Paula Woods
Freelance Reviewer at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Writer at Freelance
Book Critic (@latimesbooks), Editor, Mystery Author, LA Times Book Prize judge, Curator. Bringing Together Good People, Good Books and Good Food. She/her/hers
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1 week ago |
aol.com | Paula Woods
I’ve been immersing myself in this summer’s crime fiction, which has been a savory mix of stories by established writers like S.A. Cosby’s surefire “King of Ashes” and great newcomers like Zoe B. Wallbrook’s “History Lessons.” But crime by five writers — all with ties to Southern California — have risen to the top of my must-read list.
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3 weeks ago |
latimes.com | Paula Woods
On the Shelf The Great Mann By Kyra Davis LurieCrown: 320 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In 2022, Kyra Davis Lurie heard a story on KCRW’s “Curbed Los Angeles” about the residents of South L.A.’s West Adams Heights, nicknamed Sugar Hill after a community of wealthy Black Harlemites.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Paula Woods
Hattie McDaniel is among the famous inhabitants of Sugar Hill depicted in Kyra Davis Lurie's "The Great Mann." (John Kisch Archive / Getty Images)In 2022, Kyra Davis Lurie heard a story on KCRW’s “Curbed Los Angeles” about the residents of South L.A.’s West Adams Heights, nicknamed Sugar Hill after a community of wealthy Black Harlemites.
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1 month ago |
latimes.com | Paula Woods
On the Shelf Nightshade By Michael ConnellyLittle, Brown & Co.: 448 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. At a time when many people his age are retired or considering it, bestselling author Michael Connelly is leaning into the third act of his career.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Paula Woods
At a time when many people his age are retired or considering it, bestselling author Michael Connelly is leaning into the third act of his career. “Nightshade,” his 40th novel, arrives May 20 from Little, Brown, an engrossing first entry in an intended series of books about a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective sergeant who runs a substation on Catalina Island.
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