Buzzworthy
Tall Poppy Review: “A Distant Heart” Draws All To India
I love reading novels that sweep me away to faraway places; far from the mundanity of my daily routines, worries, and struggles. … Keep Reading
Cue the Laughter: Thurber Award Highlights Humor
We could all use a good laugh, so why wait until Dec. 5 for Thurber House to announce the winner of its … Keep Reading
Author Buzz Giveaway: Two Suspenseful Reads
In this week’s Author Buzz giveaway, we have two great selections available! It’s your choice, a gripping medical thriller penned by Geoffrey M. … Keep Reading
“Soldiers of a Foreign War:” A Look Inside Daily Life of a Soldier
I wrote Soldiers of a Foreign War so that people could have a new appreciation for the names on the walls of … Keep Reading
Fiction
“Washington Black” Paints a Fresh Slave Narrative
With history, science and creativity, Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black (Knopf) tells the story of an 11-year-old slave in Barbados and his adventurous escape … Keep Reading
Tall Poppy Review: “Girls On The Line” WWI in a New Light
Girls On The Line (Lake Union) is Aimie K. Runyan’s latest heartfelt and enlightening historical novel. I don’t know about you, but … Keep Reading
“The Alehouse at the End of the World:” An Apocalyptic Romp
A romantic quest, talking birds, and souls imprisoned in clam shells, The Alehouse at the End of the World (Forest Avenue Press) is … Keep Reading
Tall Poppy Review: “The Man She Married” Shocks
There are many ways to write about being in a coma, the shock, the helpless entrapment, and the frightening numbness and silence, … Keep Reading
Girly Book Club
This Month’s Book: Luxury Liner, Lies, and Lifeboat 21
For the month of November, all chapters of the Girly Book Club are reading On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell. … Keep Reading
Closeup: Putting Oakville, Ontario on the Reading Map
The vision of Oakville, Ontario, according to its website, is to be “the most livable town in Canada.” If Karina Kaushal and … Keep Reading
Take Me Out To The Book Club, A Reader Celebration
“My drinking club has a book problem,” said a wise humorist somewhere. As the hours wind down on National Reading Group Month, … Keep Reading
Is Paradise Lost in Elin Hilderbrand’s “Winter in Paradise”?
In Elin Hilderbrand’s Winter in Paradise, (Little, Brown and Company) Irene Steele leads an idyllic life. She is the mother of two … Keep Reading
Thrillers
The Elderly Female Antihero We Never Knew We Needed
What if the quiet old lady down the hall was a cold-blooded killer? Maud an 88-year-old introverted Swedish woman, seems so innocuous … Keep Reading
Opium and Identity: 19th Century Woman Battles Crime
Port Townsend, Washington, 1887. An ex-Pinkerton agent named Alma Rosales is hunting for opium stolen from her employer, criminal boss Delphine Beaumond, … Keep Reading
“Manuscript for Murder:” The Cozy Thriller
With Manuscript for Murder (Berkley), the second installment of the long-running Murder She Wrote series penned by Jon Land, the author pushes the … Keep Reading
ITW Spotlight: Digging Up the Past with Lee Child
Iconic anti-hero Jack Reacher has made thriller writer Lee Child an internationally renowned author. In Past Tense (Delacorte Press)—the latest novel in … Keep Reading
Romance
A Romantic Heroine Makes Ripples in the Gilded Age
In Maya Rodale’s Duchess by Design, (Avon) Miss Adeline Black is a seamstress on a mission to change the world, one pocket … Keep Reading
Offerman + Mullally In “The Greatest Love Story Ever Told”
In the whirring world of crazy TV production schedules, a constantly hungry public eye, and the normal pressures of married life, it’s … Keep Reading
“Trouble Brewing:” A Rom-Com Just in Time for Oktoberfest
Grab a chilled beer and dust off your lederhosen: it’s Oktoberfest. Not all beer enthusiasts can jet to Germany to join in … Keep Reading
Says Lauren Blakely: In Romance Genre, All You Need Is Love
It’s no shock that romance has always been stigmatized. Too often, the genre is viewed as frivolous, fluff literature strictly for women. … Keep Reading
What You Could Never Understand About the Universe
This is not your mother’s coffee table book. Yes, Space is Cool as Fuck (Lost The Plot) is indeed a coffee table book, … Keep Reading
How to Innovate For Radically Greater Social Good
Despite enormous investments of time and money, are we making a dent on the social and environmental challenges of our time? What … Keep Reading
RuPaul Extends Boundaries To Discover True Selves
“You’re born naked and the rest is drag.” Throughout the history of humans on this planet, there have always been shamans, seers, … Keep Reading
Enlightening and Alarming Explanation of Climate Challenge
“Climate change is no far-off threat. It’s impacting communities all over the world at this very moment, and we ignore the scientific … Keep Reading
Pop Culture
Entertainment Weekly’s Book Critic Roundup
Entertainment Weekly is known for bringing you exclusive behind the scenes access to your favorite heavyweights across the entertainment industry. The weekly mag … Keep Reading
“IT’S ALIVE:” 2 Frankenstein Books Celebrate Milestone
For 200 years, Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein has made its mark in both deep literary studies and its widely distributed commercial appeal in … Keep Reading
First Edition “Gone With the Wind” To Be Auctioned
A first edition, first printing hardcover copy of the iconic romance novel Gone With the Wind signed by Margaret Mitchell is being … Keep Reading
#FashionVictim: Amina Akhtar Gives Killer Looks
How about a cross between The Devil Wears Prada and American Psycho? As soon as readers get to know the twisted fashion … Keep Reading
Nonfiction
Meditation: The Opposite of the Rest of My Life
Since her 2009 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett has come to realize MS is no excuse to avoid challenges. Instead, … Keep Reading
“Golden Handcuffs:” The Secret History of Trump’s Women
Has any president in the history of the United States had a more fraught relationship with women than Donald Trump? He flagrantly … Keep Reading
“My Squirrel Days:” Ellie Kemper On Falls and Triumphs to TV
Peppy, bright and determined Ellie Kemper is the same ray of sunshine in her new memoir as she is in “The Office,” … Keep Reading
Colm Tóibín Examines the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
“A father…is a necessary evil,” according to Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses. But Colm Tóibín would hazard a guess that James Joyce genuinely … Keep Reading
Audiobooks
Comfort Audiobooks That Will Brighten Your Day
I’ve been under the weather with a very bad cold, and there hasn’t been much that’s made me happy, with the exception … Keep Reading
Behind the Scenes of David Grann’s The Old Man and the Gun
Narrator Mark Deakins takes AudioFile listeners behind the scenes of David Grann’s THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN, a collection of three of Grann’s New … Keep Reading
Great American Listening: Our Country’s Top Picks
PBS has just concluded a national survey and an eight-part series that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of … Keep Reading
Susan Orlean Pays Tribute to Libraries in Newest Audiobook
Could you burn a book? Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief, contemplates the idea in her book that’s part memoir, part … Keep Reading