by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
I’ve had this book on my shelf for a while, but I was prompted to pick it up after reading a novel set in South Africa, and while enjoying Trevor Noah’s excellent interviews on the Daily Show during the pandemic. Noah is the son of a black mother and...
by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
What is it like to be the sole survivor of an airplane crash that killed 191 people including your mother, father, and brother? Eddie is only 12 when the airplane carrying his family to start a new life in California goes down near Denver. Napolitano alternates an...
by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Robin, Staff Picks
On Valentine’s day eve in Odessa Texas in 1976, a bored fourteen-year-old named Gloria Ramirez gets in a pickup truck with a white oilfield roustabout. The book begins as she wakes up in the dirt next to him, having been brutally raped and beaten. While he is...
by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
If you love Stephen King, then you will enjoy books by Grady Hendrix, who is a campy horror version of the master. I love his books – they are fun and silly and would make great movies. This book is about a book club in Charleston and is advertised as “Steel...
by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
This is a small but very insightful book for stress management and personal growth based on Toltec wisdoms from ancient Mexico. Agreement 1: Be Impeccable with your word.Agreement 2: Don’t Take Anything Personally. Agreement 3: Don’t Make Assumptions. Agreement 4:...
by JVBrown | May 4, 2020 | Dana, Staff Picks
This sweet, charming book was exactly what I needed right now. The novel focuses on Bennett Driscoll, a once-famous artist who has taken to renting out his large West London home on AirBed while he stays in the studio shed at the back of the property. Bennett is a...
