Last month’s winner was Madeleine Kaye, who answered the trivia question almost as soon as I posted it. I learned a lesson from that!! This contest is a bit more involved AND I will take answers for an entire day, up until midnight of August 2. Then, I will take the names of all the people who answered correctly, put them in the proverbial hat,
No, ‘The Bookshelf Detective’ is not the title of a new book. It is a person the New York Times has designated to examine the bookshelves of people while they are being interviewed remotely from home–sometimes on talk shows or news hours or the like. I can only suppose that these ‘detectives’ take still shots and enlarge them enough to see the titles of books
Ronald H. Balson, The Girl from Berlin Fiction Sarah Blake, The Guest Book Fiction Ariel Burger, Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s ClassroomNon-fiction Jung Chang, ,Big Sister Little Sister Red SisterNon-fiction Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneNon-fiction Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient Fiction Michael Ondaatje, Warlight Fiction Ann Patchett, The Dutch House Fiction Naomi Regan, Sotah Fiction
A Summer with Southern Authors: John Lane & Phil Wilkinson July 23 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Free To make a reservation, visit the Library Society’s website. The Charleston Library Society happily announces the launch of a community partnership with Evening Post Books & Buxton Books. Beginning this summer, we will offer substantive, informative and entertaining “virtual” programs until the Library Society can resume onsite gatherings.
Remember July 21, 2020? That is today. The date of July 21 almost slipped by me without my noticing its importance. Remember July 21, 1969? Where were you? I distinctly remember that morning, sitting in my living room in our apartment in Atlanta, GA, on a pulled out sofa bed (we had company at the time who had slept on the sofa bed) watching an
SueEllen Hannan I just finished The Gown by Jennifer Robson. Good story line and sympathetic characters. Story takes place in post war England and does involve the wedding gown for Princess Elizabeth. Margaret Boone Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin. is about a 74 year old man whose parents were murdered by the Nazis at the end of WWII. He has suffered
TWO WEBSITES FOR READERSThere is seemingly limitless information about books and authors available on the internet as well as in print media. I would like to suggest two services that you may not have heard of.The first is www.shelf-awareness.com. The website offers information for readers and booksellers alike, from lists of new releases, prize winner announcements, interviews with authors, and articles of more general interest. I
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian born author who began her professional career as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. She married Tony Horwitz, a fellow reporter and author, and spent many years on the go around the globe. While in Nigeria working on a story in the Niger Delta, Nigerian authorities arrested and jailed her. As soon as she was released, she resigned
That’s the question I asked when Vanessa Ward, friend and former Kiawah resident, told me about a recently published book by her sister-in-law. The title of the book is Roscoe Turner: Plows to Planes. The author is Boots Hensel. The story of Roscoe Turner centers around a farmer turned aviator who flew wild and risky missions with his pet lion. It is an ideal adventure
October 14th Death in the Family By Tessa Wegert Led by Joanne Hennessy Zoom call with the author November 11th Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland By Patrick Radden Keefe Led by Carol Hacker December 9th The Leavers: A Novel By Lisa Ko Led by Kathy Hogan January TBD Joint Book Club Luncheon February 10th A Woman
