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 [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores Put yourself in this woman’s place. Each morning you wake up and find yourself sleeping next to a complete stranger. You are reminded each day by a phone call from a doctor you don’t remember to read your journal, the one and only connection you have with the past. This taut paced [...]
This past month I have been busy creating a new blog over at blogger.com titled The Novel Cook. It’s my attempt at peeling the layers off a book through it’s references to food. I first thought about this after reading a piece in the New Yorker by writer, essayist Adam Gopnik. According to Gopnik [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores Helen Adams,a young photographer, makes her way to Viet Nam in 1965 in hopes of finding out what happened to her brother. Along the way, she lands a full time job with LIFE magazine. Based on the life of Dickey Chapelle, this novel will haunt you. A beautifully written page turner. Book [...]
Just six more weeks until William and Kate tie the knot. For those Anglophiles out there (and you know who you are) that can’t bear the wait, here are some literary suggestions to help you while away the hours. READ: Shop Indie Bookstores The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Who can resist a quirky family [...]
February 7, 2011 – 3:15 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores Algonquin Books online book club is kick starting their 2011 event season with author Julia Alvarez discussing her book In The Time of Butterflies with author Edwidge Danticat (Brother, I’m Dying). This live webcast will be held on March 21st at 7pm EST. This is not a passive event. Readers are encouraged [...]
December 6, 2010 – 5:17 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores The ‘Best of 2010′ book lists are out in force and frankly, I find most of them more confusing than helpful. Out of the hundreds posted online (Large Hearted Boy – a music and literature blog keeps a running tally), I’ve only found four lists that apply specifically to book clubs since [...]
October 25, 2010 – 5:13 pm
Shop Indie Bookstores I loved this book albeit the fact that I struggled a bit through Part One with characters and the plot. It is set in 1799 on Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the only port open to westerners and the farthest outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. This is a tale of a [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores The upstairs downstairs story of a not what she seems concierge and a bright twelve year old that lives in the posh apartment house, who has decided that life is not worth living. A best seller in France, this is full of esoteric little essays on love, beauty and the meaning of [...]
Shop Indie Bookstores Very funny, often poignant story of Judd Foxman as he faces the end of his marriage, the death of his father and the coming together of his immediate family through the process of sitting shiva. Can’t wait for the movie. Book Author: Jonathan Tropper This post was submitted by helen.
