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 Ijames
Wrote about James Ijames' audacious and funny play FAT HAM (now on Broadway) for @THR https://t.co/cWNbp1KSnS
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Colored Television (a GMA Book Club Pick)
Danzy Senna
The 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
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume
Reviewed 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
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Come Up
Angie Thomas
Sanaa 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
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The Bone Woman: The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Clea Koff
HUESERA: 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
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Buffalo
David Mamet
wrote about AMERICAN BUFFALO, David Mamet and how his politics inevitably haunt this revival for @THR https://t.co/2PzRZJC2Uv
Paperback, 1994
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Louise Meriwether
Happy 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
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Forever...
Judy Blume
And 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
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
Delia Owens
on 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
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On the Come Up
Angie Thomas
Sanaa 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
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book