Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Veronika Decides to Die By: Paulo Coelho In my opinion, author Paulo Coelho is one of the most impactful, creative, and thoughtful authors currently writing today. Many people are familiar with his story The Alchemist but Coelho has a long history of writing stores...
Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl By: Fannie Flagg If you’re like me, when you enjoy a good book by a particular author, you explore their other writings in hopes of being similarly entertained again. This is the strategy that lead me to Fannie Flagg’s Welcome to the...
Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Hurricane Sisters By: Dorothea Benton Frank When you look below the surface, most families have a web of history and relationships that affect the way they interact with each other. This is the case for the Waters family including matriarch, Maisie Pringle. The...
Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Storyteller By Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult is one of those authors everyone seems to love, but when you mention The Storyteller you get mixed reviews. For me, this is Picoult’s best novel. Maybe it’s the characters and backdrop of WWII that fascinate me, maybe I...
Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 1 By Ed Piskor “Being in an Ed Piskor comic is cool enough to freeze hot water.” – Fab Five Freddy This graphic novel begins in mid-1970’s. DJ Cool Herc is spinning records in a South Bronx rec room, using two of the same record to loop...