I belong to five book clubs. I've become part of them all in the last year or so. Before that, I had tried a few book clubs, one at a time, but I never could find a group that wanted to read the serious literature that I wanted to read. I found that people don't... Continue Reading →
I’m developing a weird love-hate relationship with historical fiction. I’m bugged by authors presuming to know the minds of famous historical women. Because three of the four novels we have read for the Literary Wives series fall into this type of novel, I’ve had a lot of time to think about this genre and my... Continue Reading →
I picked up The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks expecting a charming bildungsroman of a young girl in the south who worms her way into the hearts of a family. Don’t ask me why. The title somehow brought to my mind the heartwarming novel Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. Boy, I was wrong, and pleasantly so. The... Continue Reading →
I killed the book club my sisters and I had by suggesting that we read The Woman in White (1860) by Wilkie Collins, number 45 on the BBC book list. It is a long novel (617 pages) and a Victorian Novel. Therefore, reading it is daunting and takes persistence. I ultimately enjoyed it, but I... Continue Reading →
The Bookshelf of Emily J. 