lovia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Fat Ham
James IjamesWrote about James Ijames' audacious and funny play FAT HAM (now on Broadway) for @THR https://t.co/cWNbp1KSnS
Paperback, 2023
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Colored Television (a GMA Book Club Pick)
Danzy SennaThe writing is crisp, the tone cutting, and as is typical in a Senna novel, few people are spared... A big twist at the end of the novel partially clarifies the relationship between the comedic and the sentimental, but until then these alternating threads compete with one another.
Hardcover, 2024
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy BlumeReviewed ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET (out tomorrow) for @THR. It's sweet, charming and everything Judy Blume fans have been waiting for https://t.co/KgWrpsAKET
Paperback, 2014
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Come Up
Angie ThomasSanaa Lathan makes a confident directorial debut with ON THE COME UP, a faithful adaptation of Angie Thomas' bestselling novel. My #TIFF22 review for @THR https://t.co/FEolhqsBOE
Out of stock

The Bone Woman: The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Clea KoffHUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN, a nimble and chilling body horror, opens in theaters today! Reviewed it for @THR during Tribeca last year and I haven't stopped thinking about it since https://t.co/ToPybeyWsb
Paperback, 2005
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Buffalo
David Mametwrote about AMERICAN BUFFALO, David Mamet and how his politics inevitably haunt this revival for @THR https://t.co/2PzRZJC2Uv
Paperback, 1994
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Louise MeriwetherHappy 100th birthday to Louise Meriwether, the author of 'Daddy Was a Number Runner' and one of my favorite profile subjects: https://t.co/Igf0fzOA8r
Paperback, 2002
$16.95Member price:$16.10 + Free shipping5% off
Forever...
Judy BlumeAnd finally JUDY BLUME FOREVER. Not the most adventurous doc but it's loving and gets the job done (honoring Blume and introducing her to a new generation of readers). My @THR review from its Sundance premiere: https://t.co/R6uVOCv07j
Paperback, 2024
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
Delia Owenson the film adaptation of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, a truly bewildering tale of an isolated young woman embroiled in a small town murder mystery, for @THR https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/where-the-crawdads-sing-delia-owensreview-1235178716/
Paperback, 2021
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Come Up
Angie ThomasSanaa Lathan makes a confident directorial debut with ON THE COME UP, a faithful adaptation of Angie Thomas' bestselling novel. My #TIFF22 review for @THR https://t.co/FEolhqsBOE
Paperback, 2020
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book