If you are a Jane Austen fan, and even if you aren't (but especially if you are), you don't want to miss this one. Sure, a book about Jane Austen and time travel sounds dicey, but The Jane Austen Project is smart, fun, and unputdownable. What would you give up so she could live? Not … Continue reading The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Category: Other Books
Literary Wives: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? I'm happy to announce the addition of two new … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
A Round-Up of Short Works: William Trevor, Robert J. Wiersema, and Lawrence Hill
Nights at the Alexandra by William Trevor This book was recommended to me by Don at Uncle Bardie's Stories & Such. And I am very grateful. A few years ago, I read Trevor's Love and Summer, which I thought was good but not quite enough to send me running to read more of his books. … Continue reading A Round-Up of Short Works: William Trevor, Robert J. Wiersema, and Lawrence Hill
Literary Wives: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary … Continue reading Literary Wives: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Reading Ireland Month: Donal Ryan
I always have so much fun choosing books for Reading Ireland Month, but then never seem to have enough time to fit them all in. Two years ago (already!) I was the lucky winner of Cathy's giveaway for A Slanting of the Sun by Donal Ryan, and had planned to read it last year, but … Continue reading Reading Ireland Month: Donal Ryan
Sex and Death: Stories, edited by Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs
What civil lives we lead. So mannered, so controlled. Everything tidy and safe, everything put in its place. How hard we try not to be frightened, not to let the mind and body misbehave, not to come undone. Look at us in our ties and our stockings, taking vitamins and buying prophylactics, arranging mortgages and … Continue reading Sex and Death: Stories, edited by Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs
Literary Wives: The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
