I’m not much of a memoir reader and it’s unusual for me to read a book twice unless I’m dissecting it as a learning exercise to enhance my own writing skills. Neither was the case this month. For a number of reasons, I was drawn to listen to Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person , read by its author, Shonda Rhimes.   Years ago, I read the book on the recommendation of my daughter-in-law and loved it at the time. But recently I decided it wa

Coded Justice is the third thriller I’ve read by Stacey Abrams , and like the other two, it doesn’t disappoint. Easily a stand-alone...

Some non-fiction books are educational, thought-provoking, surprising, or eye-opening. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed  ...

Some days I like listening to a book more than reading it. In chilly February, where the temperature here barely reached two digits on...

Having read Richard Osman ’s The Thursday Murder Club  series, I was eager to be entertained by his latest, We Solve Murders . And...

I happened upon The Lost van Gogh unexpectantly when the author, Jonathan Santlofer, was a guest on one of Jane Cleland’s “Mastering...

The challenges of December – decorating, writing holiday greetings, shopping for presents and the like – shifted my reading pattern....