Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Summary: Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her...
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Summary: Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. My take: 3 looks   Originally reviewed August 15, 2011 Why have I never read this before? It is on the required reading for so many high schools…Well, it was a good read....
Winkie by Clifford Chase

Winkie by Clifford Chase

Summary: In Cliff Chase’s scathingly funny and surprisingly humane debut novel, the zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman — a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie who finds himself on the wrong side of America’s war on terror....