Title: An American Marriage Author: Tayari Jones Year Published: 2018 Format: Hardcover, 320 pp Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of… Continue reading Review – An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

I read several graphic novels/comic books this month.  They tend to be a good way for me to break up my longer reads.  So, here are some thoughts about those.  🙂 Title: Adulthood is a Myth Author: Sarah Andersen Year Published: 2016 Format: Library Paperback, 112 pp Summary: These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the… Continue reading Graphic Novel/Comic Reviews

Title: A Separate Peace Author: John Knowles Year Published: 1959 Format: Library Paperback, 204 pp Summary: An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys boarding school… Continue reading Review – A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Title: The Cutting Season Author: Attica Locke Year Published: 2012 Format: Library Hardcover, 384 pp Summary: Caren Gray is the general manager of Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation where the past and the present coexist uneasily. The estate’s owners have turned the place into an eerie tourist attraction complete with full-dress reenactments and carefully… Continue reading Review – The Cutting Season by Attica Locke