Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Lies on the Serpent’s Tongue by Kate Pearsall

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Lies on the Serpent’s Tongue by Kate Pearsall:   Reviewed by Jeanne Growing up in Caball Hollow, West Virginia, Rowan James is used to being shunned. She comes from a long line of Jam...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister:   Reviewed by Jeanne   Wenna left home nearly a decade ago, running away from her family’s legacy and the stifling home life ruled ove...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: What Really Happens in Vegas, Hidden Life of Deer, Burning Bright

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: What Really Happens in Vegas, Hidden L...:  Reported by Rita What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by James Patterson Revealing the real Ve...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Secret Appalachian Highlands: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Robert Sorrell

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Secret Appalachian Highlands: A Guide to the Weird...:   Reviewed by Jeanne Did you know that Kingsport claims to be the birthplace of Long Island Iced Tea?   Or that Kingsport claims Sensaba...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall: Reviewed by Jeanne The first James woman walked alone out of the Forest in Cabal Hollow, West Virginia generations ago.   Since then, al...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning by Alan Maimon

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning by Al...:   Reviewed by Kristin Twilight in Hazard caught my eye because in 1949 my dad was born in Hazard. Actually, he was born in one of the t...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens by Hazel Dickens and Bill C. Malone

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel D...:   Reviewed by Jeanne While women have had a long and illustrious history as part of country music, bluegrass was pretty much a male domi...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: 2024 Radio Bristol Book Club

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: 2024 Radio Bristol Book Club:   Have you caught the Radio Bristol Book Club ?   Each month the  Birthplace of Country Music  and the  Bristol Public Library  come togethe...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Traditions

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Tra...:   Reviewed by Jeanne Many people are familiar with the Foxfire series of books which collected oral histories of Appalachian traditions...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet by Jo Carson

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet by Jo Carson:   Reviewed by Jeanne In her preface, Carson says that this collection of poems is based on conversations; at the heart of each is someth...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: 23 Tales: Appalachian Ghost Stories, Legends, and Other Mysteries

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: 23 Tales: Appalachian Ghost Stories, Legends, and...: Reviewed by Jeanne Edited by Terry Shaw and Brad Lifford, this fascinating collection of tales from Howling Hills Publishing takes on tr...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Memorial Day in the Mountains by Alan Jabbour and Karen Singer Jabbour

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Memorial Day in the Mountains by Alan Jabbour and ...:    Reviewed by Jeanne Note: This is a review from some years ago, but I always think of this book when Memorial Day rolls around.  For many ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Music of Coal

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Music of Coal:   Reviewed by Jeanne Most of the time we tend to review newer items, but today I wanted to share a hidden gem of our collection. The M...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Three Witches in a Small Town by Willie E. Dalton

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Three Witches in a Small Town by Willie E. Dalton: Reviewed by Jeanne Sisters Agatha, Maeve, and Cerulean have all left their small hometown in the mountains to make their own way in the wo...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Hill Women, Professor and the Madman, Mrs. Wiggins

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Hill Women, Professor and the Madman, ...:   Reported by Garry   The first book this week was Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Appalachia, Covid, Our Malady, Doctors Blackwell, Kevin Wilson, Darynda Jones

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Appalachia, Covid, Our Malady, Doctors...:   Stories about Appalachia, trailblazing ladies and combusting children were amongst the topics covered this week.     Shelved: Appalach...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Appalachia, Catte, Cooper, Copenhagen, Malerman, Noah, McCall Smith

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Appalachia, Catte, Cooper, Copenhagen,...:   Small but mighty, our first book this week was What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte.  This book dissects the ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nora Bonesteel’s Christmas Past by Sharyn McCrumb

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nora Bonesteel’s Christmas Past by Sharyn McCrumb:      Reviewed by Jeanne Sharyn McCrumb is probably one of the best known Appalachian writers working today due to the popularity of her Ball...

Unlawful Acts for 9/10/2020: Healthcare, Appalachia, and Danny Gardner

Unlawful Acts for 9/10/2020: Healthcare, Appalachia, and Danny Gardner

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Robert Kennedy, Doris Duke, Tommy Oran...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Robert Kennedy, Doris Duke, Tommy Oran...: Nevermore 5/19/20  Reported by Kayla All This Marvelous Potential By Matthew Algeo In All This Marvelous Potential, Algeo retraces Sen...