by Cammi Woodall | Jan 16, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
To ring in the new year of 2026, I decided to review a favorite book of mine by Alabama native Robert McCammon. Boy’s Life, published in 1991, is a beautiful, bittersweet blend of Southern gothic, horror, coming-of-age, and nostalgia as our hero faces growing up in...
by Cammi Woodall | Dec 19, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings!’ Have you watched it this Christmas season? I bet you have. Of course, I am referring to It’s a Wonderful Life, the 1946 movie produced by Liberty Films and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. You have seen it, right?...
by Cammi Woodall | Oct 31, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Happy Halloween! I cannot believe it is already Autumn again. Time to crunch through a pile of red and gold leaves, sip on hot apple cider, carve pumpkins, or navigate a corn field maze… All wonderful fall activities, but my favorite thing to do in these cooling...
by Cammi Woodall | Sep 26, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
In 2006, a friend of mine gave me his copy of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks and said, “You have to read it!!!” (I know I put three exclamation points there, but his enthusiasm was that high!) Don’t be put off by the word ‘zombie’ in the...
by Cammi Woodall | Aug 15, 2025 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I have been intrigued by PBS’s The Great American Read. I am ashamed to admit I haven’t even heard of some of these books! I have, however, heard of the two Alabama natives on the list. Yes, fellow Alabamians (Alabamites? Bamers? Dixie Delights?)! We have two entries...
