Lots happening this month in Jodi Picoult (PEA-koe) land. On Monday, USA Today ran a great profile piece on her idyllic sounding family life in Hanover, New Hampshire; Handle With Care, her 16th novel was released on Tuesday; and the movie version of My Sister’s Keeper starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin (Fans are apparently [...]
February 10, 2009 – 4:41 pm
If anyone told me when I first signed up for bridge lessons that I would sit in a classroom for 8 weeks and read about playing more than I actually played…I would have said ‘no way’. Now, some two years later, I am totally hooked on the game. It comes as no surprise to me [...]
February 5, 2009 – 1:13 pm
Anyone out there looking for love? Then you might be interested in a new book that is making the media rounds just in time for Valentines Day. ‘Why Him? Why Her?’ by Helen Fisher, deals with the science of love. Dr. Fisher, a biological anthropologist, suggests that there are four personality types that are the [...]
January 18, 2009 – 6:08 pm
Any book that takes the advice of a Lutheran pastor who thinks napping is a form of prayer is one that has my attention. Apparently, Publisher’s Weekly feels the same way I do by declaring Henry Alford’s “HOW TO LIVE: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While they are still on this earth)” one [...]
November 3, 2008 – 2:27 pm
This book will get your political juices flowing as we all head into election week. Imagine this. Instead of spending the nearly one trillion dollars on the war in Iraq, America could have: Doubled the 663,000 cops on the beat for 32 years. Bought 16.6 million Habitat for Humanity houses, enough for 43 million Americans. [...]
October 4, 2008 – 3:04 pm
Soft core pornography or historical fiction? With the on again off again publishing status of Spokane writer Sherry Jones’ now infamous THE JEWEL OF MEDINA (Beaufort Books), those hoping to make up their own mind by purchasing a copy on Monday had better first call ahead to check whether the book is being stocked. I [...]
September 19, 2008 – 5:01 pm
It’s been several weeks since I last blogged…deciding instead to take a break and make good use of every sunshine filled day that passed my way. All good things come to an eventual end. The weather has turned and the fall book season is well underway. Here is a sampling of what is brewing in [...]
At first glance, Jonathan Miles’ “Dear American Airlines”, a novel written in the form of a complaint letter, did not appeal to me. It may be the fact that I was a flight attendant for over 13 years and as my favorite French tour guide once warned “Things Happens”. The good reviews this book has [...]
Wow! That is the headline posted by Nora Rawlinson in yesterday’s Give’em What They Want (see below) to describe Uwem Akpan’s Say You’re One of Them. She adds, “I won’t waste your time with a synopsis; read the review, order more copies, and put it in the hands of as many readers as possible.” Rawlinson, [...]
The reviews are in and most are raving about “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon —And the Journey of a Generation” by Sheila Weller. As one Amazon reviewer writes “this is my candidate for beach book of 2008 for smart boomer women. I’m not kidding. It’s that good. It’s that addictive.” Watch
