Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

August 23, 2015

If you follow my blog regularly, you know I read for entertainment, no matter what I’m reading. But, I picked up Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me because it appeared on a bookstore’s list for the subject “Black Lives...

The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan

August 17, 2015

Janice Kaplan’s The Gratitude Diaries is a lesson for anyone who wants to change their life for the better. It’s a thoughtful book, and the author spent time talking to all kinds of scientists, doctors and experts about gratitude and how it can change...

The Good, the Bad, and the Furry by Tom Cox

April 25, 2015

How can anyone with a black cat resist the cover of Tom Cox’ The Good, the Bad, and the Furry? The subtitle, though, is a little misleading, “Life with the World’s Most Melancholy Cat”. The Bear, the black cat on the cover, is part of...

How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis

April 16, 2015

For a reader, Samantha Ellis’ subtitle tells the true story of this book. It’s actually called How to Be a Heroine, Or, What I’ve Learned From Reading Too Much. The author and playwright looks back at the books and heroines she’s loved over the...