Jul 6, 2023 | Book Report
Horse by Geraldine Brooks: Based on the historical account of a champion racehorse of the 1850s, Brooks gives the reader a lot more in this dual time story. The two Black protagonists—one the enslaved groom whose devotion to the horse of the title is both...
Jun 26, 2023 | Book Report
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby: Two fathers—one Black and one white and both ex-cons—come together to solve and avenge the brutal murder of their gay sons. Fair warning: there is a LOT of violence on these pages, but to my surprise I did not find any of it gratuitous....
Jun 22, 2023 | Book Report
TOMORROW and TOMORROW and TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin: I will admit up front that reading this novel, I entered a strange new world—the world of video gaming. The principal characters are both players and creators and the book follows their connection from childhood...
Jun 8, 2023 | Book Report
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson: An estranged brother and sister come together as adults to listen to the recording their late mother has left them revealing the secrets of her life. The hearing of the recording is orchestrated by their mother’s lawyer in the house...
May 24, 2023 | Book Report
The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer is unique in the popular genre of WWII fiction. It takes place both before and after the war. The story is based on an actual post war US government project called Operation Paper Clip that will surprise many readers. As a writer who...
May 10, 2023 | Book Report
Night Came with Many Stars by Simon Van Booy is a novel about family and survival and finding one’s way in a chaotic world. As a writer I was fascinated when I realized a chapter titled with a character’s name did not necessarily mean the reader would be in that...
