I’m at BookExpo America in New York this week and wish you were all here with me! For those of you who aren’t, here’s the live stream so you can watch some of the events, including the great breakfasts with authors like Will Schwalbe, Wally Lamb, Helen Fielding and Chelsea Handler.
I had the privilege of meeting Anton DiSclafani at a luncheon celebrating her upcoming novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, in New York a few months ago. The book is a real treat, and I’m excited to be heading back to New York today for Book Expo America, where I will once again get…
I featured The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields in my “4 Must-Read Books of the Year” post back in December, and now that it’s out in paperback, I just may read it again! As a big fan of Edith Wharton, I really wanted to interview Jennie but, because I’m now rushing off to BookExpo…
With his first two novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, becoming book club classics, Khaled Hosseini is in that rare strata of authors who are so beloved by readers that the publication of a new book becomes a major cause for celebration. Well, get ready to take the day off work tomorrow because…
“I forgive you” are powerful words. They sometimes come as a surprise to us, and we have to make a decision. Can I forgive? Do I want to? Since I was twenty-four years old, I’ve held in my heart this memory, this blessing of forgiveness given me by my grandmother, Gram, who raised me. The…
