Review: It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me by Ariel Leve

Title: It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me Author:Ariel Leve Genre/Pages: Memoir/304 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 13, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:Vignettes of spare prose told in a morose tone, Ariel Leve convinces readers that she’s virtually friendless, assuredly neurotic–a hypochondriac–and resigned to lifetime of small [...]

Review and Giveaway: The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin

1963, Birmingham, AL photo cred. Charles Moore

Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Genre/Pages: Fiction/416 Publication: Harper Perennial; April 27, 2010 Rating: 4 Bookmarks Source: Review copy courtesy of Harper Perennial Nat’s 1-Sentence Synopsis: Set in 1963 deep in the heart of the South, The Queen of Palmyra is the story of a young girl who bears witness to segregation, [...]