The World Happiness Report ranked Denmark as the world’s 2016’s happiest country which makes Helen Russell’s The Year of Living Danishly most timely. Russell and her husband […]
Acorns, Animals, and Atoms
The Matchmakers are pairing up with the Science and Nature Study Group on August 23 for a night of books and films chat. Here’s a […]
Books with Bite
Sharks are fascinating creatures, so fascinating that the Discovery Channel dedicates a whole week to educate the public on all things shark. I highly recommend […]
Recently Read
Who wants to be thematic all the time? Not this blogger! I have recently read three books that have absolutely nothing to do with one […]
Amore, Famiglia, Cibo and Vita in Naples
Katherine Wilson’s debut memoir, Only In Naples: lessons in food and famiglia from my mother-in-law, is engaging and lighthearted. Naples, sometimes called the Appalachia of […]
Centennial 100: 1926-1936
This is part two of a Read/Watch/Listen bookmark series by the Heights Matchmakers, celebrating the Heights Libraries’ Centennial decade by decade! Books: The Castle by Franz […]
Take a Trip Into the Wild: A Book List
Get lost in the wilderness with these titles! Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary […]
Small Town Life Still Alive in Lee Smith’s Writing
When Lee Smith’s new memoir, Dimestore: A Writer’s Life, was published I was thrilled. I first encountered Smith when I read her epistolary novel, Fair and Tender […]
Appalachian Mountain High: A Book List
Appalachians reads for those who want to get lost in the mountains. Fiction: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison “Greenville County, South Carolina, a […]