Reading a compilation of travel essays by authors Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Isabel Allende, Frances Mayes and Pico Iyer sounds […]
In and Out of Capes: My Superhero Reading List
Superheroes are breaking out of comics and landing in prose short stories and novels. Below is a reading list of superhero and super-villain books — […]
The Orchardist
I am reading The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. Not gonna sugar-coat it, and as more than one review I’ve read about it says, it is “somber.” This is Coplin’s first novel […]
A Reading Life
If you’re reading a blog about books, you’re probably one of us: a habitual reader. Your life is measured out in pages rather than coffee […]
So You Want to be a Writer: A Book List
These days it seems that everyone wants to be a writer. Everyone has a book in them but no one know how to go about […]
So You Want to be a Blogger: A Book List
Whether being a blogger means making money on the Internet or creating a website that gathers a tribe of individuals sharing your interest, these books […]
So You Want to Improve Your Creativity: A Book List
Creativity. Those that don’t have it believe they can never develop it. Those that have some believe they never have enough or enough of the […]
Delicious Reads: A Book List
Presenting a list of culinary fiction and nonfiction titles to make your mind and mouth water. The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber Life, […]
Me before You
Louisa’s sister Treena is the golden girl of the family, the first to attend University, even if she did drop out and have a baby. […]
