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The Kansas City Star recently talked with author Elizabeth Strout.
In Masha Hamilton's novel 31 Hours, Carol Meitzner awakens one morning in New York City with a feeling that her 21-year-old son, Jonas, is in danger. As the gripping story unfolds, she attempts to find him, not knowing just how vital it is that she do so. In 31 hours, Jonas, newly converted to Islam, has vowed to commit a terrible act of violence.
The whole truth? Today's guest blogger, Holly Goddard Jones, talks about a way in which being a reader is different from being a writer --- and reveals real-life details she drew on for Girl Trouble, a collection of stories depicting small-town Southerners caught in moral and sometimes mortal quandaries.
An intriguing detail in an autobiography by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle led today's guest blogger, Gyles Brandreth, to craft his own mystery tales starring another celebrated literary figure: Irish scribe Oscar Wilde.
Do you want to show off your bookshelves? Random House has created a Facebook group --- "I have more books than Facebook friends" --- to coincide with the publication of Ragtime author E.L.
To encourage her daughter, then in fifth grade, to read more, Denise Neary began a mother/daughter book club. In today's post, she shares what has kept the Washington, D.C.-area group going strong for five years...and counting.Having trouble getting your child reading? Consider starting a book club.
From Ft. Worth to Finland, book clubs are a mainstay in the news, including a Boston group that has far-reaching effects and an Ontario club that let a four-legged friend choose a reading selection. Also in this month's round-up are profiles of two authors and book club favorites --- Jeannette Walls and Kris Radish, who is appearing tonight at Border Books in Sacramento, California.The Buffalo News: Glass Castle a Window on a Troubled Childhood
The news media is abuzz about the books Barack Obama plans to read while on vacation in Martha's Vineyard:• Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman• John Adams by David McCullough• Lush Life by Richard Price
