This one’s for my Sophie fans. In Borrowed Time, by Tracy Clark, Chicago based P.I. and former cop, Cassandra (Cass) Raines sets out to solve a mystery. Tim Ayers who hails from considerable wealth and privilege, has died while out on his boat. It could have been an accident. It could have been a suicide….
Yes, I know. I’m seriously late to the party on this one. I am an admirer of Ta-Nehisi Coates. I’ve read his works of fiction as well as many of his essays in the Atlantic and find him to be insightful and masterful in his use of prose. When Between The World And ME came…
I love this book. No qualifiers, no asterisk, just straight up love it. And I suspect a lot of my Sophie readers will too. The story centers around a young, female painter whose art and studio burn up in a fire just months before an art show she had hoped would make her career. Desperate…
Reading Aridjis’ Sea Monsters is a little like living inside a song. It just tucks you between the notes and you simply exist within the music. Aridjis’ prose are lyrical and melodious, her pacing has a rhythm that slows and quickens in all the right places. Sea Monsters is not a plot driven book. It’s…
Lately, I’ve been reading outside my comfort zone. Trying books in genres I rarely frequent, discovering new voices, new styles, new cultural experiences. It’s an exciting journey and I’d like to take you with me. So, every Friday, I’m going to start posting about one book that I’ve recently read, Starting with Charlie Jane Anders…
Los Angeles City’s evening with African American Authors was so much fun. It was attended by readers of all ages, races, nationalities and, as you can see, species. I really want to encourage all of you to check out the works of the other authors on the panel:Allison Rose Jefferson Lutishia Lovely Aaron Phillip Clark…