February 2011

Teaser Tuesday 2/1 The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 00:58

Teaser Tuesdays
The Lotus Eaters

I'm re-reading The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli to prepare for the Reading Group Choices panel on March 18 at the Virginia Festival of the Book. Tatjana, Carolyn Parkhurst (The Nobodies Album, Lost and Found, The Dogs of Babel), Myla Goldberg (The False Friend, Bee Season), and William Cobb (The Last Queen of the Gypsies) are the panelists.

Author On the Bookcase: Summer Wood, Author of Wrecker

Submitted by Barbara on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 21:10

Author On the Bookcase
Summer Wood

So pleased to welcome Summer Wood, author of Wrecker to On the Bookcase.

AWP (Awesome Writers' Party)

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:53

Last weekend, I attended the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) in Washington, DC. But, some people call it Awesome Writers' Party! It was a blast. Panels, workshops, readings -- all about writers and their craft. I had the honor of hanging with some great writers.

On Thursday, I had dinner with a fun and talented group of women writers.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs
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AWP
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books
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Caroline Leavitt
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Eleanor Brown
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Heidi Durrow
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NY Times bestseller
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Panels
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Rachel Rasmussen
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reading group
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readings
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Sarah Pekkanen
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Siobhan Fallon
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Tanya Egan Gibson
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workshop
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writing

Author On the Bookcase: Claudia Sternbach, author of Reading Lips

Submitted by Barbara on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 16:01

Author On the Bookcase
Claudia Sternbach

I'm excited to welcome Claudia Sternbach, author of Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kisses. Claudia takes a unique platform to tell her story. Kisses -- a father's kiss, first love kiss, best friend kiss -- tell the tale about small and, sometimes big, moments in one's life. This book is Claudia's life in her kisses.

Kiss and tell, Claudia!

One Kiss is Never Enough
by Claudia Sternbach

It wasn't that I sat down one day and decided to write a book about kisses. I am not that clever.

Teaser Tuesday 2/22 The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew

Submitted by Barbara on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 21:55

Teaser Tuesday

"One of the deacons stood and said to the preacher's back, "She were beaten down by hate."
"By hate," someone agreed.
"Killed in the street."
The preacher turned to look at the man. 'That's the truth, Deacon Hull. Hate killed our sister. But the love she lived will triumph over the sin that took her away." -- p. 228. The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew (April 2011)

I think this will be a great reading group pick.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

Enid Blyton's Unpublished Manuscript Discovered

Submitted by Barbara on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 12:53

Did anyone read Enid Blyton's books growing up? Some of her books included the Famous Five series (21 novels, based on four children and their dog), the Five Find-Outers and Dog series (15 novels, five children regularly outwit the local police) as well as the Secret Seven (15 novels, a society of seven children who solve various mysteries).

Famouis Five I loved her books! My British grandmother sent them over to me from England.