by: Madeline Miller Goodreads description: Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, […]
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February 2023 Tidbit
What are our current obsessions right now? Not that you asked…but we will tell you. Helen says: I love Sumo Oranges- They are seasonal and delicious! Follow up to my New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolution update!! I feel like I got a firm grasp on The Iliad from reading The Song of Achilles. Steve […]
Upcoming Books for March 2023
We are just reading 3 books this month because one of them is pretty long and we’re busy! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Anything is Possible
By: Elizabeth Strout Goodreads description: Short story collection Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: one trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her […]
Tidbit- Our top 5 list for 2022!
Helen says: #1 A masterpiece! #2 Dysfunction junction. #3 All of his books are so different and equally great. #4 You should probably read The Glass Hotel first…This is a follow up. It blew my mind! #5 Wonderful historical fiction. WORST/ MOST DISTURBING BOOK I READ THIS YEAR: I love all of her other books- […]
Upcoming Books for January 2023
We chose 6 books to read over the next two months- wish us luck! Read along with us in the New Year. They are: Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
The Diamond Eye
by: Kate Quinn Goodreads description: The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her […]
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
by: Jamie Ford Goodreads description: Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the […]
The Marriage Portrait
by:Maggie O’Farrell Goodreads description: From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici. Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure […]
The Measure
by: Nikki Erlick Goodreads description: Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 