February is Black history month in the United States. In my office, our new Diversity Director is re-starting our book club with Caste: The Origin of Our Disconents by Isabel Wilkerson which I read a couple of years ago. Reading more Black and Diverse authors is an ongoing priority for me, and I am also readingContinue reading “Re-Read February 2024: I Know Why the Caged Bird sings by Maya Angelou.”
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Book Review: The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, Karen Sharp Landdeck.
Rosie the Riveter is probably the most iconic symbol of women who worked factory jobs during World War II (WWII), enabling production and freeing men to be drafted to serve overseas. There were also the WACs — Women’s Army Core — which was a mix of nurses and other administrative roles, my grandmother’s younger sisterContinue reading “Book Review: The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, Karen Sharp Landdeck.”
Re-reading Margaret Atwood.
Recently I’ve re-read both The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. This past summer I read The Testaments, pretty quickly and every once in a while I like to re-read The Handmaid’s Tale, so I got a lightly used copy online and re-read them both in succession. Spoilers follow. Sometimes, personally think itContinue reading “Re-reading Margaret Atwood.”
Reading Goals: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafron.
One of my reading goals for this year 2023, was to read the series — The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafron. Over a decade ago I read The Shadow of the Wind and I loved it. This was a serendipity book because it was an orphan from when my Bookcrossing book clubContinue reading “Reading Goals: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafron.”
Reading Goals: The Magic Books or the Owens Sisters Books by Alice Hoffman.
At the beginning of the year, I set a few reading goals, and I have been able to achieve one of them, reading the entire Magic Books or Owens Sisters Books/series by Alice Hoffman. Originally I read Practical Magic via a library book many years ago. It wasn’t my first Alice Hoffman book, I’ve readContinue reading “Reading Goals: The Magic Books or the Owens Sisters Books by Alice Hoffman.”
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