My son has read Stephen King’s Dark Tower series multiple times. And I mean multiple multiple times. It’s like comfort-food reading for him. Familiar and warm. (Kind of odd to put King in the ‘comfort’ category, isn’t it?!) Me, not so much. I have never been one to turn back to a novel after I’ve enjoyed it …
When I wrote about Pop Sugar’s 2015 Reading Challenge here in December, I was excited for the inspiration the list gave me. But after the novelty wore off a bit, I set the printed list aside and just kept whittling away at my To Be Read pile–or Kindle queue, as the case may be! So …
The Heart Goes Last (Edelweis ARC) Margaret Atwood Nan A. Talese I read Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale a couple years after it was first published in 1985 and it’s one of those books that, because of life’s circumstances at the time, I’ll remember always. I remember feeling chilled when the narrator’s access to her credit …
Last week I wrote about my own memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis and reviewed a book just published just this week, A Place We Knew Well. Well, today I’m happy to share with you a guest post by the author of that novel, Susan Carol McCarthy. Ms McCarthy share some of her memories of that …
A Place We Knew Well (NetGalley) Susan Carol McCarthy Bantam Books/Random House release date: September 29 I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of a five-year-old. Of course, I knew nothing about it really. There’s a memory of my mom and dad sitting in the living room with a neighbor couple, and I …
I remember the months dragging on while I waited for another adventure with Fr. Tim from Jan Karon’s Mitford series, or, drumming my fingers with the rest of the world for another Harry Potter caper. My love for little Flavia De luce is just as abiding and it can be maddening knowing the last volume of the series, Chimney …
So excited to bring Scott Wilbanks to my readers today! I love a good time travel novel and Wilbanks’ Lemoncholy Life Of Annie Aster was a perfect summer read. And just as good is the writer’s take on characters we relate to … and characters we love. There’s a school of thought that all novels …
Great interview with J. Ryan Stradal from NPR’s Here and Now–hear the author of Kitchens Of the Great Midwest. (He loves ambrosia salad and cookie bars, by the way!) Interviewer Robin Young says the novel is like “Prairie Home Companion with recipes”. Next up, listen to Stradal read an excerpt on The Dinner Party Download here.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Netgalley) J. Ryan Stradal Viking Sometimes my husband and I play “Do you remember eating … ?” We both grew up in the Midwest and church supper casseroles and desserts, as well as our own moms’ cooking, provide plenty of fodder. Do you remember … Tater tot casserole? Chocolate éclair …
Blueberry season is over now, but I managed to squeeze in a little last minute blueberry picking a couple weeks ago. And good sport that he is, hubby agreed to come with so that we could make shorter work of those end-of-the-season slim pickings. I say good sport because we were both required to pick …
This is my symphony 