This just in from the Charleston Literary Festival–a chance to see and hear authors from past festivals talk about their books. If you click ‘view this email in your browser’, you will see the posting from the festival. Then click on the author’s name to watch the video. These talks are very interesting and entertaining. View this email in your browser In honor of International
These following two books are very different from one another and will probably appeal to different readers. It’s always good to have a choice, isn’t it? The Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor, is a book by Ronald Drabkin about real life double agent Frederick Rutland. Rutland was a “James Bond-type” figure who had been a highly decorated
In this post, I feature two new books of fiction, one contemporary and one historical, one about a forest fire and the other about an icy dead body! They are both very compelling. The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri takes place on a tiny Greek island and is about a family whose lives are traumatized by a deliberately set fire. After the wildfires in
Three books of interest that will be adapted to TV in the future. Trust, Hernan Diaz I haven’t read this book, but it won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Kate Winslet will star in the tale of a financier couple, told in four parts, and their immersion into wealth and power. The movie will air on HBO Max–release date TBA. A Gentleman in Moscow,
Have you ever had to write a ‘Dear John’ letter? It’s a cop-out of sorts because a face-to-face break up is probably better, BUT many people take the easy route. I ran across a very interesting article in the ‘mental floss’ section of the January 24, 2024 edition of Shelf Awareness, written by Ellen Gutoskey. I took a few of the excepts from the Dear
Kristen Hannah’s The Women has been verified by people, whose judgement in books I trust, as a book worth reading! Yes, so now I plan to read it and possibly suggest it as a book for my book club next month. Above is a picture of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on The National Mall in Washington, D. C. It is the only memorial dedicated to
A few days ago, J. D. Biersdorfer published a quiz in the NYT to test our knowledge about sequels to best selling books. I have streamlined the quiz and eliminated the multiple choice aspect. You must come up with the name of the sequel on your own in order to win! Please, no cheating. No Internet searches, OK? After you take the quiz, please let
The February 11, 2024, edition of the Post and Courier featured three new books, all of which sounded worth reading—– Redwood Court A featured article written by Maura Hogan talks about a poet turned fiction writer. The writer is DeLana R. A. Dameron who grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. She starts her story by telling us about her childhood life on Redwood Court in
So many good books are out there just waiting for you to read them. Don’t have time? I get it; but, if you do find the time, look into these two: Mercury, by Amy Jo Burns New York Times reviewer Mary Beth Keane wrote in the December 30, 2023 issue of the newspaper about a book set in a fictional town in near Pittsburgh. The
In the past few days, I’ve had two readers suggest books to me. One of the books is Sisters Under The Rising Sun, by Heather Morris. Not just another World War II book, this story is set on a remote island in the Pacific inside an infamous Japanese POW camp. Immediately, I asked my daughter, who told me about the book, if it was hard
