This play was first published in 1958 It is a Southern gothic story of a family at odds over a last will and testament, which is to say, they were at odds over money. Small number of characters: Violete Venable,, an wealthy elderly lady of soci...

Very sobering and riveting memoir by Ron Kovic. He writes of his childhood, his time in Vietnam, his injuries which left him paralized below the chest, and his experiences in VA hospitals, the weird experience of being back in his parents home,...

This was a fun twisty mystery about a girl who can't remember murdering her best friend and a podcaster picks up the cold story several years later. Parent advisory: violence, strong language, sexual content keep me from recommending this.

Engaging book. Do not expect a story about a horse, based on the cover. There IS a story about a horse, but it is takes up little space within the book. This is a family drama, about an woman and the three men her Mother married. There are n...

This may be the most beautiful and saddest book I have ever read.

Have you ever wanted to live inside a book?? This is the first sentence of the Prologue, and is such an nonsensical question because WHO has not wished to exist within the storyline of some book? Immensely joyful and entertaining romp of a mod...

A beautiful story about the unshakable love between a mother and her son. Set in northeast China, a poor woman moves to the city of Beijing to give her musical prodigy son a chance for a better life. They become separated in the train station. ...

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll (a pseudonym of Reverend C.L. Dodgson) with an illuminating and horrifying introduction by Hugh Haughton. I liked the story of Alice and the whimsical adventures sh...

So I have to say - this- is why book games and challenges and prompts are worthwhile. I needed a romantasy for a library book challenge and I needed a book with a flower in the title for a Bingo board. Probably the last unfilled prompt in my lib...

Fantasy retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. While the imagery and action of the story was thrilling and chilling, with both a demon of fire and a king of ice, I had a number of struggles with this story. Largely it was muddy, with each chapter altern...