Serena Agusto-Cox's Blog, page 21

Falling Leaves: An Interfaith Anthology on the Topic of Consolation and Loss edited by Susan Meehan and Robert Bettmann

Source: Purchased Paperback, 96 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Falling Leaves: An Interfaith Anthology on the Topic of Consolation and Loss edited by Susan Meehan and Robert Bettmann is a prayer for the anguish felt around the globe by each of us whether that be during the pandemic or at another point in our […]

The Tradition by Jericho Brown

Source: Purchased Paperback, 77 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate A little unconventionally, I found Jericho Brown on Twitter without having read his poetry, but what he says on the platform caught my attention and I’ve followed him ever since. When the pandemic hit, I was a poet without a group of poets to fuel […]

Run (Book One) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell

Source: Purchased Hardcover, 160 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate RUN (Book One) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell, the Eisner Award-Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is the continuation of Rep. John Lewis‘ (D-Ga.) life after the Selma voting rights campaign and the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. […]

Mailbox Monday #700

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]

I Am Coco: The Life of Coco Chanel by Isabel Pin

Source: Media Masters Publicity Hardcover, 96 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate I Am Coco: The Life of Coco Chanel by Isabel Pin takes a brief look at the amazing life of an independent woman, Gabrielle Chanel, a young girl left at an orphanage by a wandering father after her mother’s death. Chanel’s life took […]

Break Shot: My First 21 Years by James Taylor (Audio)

Source: Purchased Audiobook; 1+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Break Shot: My First 21 Years by James Taylor, narrated by the author, is an Audible Original that contains story and musical story. Taylor explores his childhood and his journey to music, against the medical path laid out before him, and explores how his life […]

More Bedtime Stories for Cynics Presented by Nick Offerman (Audio)

Source: Purchased Audible, 3+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate More Bedtime Stories for Cynics Presented by Nick Offerman is a collection of bed time stories based on fairy tales and twists them toward tragic endings. These stories are innovative. One story looks at what it would be like to be a princess turned into […]

Mailbox Monday #699

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]

New: Poetic Lines with Elizabeth Lund and Me

Many of you already are aware that I help the Gaithersburg Book Festival flesh out its poetry programming. I’ve been on board with the committee as a volunteer and member for several years. First, taking over the reins of the high school poetry contest when Lucinda Marshall stepped down to pursue her own creative work. […]

Make Me Rain by Nikki Giovanni

Source: Purchased Paperback, 144 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Make Me Rain by Nikki Giovanni is a collection of prose and poems, with some of the prose answering pieces in The New York Times. Giovanni is unapologetic as she should be and lifts up not only relatives and friends, but infuses her poetry with […]