Philip Roth was born in 1933 in New Jersey, the setting of many of his books. His personal life was often fodder for his fiction, part...

When my niece, Maya, called for the third time in three weeks, she wanted to know what the hell was going on over there, and by over ther...

Reading all the memorials to Tom Wolfe last week inspired me to pick up three of his nonfiction books: From Bauhaus to Our House , a...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING I'm up there talking abo...

Tom Wolfe, one of the greats, passed away this week at age 88 . I absolutely loved Bonfire of the Vanities , his first novel and one of the ...

Without looking at Adam or their daughter, she hauls herself up the bedpost, Her feet hit the floor like stumps. The River by Starlight...

Two new novels arrived in my mailbox this week. Their stories intersect in the history of America's western expansion -- and with disapp...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING At the Hotel Maestral, Zlatk...

The more Joseph story unraveled, the more pronounced the layers of his intuition became. I had to keep reminding myself that he was fift...

I got one new book last week and I am racing through it. What books came into your house? Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribal...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING Of all the heartless things ...

Mendivel is a therapist who wrote this YA fantasy novel to use as a creative way to help young people heal from trauma. It is a terrific r...

The Star Camp was in the middle of Bergen-Belsen, almost entirely surrounded by other smaller camps. The camps were all sectioned by bar...

On this last day of National Poetry Month, I'm so happy for my friend (and former college roommate!) Kirsten Rian , whose new book of po...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! THURSDAY? SORRY! I JUMPED THE GUN THIS WEEK! OPERAT...

But for my parents, who drove away on Thursday morning completely innocent, with only a trivial debt owed to a small group of ineffectual...

What books came into your house last week? I got a new, historical novel that looks terrific! The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm ....

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING When I got off the ship tha...

MEDIEVAL MYSTIC SERENDIPITY IN TWO RECENTLY READ NOVELS   Dame Julian of Norwich came up in Larry's Party by Carol Shields ...

It had crossed my mind that I ought to ready myself physically for a potential meeting with the musician by making a few improvements. Sh...

The snappy cover on this new book of essays by Dionisia Morales makes me want to dive right in! Homing Instincts by Dionisia Morales , ...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING When people ask me what I do...

What books came into your house last week? I got two books about Holocaust survivors that look fascinating. Shores Beyond Shores: From H...