by Carol Jane Morrison | Nov 23, 2016 | Book Reviews
Poor Little Brain I didn’t read a book this month. I started two—THE ROAD WE TRAVELED, by Jane Kirkpatrick, and HILLBILLY ELEGY, by John Vance. But I, like many of you, got clobbered by the presidential election, “clobbered” as in scared and depressed and...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Oct 15, 2016 | Book Reviews
“My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things” by Joseph Skibell A Facebook author friend, Haven Kimmel, recommended this book by her friend, and, since I admire her taste, I bought it. I was reading another book when MY FATHER’S GUITAR...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Sep 19, 2016 | Book Reviews
A Book I Did Not Read I just tanked on Eric Larsen’s THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA. As soon as I started the book, I heard my granddaughter Sophie’s voice in my head. When I suggest a book or movie to Sophie, she often gets solemn and says, “Granola....
by Carol Jane Morrison | Aug 20, 2016 | Book Reviews
“Miss Jane” by Brad Watson Take a newborn girl, give her a condition that will embarrass her, limit her greatly, and likely keep her from getting close to anyone, much less take a boyfriend or a lover. Now watch this girl, Jane Chisolm, watch her live her...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 12, 2016 | Book Reviews
“Delicious Foods” by James Hannaham Convincing dialect is hard to write. I’ve been honing the black voices in my novel for years. In DELICIOUS FOODS, James Hannaham writes black dialect so delicious I could eat it with a spoon. I could slurp up his...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jun 7, 2016 | Book Reviews
“We Are Not Ourselves” by Matthew Thomas I bought WE ARE NOT OURSELVES at Fact and Fiction, a great indy bookstore in Missoula, Montana. I’d never heard of the book but was impressed and intrigued at how many “bests” it received, including Publishers...
