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In One Person
I didn’t believe my love for John Irving could grow any more (I even named my beagle “Owen Meany”) but it certainly did after reading his new novel on Sunday. That’s right. I finished the whole...
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Off Balance
I have loved the sport of gymnastics since I was a kid. I remember watching Nadia Comaneci in the 1980 Olympics and being fascinated. I took gymnastics classes but quickly found out that I had zero...
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Book Review – I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life...
“Childfree by choice” is how I describe myself. I adore kids and have a niece and nephew who I would gladly take a bullet for. I just never really envisioned myself as a mom. I considered having a baby...
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Book/Teenage obsession Review
I would love to say this is the actual book I read as a kid, but I cannot. That one fell apart. This edition was donated to the library and I bought it! It has been too long since we posted a book...
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The Inbetweeners Book Club reads The Shining
Jack Danny Wendy Jack Torrance – a man of many masks: a writer, a father, an ex-teacher, a recovering alcoholic, all topped off by a vindictively violent temper –...
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Contemporary Mississippi Authors #1: Kiese Laymon
For 2015, a new series of posts will focus on writers currently living in or from Mississippi. As many of you know, Oxford is home to a number of authors, and the state’s literary scene is as rich as...
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Contemporary Mississippi Authors #2: Catherine Lacey
This comparison may be gauche, but it’s hard to read Catherine Lacey’s novel, Nobody Is Ever Missing, without Gone Girl coming to mind. The basic premise is identical (wife suddenly leaves husband...
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Writing From Parchman Prison: Contemporary Mississippi Authors #3
In Our Own Words: Writing From Parchman Prison On June 2nd, 2014, nine inmates of Parchman Prison completed the first creative writing program in any Mississippi prison. The designer and teacher of the...
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Annihilate your fines with Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
There’s a special summer reading program event: Fines Forgiveness Week. If you check out five books in the week of July 12-18th or write five short book reviews, ALL your fines will be forgiven. Of...
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Let Sookie Stackhouse Forgive Your Fines
Next week, July 12-18th, is Fines Forgiveness Week! Here’s how it works: check out five books, get your fines forgiven! If fines keep you from using the library or checking out items, now is the time...
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