Book Lovers Take Note!
Two new books especially for people who love books and book clubs and book reviews! Is that YOU?
The first ‘find’ is a journal for any reader, really, but actually for those in a book club. How many times has someone in your book club asked, “Didn’t we read that?” or “Who led that one?” or even better, “I can’t remember if I read that book or not.” In my less than perfect screen shots of the cover and one of the inside pages, you can get an idea of what the journal looks like. Give it a try. It’s not too late to go back, with your book club or on your own, to chronicle this year’s selections. It’s a great idea for sure!!
The New York Times Book Review
This book, edited by Noor Qasim and Tima Jordan and published in late 2021, is described by Vanity Fair as a “delightful collection from the longest-running, most influential book review in America, featuring its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past 125 years”
For 125 years, the New York Times Book Review section of the Sunday paper has featured books and thier authors so that reading public could learn what is going on in the literary world. This collection of articles and photographs includes never-before-heard anecdotes about famous writers as well as essays by Eudora Welty, James Baldwin and many more. The stunning vintage photographs compile a visual history or what America was reading and how the public’s tastes in books have changed.
“A fascinating selection of reviews, letters, interviews, essays, announcements, book lists, bits of gossip and op-ed pieces published in the supplement since its first appearance on Oct. 10, 1896 . . . An ebullient celebration of literature.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“[A] meticulously crafted celebration of the written word . . . Each chapter is full of entertaining reviews and book covers, plus delightful photos. Literature lovers are in for a real treat.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)