by Do South | Jun 1, 2015 | Books
[title subtitle=”review: Marla Cantrellr”][/title] Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace is a collection of twenty-four essays on love and loss and forgiveness, written by one of the most thought-provoking authors of our time. Anne Lamott,...
by Do South | May 1, 2015 | Books
[title subtitle=”review:Anita Paddock”][/title] I’ve always felt a kinship with Anne Tyler. We’re close to the same age, and I’d feel comfortable having a cup of morning coffee with her on my back porch. I’ve read nearly all of her books – all set in...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2015 | Books
[title subtitle=”review:Anita Paddock”][/title] The Home Place opens on a bitterly cold January night in Billings, Montana. There’s a party at a house on the wrong side of the tracks, and in that house is eleven-year-old Brittany, who’s...
by Do South | Feb 1, 2015 | Books
[title subtitle=”review: Anita Paddock”][/title] by Celeste Ng Penguin Press, 292 pages: $2695 The title alone tells you this book is about secrets. And that immediately makes a reader curious. So when you take it from the shelf at the book store or the...
by Do South | Jan 1, 2015 | Books
[title subtitle=”review: Anita Paddock”][/title] by Jane Smiley Alfred Knopf, Publisher, 395 pages:$2799 January is a good month to read Some Luck by Jane Smiley. It’s a long book, which is just the right kind for winter days when staying inside seems...