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I’m a huge fan of short fiction, and really appreciate the satisfaction a good story can give in just one sitting (we don’t always have time to sit and read for hours!). Recently, Krys Lee’s Drifting House came to my attention. Lee is a Seoul-based author whose stories are set in Korea and the US; her [...] Brimming with atmosphere and edgy suspense, The Rebel Wife presents a young widow trying to survive in the violent world of Reconstruction Alabama, where the old gentility masks a continuing war fueled by hatred, treachery, and still-powerful secrets. Allow me to introduce you to Taylor M. Polites and The Rebel Wife: In this novel, set in Reconstruction Alabama, Augusta “Gus” [...] Did you read Anna Lefler’s recent Spotlight on Bookstores post? It was in memoriam to Dutton’s Brentwood Bookstore, which closed in 2008. While this post was a serious piece, an ode to a “gone but not forgotten” neighborhood bookstore, Anna Lefler has a funny side, too. A very funny side! Her The CHICKtionary: From A-Line to [...] Did you read this thoughtful post about Hole in the Wall Bookstore, in which author Ann Weisgarber praises this special indie near Mount Rushmore for not only its unique setting and theme, but also the large selection of local (western-based) books? Ann spent a lot of time in this part of the country while researching [...] Now, don’t go getting all distracted by that adorable cover picture! Take a few minutes to read more about the book and giveaway, then you can go back to ogling the puppy! The Puppy That Came for Christmas: How a Dog Brought One Family the Gift of Joy is a special memoir by Megan Rix, a [...] Did we get your attention with the editor’s guest post about the Austen-inspired Gothic fiction included in the anthology? Here’s a full description of Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature’s Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart: Stories by: Lauren Willig • Adriana Trigiani • Jo Beverley • Alexandra Potter • Laurie Viera [...] Did you read Sarah Bird’s wonderful Spotlight on Bookstores about BookPeople in Austin, Texas? If you did, you got a taste of her fun writing style – her great ability to tell a story while making the reader part of the action. Here’s a bit about the story she tells in her latest novel, The Gap [...] I love a novel that takes me away to another time, another place … a novel that teaches me not only about a culture that is different from my own, but one that shows a similarity between the cultures. In the case of This Burns My Heart, the universal theme is that of marriage – the still-present [...] “On the day Contessa Carolina Fantoni was married, only one other living person knew that she was going blind, and he was not her groom.” And thus begins the story of the blind Contessa and her devoted Pellegrino Turri captured in Carey Wallace’s delightful debut novel, The Blind Contessa’s New Machine. Based on the true [...] Jane Roper is a Boston-area author whose first novel, Eden Lake, was published earlier this month. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to read Eden Lake, but it appeals to me; one of the blurbs I read is from Tom Perrotta: “Eden Lake is an unusually accomplished debut novel about love and loss and the absurdities of [...] |
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