Vanessa and Virginia

The Not the TV Book Group brought to my attention the novel Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers, published by Two Ravens Press, so thank you to them and to Simon of Stuck-in-a-Book who reviewed it back in 2008. The short novel was far denser than I expected and to begin with I read it [...]

Library Loot

I really must stop requesting books from the library … but there are so many that catch my eye and it is better than buying them! In this week’s visit I collected: Bone Black by bell hooks: a memoir by the famous feminist, I’m interested in hooks’ thoughts on her growing up during racial segregation. [...]