Category: Books
What Makes a Book Memorable?
Books that keep us reading, past our bedtime or our subway stop, are the ones that stay with us long after we’ve finished. Read More …
Book Review: Go, Went, Gone
I stumbled onto Go, Went, Gone, a novel by Jenny Erpenbeck (and translated from German by Susan Bernofsky), thanks to a review in the New Yorker, and I’m so glad I did. The unassuming but important story dropped me into Read More …
Readers: Results May Vary
A reader’s response to the same book will vary widely, and that’s a good thing. Read More …
2017 Holiday Book List
9 reading recommendations for 2018, mostly fiction Read More …
Book Review: Manuscript Makeover
Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyons fell into my lap at just the right time. Read More …
Book Review: The Necklace
Claire McMillan’s second novel delves into family secrets not talked about for so long, they’ve become unknown. Read More …
Bookbub: Personal Ebook Shopper
Bookbub provides a hub for authors and their readers. Read More …
Vote for Your Favorite Book Description
Help me decide which blurb text will be the most enticing to book buyers. Read More …
Book Review: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
A haunting cover opens up to a story told by witty, bantering characters who somehow manage to cope and even thrive through an extremely bleak war. Read More …
Writing: What’s Next?
Finishing a book is terrifying, terribly exciting, and a little bittersweet. Read More …