Ten quotes from readers
Over the years I’ve posted a number of reader and blogger interviews as well as book club discussions and comments on books I’ve read. Beyond that are the surveys I’ve
June 10, 2025
Over the years I’ve posted a number of reader and blogger interviews as well as book club discussions and comments on books I’ve read. Beyond that are the surveys I’ve
I rather dropped the ball on reporting the 2024 reader survey results. Other things – tasks related to a major water leak, finishing a book for my grandsons, helping two
A week ago, my book club discussed Hernan Diaz’s Trust which won the Pulitzer prize in 2023 – actually a co-winner with Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Here’s a brief
Jacqueline Dubois Pasquier responded to a post featuring author and editor Maggie Scott’s thoughts on successful historical fiction. Turns out that Jacqueline is the founding facilitator of a bookclub for
I’m passionate about reading, especially historical fiction, and I suspect you are too. What is it about books that keep us up at night or make us want a book
Each January I give a quick summary of the books I read the previous year. This year I thought I’d share thoughts on reading, finding books that satisfy, and book
Some of you will know that I do a summary each year of the books I’ve read. It’s a quick look at with brief comments and a rating scheme to
Those of us who live in the West know that North Korea is a brutal regime. But what is that world actually like? I read The Girl With Seven Names
The Toronto book club I’ve been attending for roughly twenty years discussed Delia Owens’s Where the Crawdads Sing recently. In advance, our moderator circulated a New Yorker magazine article about
I belong to three book clubs. Each one has a different approach and personality. I’ve belonged to one for more than twenty years, another for seven or eight years, and
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
