Savvy Verse & Wit https://savvyverseandwit.com/ Literature and Poetry Reviews, Home of the Virtual Poetry Circle Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:01:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://savvyverseandwit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/favicon-75x75.png Savvy Verse & Wit https://savvyverseandwit.com/ 32 32 From Book Review Blog to Author Website: Where the Echoes Gather https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/from-book-review-blog-to-author-website-where-the-echoes-gather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-book-review-blog-to-author-website-where-the-echoes-gather https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/from-book-review-blog-to-author-website-where-the-echoes-gather/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:01:40 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/from-book-review-blog-to-author-website-where-the-echoes-gather/ My old domain, Savvy Verse & Wit, has a new look. What started out as a blog on blogger and a place where I talked about poems I was reading in magazines (not even reviewing books yet) is now my author website. With the forthcoming publication of Echoes Carry from Beltway Editions, I had begun […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/from-book-review-blog-to-author-website-where-the-echoes-gather/feed/ 0 Review: The Mall by Megan McCafferty (audio) https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-mall-by-megan-mccafferty-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-the-mall-by-megan-mccafferty-audio https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-mall-by-megan-mccafferty-audio/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-the-mall-by-megan-mccafferty-audio/ The Mall by Megan McCafferty, narrated by Caitlin Kelly, features a big-brained socially inept teen, Cassie Worthy, in 1990s New Jersey. Cassie has a post-high school plan, and part of that plan is landing a prime job at the Parkway Center mall, a move to New York City for college with her boyfriend, and living […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-mall-by-megan-mccafferty-audio/feed/ 0 Review: Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London (audio) https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-rules-for-aging-and-larceny-by-julia-london-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-rules-for-aging-and-larceny-by-julia-london-audio https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-rules-for-aging-and-larceny-by-julia-london-audio/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:01:55 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-rules-for-aging-and-larceny-by-julia-london-audio/ Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London, narrated by Christina Moore, is a tongue-in-cheek Ocean’s Eleven. Frances Deluca isn’t your typical 70-year-old retiree looking for a life of leisure. In fact, she goes full tilt in everything she does, which is probably why her competitive nature gets her booted from the pickle-ball team. She’s […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-rules-for-aging-and-larceny-by-julia-london-audio/feed/ 0 Review: The Midnight Train by Matt Haig https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-midnight-train-by-matt-haig/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-the-midnight-train-by-matt-haig https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-midnight-train-by-matt-haig/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:02:18 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-the-midnight-train-by-matt-haig/ The Midnight Train by Matt Haig is the second book in this series of books about taking wrong turns or right turns in life, exploring what regret means and whether those regrets are even worthwhile. While Nora Seed from The Midnight Library appears in this story, it is not a sequel. Wilbur Budd, by all […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-the-midnight-train-by-matt-haig/feed/ 0 Review: A Suit or a Suitcase by Maggie Smith https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-a-suit-or-a-suitcase-by-maggie-smith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-a-suit-or-a-suitcase-by-maggie-smith https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-a-suit-or-a-suitcase-by-maggie-smith/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:02:54 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-a-suit-or-a-suitcase-by-maggie-smith/ A Suit or a Suitcase by Maggie Smith is a collection of poems that I’ve eagerly awaited after following Maggie’s Substack. The existential question posed by the collection is “Do I wear it or does it carry me? Is the body a suit or a suitcase?” It’s from her title poem “A Suit or a […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-a-suit-or-a-suitcase-by-maggie-smith/feed/ 0 Review: Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver (audio) https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-tourist-season-by-brynne-weaver-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-tourist-season-by-brynne-weaver-audio https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-tourist-season-by-brynne-weaver-audio/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:02:50 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-tourist-season-by-brynne-weaver-audio/ Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, narrated by Samantha Brentmoor and Robert Hatchet, is set in the seaside town of Cape Carnage, a town in which murder has become a theme that attracts tourists. It helps that one of the most famous families in the town, the Lancasters, are at the center of a murder mystery. […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/review-tourist-season-by-brynne-weaver-audio/feed/ 0 Image + Poetry = Fireworks https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/image-poetry-fireworks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=image-poetry-fireworks https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/image-poetry-fireworks/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:02:05 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/image-poetry-fireworks/ Yes, the United States is 250 years old. It should be celebrated, despite the darkness and social/political fractures we see on display on a daily basis. One of my favorite poems has always been The New Colossus: Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published The New Colossus By Emma Lazarus Not […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/07/image-poetry-fireworks/feed/ 0 Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (audio) https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-the-paris-apartment-by-lucy-foley-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-the-paris-apartment-by-lucy-foley-audio https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-the-paris-apartment-by-lucy-foley-audio/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:02:17 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-the-paris-apartment-by-lucy-foley-audio/ The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, narrated by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson, is considered a locked door mystery, but don’t be fooled because people do leave these apartments. Jess is on her way to visit her half-brother Ben in Paris after enduring the unwanted advances of […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-the-paris-apartment-by-lucy-foley-audio/feed/ 0 Review: Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin (audio) https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-nevermore-bookstore-by-kerrigan-byrne-and-cynthia-st-aubin-audio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-nevermore-bookstore-by-kerrigan-byrne-and-cynthia-st-aubin-audio https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-nevermore-bookstore-by-kerrigan-byrne-and-cynthia-st-aubin-audio/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:03:43 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/review-nevermore-bookstore-by-kerrigan-byrne-and-cynthia-st-aubin-audio/ Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin, narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Stella Hunter, gave off supernatural vibes with the hermit of a man living in the woods and a bookstore owner staying up late at night for a book order from a stranger. But this is not that book. It’s an odd […]

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]]> https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/review-nevermore-bookstore-by-kerrigan-byrne-and-cynthia-st-aubin-audio/feed/ 0 Upcoming Readings: Kensington Row and Frederick Book Arts Center https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/upcoming-readings-kensington-row-and-frederick-book-arts-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upcoming-readings-kensington-row-and-frederick-book-arts-center https://savvyverseandwit.com/2026/06/upcoming-readings-kensington-row-and-frederick-book-arts-center/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:02:06 +0000 https://savvyverseandwit.com/upcoming-readings-kensington-row-and-frederick-book-arts-center/ Summer of Love at Frederick Book Arts Center Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | Frederick Book Arts Center 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Welcome to the Summer of Love Tour, where Washington Writers’ Publishing House is bringing authors all over the DMV to celebrate our new mini-anthology, Capital Love. These writing salons will reflect the intention […]

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