John Shelley is working at the car wash, but his mind is anywhere but on the car he’s drying. Robin, the hooker he’s crushing on. Martha Lam, his parole officer who keeps showing up for surprise inspections. The guy who stole his identity and opened credit accounts in his name. But what he really can’t … Continue reading Triptych
Coded messages and secret transmissions fascinated me as a child – who thought up all those different ways to hide your true message…and could I crack them? I was mesmerized to find out different languages were used as codes sometimes from different dialects, to complete languages not well known. In World War I, the United … Continue reading Code Talker
The American Tolkien Society first declared September 22nd as Hobbit Day in 1978 in honor of Tolkien's most well-known characters. I love the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books - they are the ones that made commit to reading the books before seeing the movies because of how different they are. Do you feel … Continue reading Hobbit Day!
Monday evening, I attended a book discussion and sampling at the Atlanta History Center for Erika Council's new book Still We Rise: A love letter to the southern biscuit with over 70 sweet and savory recipes. This is a first for me - I have never been to a discussion or sampling of a cookbook … Continue reading Book Discussion & Signing: Still We Rise
From 1974 to 1983, the Argentine government perpetrated a Dirty War against its own citizens to quell an uprising threating their control. Paloma knows little about this era – her parents left Argentina soon after she was born to create a life in America where her father was to be a diplomat. But when her … Continue reading On a Night of a Thousand Stars
I'm very excited for a VERY busy week ahead of us! I'll be attending two author events, celebrating a holiday honoring one of my favorite books, and discussing several great books! To grab your copies, click the images below: On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark Posting on Monday, September 18th … Continue reading Agenda: Week of September 17th
Jane’s pregnant, Lizzie turned down a most advantageous proposal, Mary keeps disappearing, Kitty thinks only of herself, and Lydia eloped. Whatever will the community think of the Bennett family? And that’s not even counting the large, circus-like tarps over their house while the exterminators fumigate for a spider infestation! All Mrs. Bennett want is to … Continue reading Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice
We all have one. That black hole where books go to hibernate before we're ready to read them. Sometimes it's just a day, sometimes weeks, sometimes years. I was recently asked how many books I have in my TBR stack and what is the longest a book's stayed there. It got me thinking - should … Continue reading How big is your TBR stack?
In my home state of Georgia, Stacey Abrams is a household name. She has quite a few titles in her history: State Representative, Minority Leader, Gubernatorial Candidate, Voting Rights Activist, and Lawyer. But the one most intriguing to me is Entrepreneur. Against all odds, Abrams has started and run several businesses with mixed results. Her … Continue reading Lead From the Outside
As the Alan Jackson song goes, “where were you when the world stopped turning”? I can remember exactly where I was when we heard about plane crashes in New York. I specifically remember when it dawned on me and my coworkers that this was more than just a terrible accident or computer glitch. The months … Continue reading The Emperor’s Children
