Book Club reads Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
A few weeks ago, book club read Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. I have to confess to avoiding this book when it came out and I’m not sure
February 7, 2019
A few weeks ago, book club read Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. I have to confess to avoiding this book when it came out and I’m not sure
Book club unanimously endorsed Tara Westover’s well-received novel of growing up in a survivalist Mormon home in the hills of Idaho. The words used to describe it included: compelling, horrifying,
If you hear the names Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis, which one conjures up the image of a famous writer? I suspect ninety plus percent of readers will know the
Two readers, Bonnie and Carol, share their perspectives on reading. Bonnie has worked in eight states and two foreign countries and from data entry to retail management. She’s 78, lives
My Toronto book club discussed Tan Twan Eng’s THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS last week. The verdict was resoundingly in favour of this powerful novel of memory and forgetting, war
One sunny spring morning I met with some of my fellow Lake Union author friends for brunch. We sat at a beachside restaurant. What a fabulous morning. We laughed and
Last night – yes, this is a last minute post! – my Toronto book club discussed Ian McGuire’s The North Water. The novel has been highly acclaimed – named a
Michael Ondaatje is probably best known for The English Patient which became a movie starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas. Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion
When you’ve had a blockbuster like The Paris Wife, I’m sure most writers would find writing the next novel rather daunting. The question of whether or not you could create
Monday night was planning night at the Toronto book club where I’ve been a member for at least fifteen years. We have a tried and true process of nominating books,
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
