Parents and caregivers, whether we’re ready for it or not, summer is quickly approaching. Like many of you, I am looking forward to slower mornings, a less strict routine, and…
Browsing: Books
Kristin van Ogtrop’s essay collections are perfect for gifting – the mom-figure in your life will appreciate her honesty, wit, and wisdom. Two great titles!
How local nonprofits – Read to Them, Lit Limo, Reach Out and Read, CMoR, Little Free Library – are helping connect kids with books in in under-invested regions.
“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Novel” by Gabrielle Zevin
Chip Jones hopes his book The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South about Bruce Tucker, a Black factory worker who was the…
Jessamine Chan has crafted a dystopian debut novel about motherhood, AI, and social services that will leave you both spellbound and horrified.
Gift tip! Shop for memoirs and audio books this year. When it comes to holiday gifting, you can’t beat a good book. I have taken a recent liking to memoirs,…
What are you reading? Looking for a new author to fall in love with? Here’s a great title from Lisa Jewell.
Kristen Green had never heard about the slave jail Devil’s Half Acre in Shockoe Bottom until she was on an assignment for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. What she subsequently learned about…
Richmond rocks for indie bookshop – which means Indie Bookstore Day – the last Saturday in April – is legendary in RVA!
The most fun I’ve had reading non-fiction. Written by psychotherapist, New York Times best-selling author, and national advice columnist Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone chronicles the…
A feel-good and relatable romantic buddy story. Having enjoyed Emily Henry’s 2020 New York Times best-selling novel Beach Read, I decided to stay on the Henry train and read her…