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...]
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...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review: Before We Were Yours
Author: Lisa Wingate Genre: Historical Fiction Two stories are intertwined in this 2017 novel. The first, from 1939, is told from a child’s point of view. She is Rill Floss, one of five siblings of a poor, riverboat family from the Memphis, TN, area. Floss and her siblings are abducted and brought to an orphanage, where the atmosphere is abusive and care is … [Read more...]
The Lake Nona Book Maven Review
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Author: Rachel Hollis Genre: Motivational, Inspirational, Self-help Okay, yes, this book is generally for younger women (I am old enough to be the author’s mother, after all), but it did seem to target an audience that makes up a large part of the demographics … [Read more...]