Phaedra's Adventures

The November selection for the Barnes & Noble Book Club was The Cold Millions  by Jess Walter. I must admit that I really struggled with...

The October Barnes & Noble Book Club selection was Leave the World Behind  by Rumaan Alam and, even though it was unbelievably unsettlin...

This month's Barnes & Noble Book Club selection was Transcendent Kingdom  by Yaa Gyasi and, based on the description, I didn't t...

This month's Barnes & Noble Book Club selection was The Pull of the Stars  by Emma Donoghue and it could not have been a more time...

The Barnes & Noble Book Club selection for this month was Florence Adler Swims Forever  by Rachel Beanland. It is actually based, in p...

The Barnes & Noble Book Club selection for this month was The Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett. I love a good generational saga and I f...

This month's Barnes & Noble Book Club selection was All Adults Here  by Emma Straub and, while I didn't absolutely love it, I ...

The next selection for the Barnes & Noble Book Club was Conjure Women  by Afia Atakora. Unfortunately, my group was not able to meet y...

I have been under a two week quarantine because a student at Hunter High tested positive for Covid-19 and, while some aspects have been dif...

Last night I went to a meeting of my book club to discuss our latest selection,  American Dirt  by Jeanine Cummins. It is one of the most ...

Last night I went to a meeting of my book club to discuss this month's selection, Dear Edward  by Ann Napolitano. Because I was really...

Last night I went to a meeting of my book club to discuss the latest selection, The Family Upstairs  by Lisa Jewell. We had a very lively ...

I have really enjoyed the Barnes & Noble Book Cub and I was particularly looking forward to last night's meeting because I absolut...

The TV series on Hulu has made The Handmaid's Tale  by Margaret Atwood extremely popular again but I remember reading it as a teenager...

For the past couple of months I have been thinking about joining another book club.  I missed being challenged to read books that I wouldn...