Reading and Roaming
MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 I’ve averaged reading about a book a week this year, mostly novels and a small selection of memoirs and other nonfiction. Here are my favorites in no particular order. What were your favorite reads this year? I’d love to hear from you! FICTION Most Inventive Novel: The Underground Railroad by Colson …
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SMALL SCREEN My Mother and Other Strangers (PBS) If you missed this little gem from last summer, it’s worth seeking out. Set in the village of Moybeg in Northern Ireland in 1943, it’s the story of a poor town invaded (not literally) by the presence of an American air base. At the time, Francis Coyne …
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BOOK NOTE Lest anyone think I haven’t read any books lately, here’s one I wanted to like more than I did. In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende This might be the first novel by Allende I’ve read or possibly the second. It brings together an unlikely trio to deal with an out-of-the-ordinary surprise. …
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CULTURE NOTES This month, the Sarasota cultural scene re-awakens with orchestra, opera, theater and choral performances. Not as many as in the new year, but what I’d call a mini-season. Earlier this week, we had the treat of a session on the costumes for the musical, Evita, being presented by our favorite Asolo Repertory Theater. …
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