I’ve found myself still with some wanderlust after summer travel. I always get this way after spending months planning and anticipating a trip. This first book is how I informed my recent trip to Iceland. The other two offer armchair travel to another time and place. I took all of them to Good Day Alabama … Continue reading Armchair Travel
Here are a few new books I’ve enjoyed lately and shared with Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6.. The fiction has waitlists at the local libraries. Go ahead and put your holds on now. The children’s books, from an author I met at the American Library Association conference, are science-based with a beautiful message. … Continue reading New & Noteworthy
Here are three award-winning works of fiction with real-world messages that matter. I shared them this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. Demon Copperhead By Barbara Kingsolver I’ve loved Barbara Kingsolver for decades. The Poisonwood Bible. The Bean Trees. This newest book, Demon Copperhead, recently won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Heartbreaking, … Continue reading Fiction Gets Real
Here are three books that I shared this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. One has a local connection. One will get your creative juices flowing and the other one is 52 years old and oh so timely.  African Town By Charles Waters and Irene Latham This book for teens by Birmingham … Continue reading The Beginning of Summer Reading
Here are three books with local ties—a cookbook from a favorite restaurateur, a book of poetry from a beloved poet and historical fiction set here. Truly something for everyone, and I shared them this month on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. Ashley Mac’s Kitchen: Refined Southern Recipes for Every Occasion' By Ashley McMakin … Continue reading Celebrating Local
Women’s History Month is upon us so here are some books by women and about women to make life better and more inspiring and hopeful. I shared them on Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6 this month.. Emily Post’s Etiquette Updated by Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning There’s a lot of incivility in … Continue reading Celebrating Women
I’ve decided to do one new thing a week for this entire year. It sounds daunting, but I don’t think it will be all that hard. I’ve opened this exploration up to all sorts of things like new recipes, reading an author I haven’t read yet, trying a new food truck, hiking a new trail, … Continue reading New Year, New Lots of Things to Read and Do
Here are a few more books worth gifting that I took to Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6. One is by a local group of poets, the other will inspire young (and older) minds. Then there’s something that’s pure escapism during this busy holiday season.  Poems for Hungry Minds 2022 by Highland Avenue Poets … Continue reading A Few More Gift-Worthy Books
Here are three books I brought to Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6 this month—a thriller, an impactful book for very young readers, and a special book for nature lovers—and all are gift-worthy. Ripper by Isabel Allende It’s a race against time in this fast-paced, twisty thriller set in San Francisco (where the city is … Continue reading Thinking About Book Gifts
Here are a few slightly spooky novels I took to Good Day Alabama on WBRC Fox 6 this month. Also, there's a link to a book-related way to do some real good. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs This actually is a book for young adults, and interestingly, it’s one I recommended … Continue reading Scary Good
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