by: Taffy Brodesser- Akner Goodreads description: In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse, and the family moves on with their lives, resuming their prized places in the […]
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Tidbit- October 2024
It’s spooky season. Have you noticed that everyone on the block has a giant skeleton? They are all doing bizarre tasks like mowing the lawn or eating at a picnic table. What would Stefon from SNL have to say about it? Helen says: Here is my favorite skeleton pose thus far…Cue the Righteous Brothers. Holly […]
Upcoming Books for November 2024
Read along with us. We are back in the saddle and reading four books again. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
James
by: Percival Everett Goodreads description: A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he […]
Martyr
by: Kaveh Akbar Goodreads description: Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others—in which a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final […]
Night Watch
by: Jayne Anne Phillips Goodreads description: In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn’t spoken […]
Sandwich
by: Catherine Newman Goodreads description: For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too. This year’s vacation, with […]
Upcoming Books for September 2024
We chose 3 very thick books for September. Read along with us…. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
August 2024 Tidbit
Helen says: I am hot on two cookbooks right now. My friend, Marilyn (sandwich lady), turned me onto to NY Times cooking phenom Lidey Heuck and my friend, Brooks, turned me onto Caro Chambers. Caro Chambers is a North Carolina native to boot… Check out their instagram sites @lideylikes and @carochambers to get some fun […]
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
by: Rufi Thorpe Goodreads description: A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world—from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen. As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 