnerable position. She is a French widow living in Paris during the German Occupation. Food is as scarce as reliable intel concerning the war effort. And German soldiers (with willing assistance from local gendarmes) can at any moment, decide to round-up French citizens, carting them off to places unknown;Continue reading “Book Review Time: Paris Never Leaves You”
Book Review Time: Must I Go
As one grows older, foreseeing fewer and fewer years ahead, reflection becomes a natural inclination. An honest review of one’s life can be a difficult task. Along with the great moments (marriages, births, etc.), come the darker ones. Perhaps, something important went unnoticed, or a bad decision led to disastrous consequences. Infidelity, divorce, family estrangement,Continue reading “Book Review Time: Must I Go”
Book Review Time: This Is How You Lose the Time War
Dear Fellow Bibliophiles, I am writing this letter to inform you of my most recent reading experience. The book is called This Is How You Lose the Time War. Its co-writers are Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. The story is a literary tango of sorts; the dancers, Red and Blue. On the battlefield of competingContinue reading “Book Review Time: This Is How You Lose the Time War”
Book Review Time: The Hazel Wood
When you hear the words, “Once upon a time…” certain images immediately come to mind. A beautiful princess in peril. A grizzly stepmother/witch, the cause. A dashing prince to the rescue. An immense castle strategically placed to capture the village’s best views. A nearby forest, home to foe and woodland dwarf alike. Throw in someContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Hazel Wood”
Book Review Time: Wild Seed
Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler is an ingeniously crafted tale of two immortal beings, Doro and Anyanwu, brought together by their shared fate. Doro has existed for millenia. Although he began life as a young boy in Africa, his spirit is inextinguishable. His powers allow him to transmigrate from one body to the next, killingContinue reading “Book Review Time: Wild Seed”
Book Review Time: The Goldfinch
It’s Sunday morning. I awoke to gloomy overcast skies. As is the case in the area I reside in, weather is fluid. A somber morning like this, with heavy fog, can quickly transform into a bright and summery clime, once the sun decides to use its full power. Which I’m sure it will as theContinue reading “Book Review Time: The Goldfinch”