South of Tucson Book and Foodie Club

04/25/2021

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley My rating: 5 of 5 stars Honestly, I think part of the huge buzz about this excellent book is th...

02/06/2021

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks.

01/06/2021

photo: Aaron LemenNikki Grimes is the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

12/20/2020

Humans by Brandon Stanton My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that I wish I could give to each of my friends and family. My heart has ...

12/18/2020

This summer I ordered Tree Story, haven’t read it yet. But my hometown Tucson is also the hometown of dendochronology; the U of A’s tree-ring research lab was founded in 1937...

In a year when the coronavirus pandemic dominated the news, these books were a welcomed distraction.

12/09/2020

Wow. Most of us DO know someone touched (or flayed) by addiction.

(photo: Vicki Taufer)Dave Kindred is a recipient of the PEN America ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, the Red Smith

12/05/2020

Well, we were going to do a three-fer, and have another foodie cookbook novel for 3 months in a row, but The Cookbook Club, which came out in October-along with some Christmas titles I was considering for review-are still showing on order at the library, even though they are now out & on bestseller lists all over. I inquired at the beginning of November, and again at the beginning of December, but the library’s response was “please shut up and be patient” even though books released in November & December are on the library shelves. So, unknown what happened to the library’s October book order. I’m not sure yet what December’s book will be, possibly an actual cookbook. Or some feel-good book I haven’t found yet. I’m capable of patience, but not of shutting up. If those books ever show up, we’ll read them.

11/28/2020

This weekend's review in the paper...

Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reader, I skimmed back through the book to find t...

11/27/2020

This picture book by Chilean creators Claudio Fuentes and Gabriela Lyon is a necessary and accessible introduction to civics for young readers

11/25/2020

RIP, & thanks for Dalkey Archive Press.

John O'BrienJohn O'Brien, founder of the Review of Contemporary Fiction and Dalkey Archive Press, died November 22. He was 75. "A bold,

11/20/2020

In Starcrossed, a dreamlike tale of wonder illustrated in stunning watercolor and mixed media, Julia Denos (Windows; Just Being Jackie)

11/20/2020

Here's an idea: instead of publishing a cool book of archival interviews with several dozen famous women in music, publish an even cooler book