November 7, 2011 – 3:40 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores Whether you are a bridge player or not, you will find this YA novel an enjoyable read. Teenager Alton Richards is given the summer task of driving his blind uncle four times a week to play bridge and be his cardturner. The book is full of Sachar’s wry humor and obvious love [...]
October 31, 2011 – 5:03 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores There has been a lot of TV hoopla surrounding the ‘exclusive’ interviews with Ruth Madoff and her youngest son Andrew as part off the promotion for a new book Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell. Bernie Madoff, of course, is the financier convicted of running a 50 billion dollar [...]
October 22, 2011 – 1:37 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores I doubt I would have read this other than it was chosen by my book club. I’m glad they did. The author does a wonderful job of mixing the science and human drama behind the story of HeLa cells. What could easily have been a very dry read was instead a wonderful [...]
October 10, 2011 – 2:35 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores Chosen by my book club, I admit to being a bit intimidated by the book’s abundant classic prose. I had the good fortune of having the audio and print version at my disposal. Listening was a great way to sort out the characters and establish the plot line. Soon I was reading [...]
October 3, 2011 – 5:01 pm
I love fall book season. This is when publishers release their big books of the year. Book Beast has put together a very good list of what they feel are the stand out books of the season. Click here and take notes. Book Beast’s Must Read Books of the Fall
September 28, 2011 – 11:10 am
Was Banned Book Week invented by the American Library Association (ALA) as a way of using reverse psychology on reluctant readers? Don’t laugh. I can see why a book listed as ‘subversive’ might be an attractive read for an adolescent. Earlier this month, I read USA Today contributor Jonah Goldberg’s opinion piece Column: Banned Book Week is just hype. [...]
September 17, 2011 – 10:58 am
Save the date! Northwest BookFest 2011 is only a few weeks away…and for the first time ever, the Eastside will host. This year’s theme (giving us hope there will be many more years to come) is It’s Raining Books! By the looks of the program schedule there is lots to choose from. Readers can [...]
September 12, 2011 – 12:16 pm
My Facebook friends know that I have been chronicling a backyard vegetable garden project that a friend and I collaborated on. Of course, all summer long we’ve been bragging to friends that we would host a harvest garden party to celebrate all the wonderful produce we were sure to grow. What we didn’t expect was [...]
September 8, 2011 – 5:52 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores My son and daughter have been out of college for several years now, but I still love to see what schools are asking their incoming freshman to read. I found this list on the College Confidential Forum. Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks looks to be the favorite pick this year. Do [...]
September 5, 2011 – 9:23 am
Shop Indie Bookstores The top five reasons to read this book. 1. You’re a big fan of Tina Fey, SNL or 30 Rock. 2. You like books that are laugh out loud funny. 3. OK, I can only think of 2…but for those of you that have read this book, you’ll GET this format. Book [...]
