Book Review for “Conversations with My Body: Essays on My Life as a Jewish Woman” by Elana Sztokman. Summary: “Elana Sztokman arrived in Israel in 1993 as a young religious mother wearing a long skirt and a hat covering her hair. Today, nearly 30 years later, after spending years fighting for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, … Continue reading Intimate Essays.
Category: autobiography
Snippets of Genius – #ShortStorySunday
Book Review for “Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde” by Robert Ross. Summary: This is a collection of Wilde’s prose that was originally published in 1900. The collection of over 50 short pieces (complete list below) includes essays, excerpts from his plays and novels, prose poems, and even letters from Wilde to his friend and literary … Continue reading Snippets of Genius – #ShortStorySunday
#6Degrees of Separation for May 2, 2020.
From “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy to “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be … Continue reading #6Degrees of Separation for May 2, 2020.
#6Degrees of Separation for April 4, 2020.
Find out how I went from "Stasiland" by Anna Funder to "I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death" by Maggie O'Farrell in this month's #6Degrees of Separation.
#6Degrees of Separation for March 7, 2020.
Find out how I went from "Wolfe Island" by Lucy Treloar to "Beantown Girls" by Jane Healey in this month's #6Degrees of Separation.
#6Degrees of Separation for February 1, 2020.
Find out how I went from "Fleishman is in Trouble" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner to "Light Shining in the Forest" by the late, great Paul Torday in this month's #6Degrees of Separation.
#6Degrees of Separation for January 4, 2020.
From “Daisy Jones and The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid to “The Universe Versus Alex Woods” by Gavin Extence.
#6Degrees of Separation for December 7, 2019.
From “Sanditon” by Jane Austen to “Brother and Sister” by Joanna Trollope.
#6Degrees of Separation for November 2, 2019.
From “Three Women” Lisa Taddeo to “The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress” by Ariel Lawhon.
#6Degrees of Separation for October 5, 2019.
From “Three Women” Lisa Taddeo to “The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress” by Ariel Lawhon.
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