Editor’s note: SLR has two Reads of the Month for December. We think you will love both books. In The Miniaturist’s Assistant, Katherine Scott Crawford would, for a moment, like you to believe that Charleston, South Carolina, is a town like any other town. If you’ve ever been to Charleston, you know that is simply […]
December Read of the Month: “The Miniaturist’s Assistant” by Katherine Scott Crawford
December 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
“Kate Landry Has a Plan” by Rebekah Millet
December 1, 2025 by 1 Comment
Kate Landry Has a Plan (Bethany House 2025) by Rebekah Millet is a very wonderful, straightforward, Christian romance novel which had me hooked with the first sentence: “A bride’s bouquet arced through the air, targeting me like a deployed missile.” Kate Landry and her sister opened a cafe, Beignets & Books, in the home they […]
“Where the Rivers Merge” by Mary Alice Monroe
November 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times best selling author of thirty books, has taken a divergent path with her new historical novel. In Where the Rivers Merge (William Morrow 2025) we follow a journey that transports us in time and place between the grand city of Charleston, South Carolina, and a lush Lowcountry plantation to […]
“Ahead of Her Time, The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head” by Nancy Thode
October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
In Ahead of Her Time, The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann Head, Nancy Thode tells the story of her mother with as much unfailing accuracy as possible for a woman who lost that mother fifty-seven years ago when Nancy was only twenty-seven years old and has relied on memory and archives. It would […]
Mary Ellen Thompson interviews Nancy Thode, author of “Ahead of Her Time, The Trailblazing Life and Legacy of Ann Head”
October 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Ahead of Her Time, The Trailblazing Life and Legacy of Ann Head chronicles the life of Nancy Thode’s mother who was a famous Beaufort, SC, author in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s. The book also contains several of Ann’s writings as well as correspondence between her and another famous author, Pat Conroy. I met Nancy […]