Story Circle Book Reviews

This dark fantasy inspired by pre-Islamic Arabian mythology is a whirlwind of colorful characters thrown into a struggle for their identities and their very lives. It is billed as YA but I would hesitate recommending this to anyone on the younger end of that demographic. The characters in […]

It is 1955 on a small Black-owned farm in rural Louisiana, the home of 14-year-old Nell Jones. The youngest of 12 children, Nell quietly observes the lives of the females in her immediate environment: her mother, her married sisters, and the young wives of her married brothers. They […]

In August 2019 my home was struck by lightning, causing substantial damage. I used to love storms and watched them with no fear. Now I endure them with trepidation. When I saw The Red Ribbon: A Memoir of Lightning and Rebuilding After Loss by Nancy Freund Bills, I […]

Christine Arylo reminds and encourages women to access our innate wisdom and power. As the subtitle of her book says, Embrace Your Power to Stay Centered & Sustained in a Chaotic World. We live in a culture that was “built for burnout” with systems that add to our […]

The cover of a book can make the difference between picking it up or passing it by. Engaging and evocative, the cover of Minus One, designed by Jeremy John Parker with an image by Leah Dyjak, tells us something important. While a tangerine float, perhaps lost from the […]