Caste by Isabel Wilkerson was released in the fall of last year to great acclaim. Wilkerson previously authored The Warmth of Other Suns, and she is also the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. I should start by disclosing that I’m not an unbiased reader of this book. Isabel Wilkerson is …
Coming soon (when available)! What to Know about Harlem Shuffle Harlem Shuffle is the newest upcoming novel by Colson Whitehead, set to be released September 14, 2021.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig has been described as an uplifting book for book lovers, and it involves alternate realities so that automatically piqued my interest. I’ve been busy with some other projects and life stuff, plus struggling to get through some more “downer” type books, so I thought I’d switch to this one …
Prologue (A Conversation About Rain) The book opens in the library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford. It’s 19 years before Nora Seed will someday decide to commit suicide. Nora plays chess with Mrs. Elm, the librarian. Meanwhile, they talk about Nora’s her future and career plans. Nora is smart and a star …
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam has been a pretty buzzy book this year, helped along by reports of it being soon to be adapted into a Netflix movie starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. It’s a tense story about a family on vacation and the arrival of some strangers. Leave the World Behind …
