Book of the Week: LOST ON A MOUNTAIN IN MAINE by Donn Fendler and Joseph B. Egan
In 1939 a twelve year old boy gets separated from his boy scout troop, and survives nine harrowing days in the wilderness.
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Book of the Week: A BUSS FROM LAFAYETTE by Dorothea Jensen
A fourteen-year-old girl meets the famous general.
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A Patriotic Pick May 2020: “Valiant Ambition” by Nathaniel Philbrick
Certain works just say “America.” Here is one such title, suggested by L.M. Elliott, winner of 2018’s Grateful American Book Prize.
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Book of the Week: OUT OF DARKNESS by Ashley Hope Perez
Rage, revenge, and forbidden love in a 1930s Texas town.
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Movie of the Month: Wait Until Dark
A coterie of criminals terrorize a blind woman to seize a heroin-filled doll; Audrey Hepburn, Richard Crenna, Alan Arkin, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star.
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Book of the Week: MARY, MARY by Jean Kerr
The author’s long-running Broadway play about a newly-divorced couple, who meets again to avoid a tax audit.
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May 2020 Book Recommendations
A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.
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Book of the Week: IF LIFE IS A BOWL OF CHERRIES, WHAT AM I DOING IN THE PITS? by Erma Bombeck
Casual swipes at husbands, marriage, and the drudgery of household chores.
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10 Virtual Book Clubs You Can Join Now—And How to Start Your Own
Links to the most notable book clubs that will continue to offer online events. Plus tips about how to start your own community around reading.
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Book of the Week: THE SNAKE HAS ALL THE LINES by Jean Kerr
Hilarious essays about raising six children in the 1950s, and living with a theatre critic husband.
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Book of the Week: MARKING TIME: LETTERS FROM JEAN HARRIS TO SHANA ALEXANDER by Jean Harris
Convicted for the murder of her lover, an imprisoned, former headmistress, befriends a well-known journalist.