This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2017. The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (2017) Four women friends go on a whitewater-rafting adventure trip, but an accident leaves them lost in the Maine backwoods, where they run into … Continue reading Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2017 Novels
Tag: Roxane Gay
“I have lived with that anger, on that anger, beneath that anger, on top of that anger ... for most of my life.” – Audre Lord “Once upon a time / I had enough anger in me to crack crystal” – Kiki Petrosino “Out of the ash / I rise with my red hair / … Continue reading Reading angry women
This year, I've been upping the number of memoirs I read, which is surprising to me, because I haven't been drawn to the genre in the past. But I've been having good luck with the ones I've chosen lately, and I've found each one to be inspiring, in its own way. I would recommend any … Continue reading Memoirs in my reading stack…
I'm trying something a bit different this year, in hopes of keeping the blog more or less regularly updated: posting my reading recommendations at the end of each month. I will share with you my favorite reads of the month, plus other recommendations (and I'll keep the 'meh' reads to myself). My favorite two reads … Continue reading Reading January 2018: Hunger and Sleeping Beauties
Shannon Turlington 