I have a list of recent Austen adaptations I want to read, like Ayesha at Last, Unmarriageable, and Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors. I’d seen great reviews of Pride by Idi Zoboi and was happy to find the audiobook narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo. I thought her reading was terrific and I really appreciated Zoboi’s fresh look at…
This is a beautifully written book. Woodson is known for writing award-winning children’s books; this is her first adult novel in twenty years and was a finalist for the National Book Award. In it she tells the story of August, who returns to Brooklyn for her father’s funeral and runs into an old friend. This…
My Classics Club list is a list of 50 books and authors I’ve always felt I should read, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is exactly that. My sense is that past generations of girls had to read this book in school but not anymore. And if I’m being honest, if a teacher had made…
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