July 21, 2019I’ve come across many southern pre-Civil War stories about wealthy plantation owners and slaves. I’ve also read a few stories…
March 28, 2019Hattie Big Sky was inspired by the author’s great-grandmother who single-handedly “proved up” on a Montana homestead. Many thanks to…
March 9, 2019Kindred by Octavia Butler is a very creative way of looking at the horrible and troubling history of slavery in…
February 16, 2019This review contains spoilers. The Reckoning, by John Grisham, returns the reader to Ford County Mississippi during the 1940s to…
February 3, 2019The early 1950s come alive in Suspect Red with each chapter starting with “current” events, news articles, and information about…
January 21, 2019Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough is one of the best written and best told stories that I've read in…
January 12, 2019The Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker is the first book in the Buttons trilogy. Each book focuses on…
November 25, 2018According to the author Gail Levine, inspiration to write this book came from her father who was an orphan at…
