Are You a Listener or a Reader?

September 7, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

I have a habit of saying, “I read that book,” but what I really mean is I listened to that book. I discovered books-on-tape in my local library two decades ago. Often, as many as 18 cassette tapes would sit inside the clunky black cases holding a world of prose from every genre. Let me tell […]

What Audio Books Can’t Deliver

September 8, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Yesterday I discussed how and why I listened audio books and how my love of being read to evolved into a membership with Audible Books. I promised that today I’d give examples of what I miss about actual, hand-held books and what audio books can’t deliver. Aside from the new book smell, the crack when […]

Reading Diverse Books is the First Step to Healing Our Country.

February 14, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I grew up being a reader of diverse books. In fact until I went to college, I hadn’t even picked up a book by a black author!

Bruce A. Borders’ Miscarriage of Justice (#RaveReviewsBookClub Author)

August 12, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Miscarriage of Justice, by Bruce A. Borders, is a well-written psychological study of two deeply flawed characters, Ethan Rafferty and Mariana Clark. Just released from prison, Ethan Rafferty’s only goal in life is to exact revenge upon the woman who put him there 16 years ago. Over those years he has dreamed about and […]