Blogs

Please welcome the author of The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, to On the Bookcase! She has made a "Dictionary of Flowers" that in relationship to her novel, that will make for a great book club resource.

Author Alice Hoffman has written a letter to all readers about her new novel, The Dovekeepers (April 2012).

Please welcome Kate Furnivall, author of The White Pearl, to On the Bookcase! In an essay she has written, she tells us how note taking is the key to writing her novels. Take it away Kate!

Jessica Goodell has written a memoir entitled Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq about her duties as a member of the mortuary affairs unit of the Marines. She was inteviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air. This memoir is intense but highly discussible. With themes of military, women's lives and personal challenges, paired with the NPR interview, this book will surely get your book group talking.

Please welcome Meg Wolitzer, author of The Uncoupling to On the Bookcase! She tells us about how her new novel came to exist and what initiated the interest in researching "the way female desire changes over time."

Reading Group Choices now has a Pinterest page.  Follow us!

Our pin boards include:

"Illusions and Vaclav & Lena" by Neely Kennedy

AUTHOR SQUARED
Samuel Park
Duncan Jepson

Two Authors chat about writing, books, and everytihng in between!