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author Heather Huffman Welcome to Wednesday on She Is Too Fond of Books! We’ve got a fun Spotlight on Bookstores post that will get you through the mid-week doldrums. Here, author Heather Huffman shares her story of Hammonds Books in St. Louis, Missouri … home to used, rare, collectible, and out-of-print books, accented with beautiful chandeliers [...] I’m so pleased to welcome Tess Hardwick to She Is Too Fond of Books today! Tess is a novelist and playwright with a BFA in Drama from the University of Southern California. In 2000 she wrote her first full-length play, My Lady’s Hand, which subsequently won the 2001 first place prize for new work at the [...] Another week, another wonderful Spotlight on Bookstores guest post! Linda Teitel wrote this piece; she’s the author of the middle-grade novel Angus MacMouse Brings Down the House (Bloomsbury 2010). Angus is a mouse who holds the key to a successful opera company – culture, humor, and a crowd-pleasing ‘moral to the story’ = fun! When she’s not [...] The Village Bookstore Rose MacDowell’s The Lost Book of Mala R. was published a few months ago by Random House / Bantam. The novel brings to light an intriguing period of American history with thorough research and rich detail. In it, a teenage American gypsy in the 1940s predicts the future of three troubled women in [...] A big Too Fond of Books‘ welcome to Anna Lefler, author of the humorous The CHICKtionary: From A-Line to Z-Snap, the Words Every Woman Should Know. These are more than 450 words and phrases that should be incorporated into our vocabularies, including: Aberzombie: Derived from the name of the popular clothing stores, Aberzombie refers to any of [...] Today’s Spotlight on Bookstores post is written by Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder . I reviewed The Heroine’s Bookshelf when it was first out in hardcover a year ago, and said: This delightful little book is part biography, part memoir, part a visit with old friends [...] This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores is written by Ann Weisgarber, author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, called an “unforgettable novel about love and loyalty, homeland and belonging.” The novel is now available in paperback, the cover of which you see here. For more information about the author and The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, or to [...] This week’s Spotlight on Bookstores post is written by Joan Leegant, author of two novels, the most recent is Wherever You Go,which was published by WW Norton and Company in July of this year. Wherever You Go tells the story of three Americans in Israel, whose lives are “caught in the grip of a volatile [...] |
 
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