Are you looking for a new and captivating read to dive into? Our list includes the most anticipated books of 2023. We found them all fully engaging and impossible to put down. From fiction, biographies, and thrillers to motivational self-help books, these new releases should …
Our Favorite Memories by Eric Lang
We recently sat down with Shreveport’s newest children’s author, Eric Lang. This father of two, has been documenting the funny, innocent things his children say ever since their first words. When his kids showed an interest in learning about some of their favorite memories, Eric …
Children’s Christmas Books With Louisiana Flair
Christmas is the most magical time of the year. We look forward to the lights, the decorations, the gifts, the celebrations. For every age, there is no denying the joy that this season brings. One of the most beloved holiday traditions is snuggling up with …
AudioBook Review: All We Can Save
By Danielle Richard Climate. Crisis. Two words that instantly conjure a gut reaction. Everyone feels differently, but they all feel strongly about a topic that is becoming more and more fraught with scary statistics, shameful destruction, and a looming sense of hopelessness. As someone who …
2020 Racial Justice Reading
Summer Reading Recommendations This summer has brought an explosion of demand for books written by Black authors, and it has been reported that Black-owned bookstores are already experiencing record sales for June. For Americans looking to educate themselves on the Black experience, it can be …
Audiobook Review: “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell
#1 New York Times bestselling author and host of the podcast Revisionist History Malcolm Gladwell, Read by the author Malcolm Gladwell’s “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know” was released in audiobook format in September of 2019 and I …
Long drive with small kids? You need a family audiobook!
How audiobooks save our sanity on the road… It was, of course, a family obligation that took me to New Orleans one weekend a few years ago. I was the lone adult, with both kids in tow. Faced with an hours-long drive both to and …
Audiobook Review: Educated A Memoir
Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover, details her unusual upbringing and the monumental journey to a new life, leaving the bizarre world of her youth behind. Westover takes the reader along as she describes her life growing up with her fundamentalist parents in the rural …
Audiobook Review: ‘Becoming’ by Michelle Obama
Because I knew so little about our former First Lady, I was really looking forward to reading her autobiography. During the time she and President Obama were campaigning and actually living in the White House, I was up to my eyeballs with a newborn and …
AudioBook Review: Factfulness
While I don’t often stray far from my home on my chosen little neighborhood street corner in a very comfortable and familiar part of Northwest Louisiana, I am always up for learning new things about different parts of the world. It’s fascinating to learn parishes, …
Audiobook Review: Differently Wired
I first stumbled upon Deborah Reber’s podcast series, “Tilt Parenting,” from a recommendation deep within a comment thread, deep within a Facebook group. This was one of many Facebook groups I had recently joined, searching for parents with whom I could relate. But THIS nugget …