Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (book review)
Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together... Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission to make sure the women [...]
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (book review)
Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and [...]
The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh (book review)
Harper Ryland has been on a self-imposed man ban for the last twelve months, after a particularly horrible breakup. Instead, she's focusing on the one thing she can her career as an up-and-coming food stylist. Harper's latest gig is her best friend's wedding, and she receives glowing praise throughout the [...]
Book Recommendations with Ellen Fannon
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? I don’t remember having picture books as a kid, but I did have a lot of Little Golden Books. My mother bought me one every week at the grocery store for twenty-five cents. I memorized most of them, even though I [...]
The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (book review)
Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what [...]