It is not yet officially summer and I am already feeling the need to play catch up with my reading before I can even consider looking at some of what industry insiders are claiming to be this summers best bets.
Come July, Knopf Publishing is releasing the second book in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, The Girl Who [...]
I am giving away a signed copy of Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (read about his Seattle visit) as part of the BookroomReviews.com Book Giveaway Carnival. To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen at random on Sunday, March 8th. All readers are eligible, but you must be [...]
According to earlyword.com, a website aimed at keeping librarians on top of what is happening in book world, David Tanis’ “A Platter of Figs” might just be THE cookbook of the season. The author was a former chef at Alice Water’s Berkeley, CA restaurant Chez Pannise. Waters describes his cooking style as “radical simplicity.” If [...]
This is the third in my series of covering Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, A Year of Food Life”. Weary of Election coverage and Economic woes, I fled to my local farmer’s market to focus on another big E in my life…eating. The stalls were full of pumpkins, squashes, beans, garlic, onions, carrots, [...]
The summer reading lists are out and a common theme to this year’s lists are books that offer the reader a ‘literary vacation’ as opposed to a real gas guzzling one. With the help of EarlyWord’s Nora Rawlinson and her terrific break down of the published summer reading lists, these are some of [...]
Several beach town bookstores recently weighed in on what was flying off the shelves this summer. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin and “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert are still hot sellers. Here is the rest of the line-up.
I’m escaping to New York City for some pre Mother’s Day fun. Since I still need to pack my bags, I’ve decided to take the easy way out and link you to the B&N website. They have put together a great list of gift book ideas for mom. Buy one for yourself [...]
This Valentines Day, I think I have something for every taste.
Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Strong bond of friendship between two women.)
The Heart Aroused by David Whyte (Poetry in the work place? You bet.)
A Match To The Heart by Gretel Ehrlich (One woman’s journey of being struck by lightning.)
Thick Face, Black [...]
This time of year, I’m always perusing the many best of book lists that are online looking for a good book to cozy up with or as a possible gift giving idea. First, I check out what The New York Times and other booksellers are touting, then I visit my local bookstore and for [...]
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