Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover It isn’t often that I review, or even read, a new release. They can be expensive, virtually impossible to get from the library, and I often like to hear what others have to say first. This book was released in 2018, was on everyone’s “to read” list, and since it was recommended to me, I bought the hardback. I was not … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review
Title: When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present Author: Gail Collins I was looking for a book for March to reflect Women’s History Month. Skipping all the usual suspects, books by the Brontës, Jane Austen, and slightly more contemporary fiction choices like A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, I decided to go … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Book Review
Book: Their Eyes Were Watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston In honor of Black History Month, I chose a book about a black woman by a black author – but not just any black author – an educated and celebrated woman, part of the Harlem Renaissance, and a Central Florida native. Zora Neal Hurston‘s history and the history of the town where she lived, Eatonville … [Read more...]
Sexism in Publishing
I recently read an article at upworthy.com (from March 2017) about how one used bookstore decided to bring light to the imbalance of male and female authors of fiction for Women’s History Month. They decided to turn all the male authors' books backward so that only the pages faced outward. This left all the female-authored books normal to view so they would stand out … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: Louise Penny Novels
Author: Louise Penny Genre: Fiction (detective, mystery, suspense) For the last 10 years or so, I’ve been reading through the Louise Penny novels featuring her detective, Chief Inspector of Homicide Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec in Canada. There are 14 novels in the group now, and I’ve fallen in love with the characters and watched them grow and change over … [Read more...]