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...

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...

For its September selection, my book club chose The Nightingale  by Kristin Hannah. The novel takes place during the occupation of France ...

For its August selection, my book club chose The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry  by Rachel Joyce. It is a sad story with an ending that...

In July my book club chose to read Harper Lee's long-awaited second novel Go Set a Watchman .  I have never been more nervous or excit...

The June selection for my book club was The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls  by Anton DiSclafani. The story revolves around Thea Atwell,...

Several years ago, my good friend Jim recommended the book The Devil in the White City  by Erik Larson. I'm not a big fan of nonfict...

My book club chose The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry  by Gabrielle Zevin as its April selection. Bibliophile that I am, I absolutely loved th...