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You know those beautiful blank writing journals that people give you and you have absolutely no idea what to do with? My daughter gave me
The Story of Arthur Truluv, by Elizabeth Berg
If you’ve been teaching the apartheid in South Africa, the genocide in Rwanda, and the human rights violations of the chocolate industry in western Africa,
Take My Hand, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
You ever get that feeling you completely missed the point of a book? I feel this way about Take My Hand, which is something I
Goyhood, by Reuven Fenton
If you’ve ever suddenly lost so much in your life that you don’t know who you are anymore, you will absolutely relate to Goyhood, by
Small Animals Caught in Traps, by C.B. Bernard
If you feel like spiraling down a dark hole of despair and depression, while watching nearly every major character die—even those that came before the
Morning in this Broken World, by Katrina Kittle
Usually, when I get toward the end of a book I really like, I don’t want it to end. You know that feeling, as the
The World According to Garp by John Irving
What to Read When…you’re doing some hard hospital time. We all know that there are different kinds of “hospital time.” Time spent waiting in the
Unsinkable, by Jenni L. Walsh
What to read when…you haven’t tired of WW2 Historical Fiction (as I have) or if you can’t get enough Titanic stories (as I can’t!). Titanic
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
You don’t often think that reading a book is like eating your vegetables, but in the case of James McBride’s Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,
Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
What to read when… …you need to feel there are still adventures to be had in this world. I promise you that Miss Benson’s Beetle
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See
I hope I’m not alone in this. Women mostly don’t talk about it. I know I haven’t. But I believe that if you’ve had a
Weyward, by Emilia Hart
I finished this book last night and this morning I saved an ant who had crawled up into my kitchen sink. Violet and her striped-leg