Talk Bookish to Me by Kate Bromley

May 24, 2021

Muses. I never really thought about writers needing a muse, however this was the second romance I read this month in which the author had writer’s block. In both Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst, and now Kate Bromley’s Talk Bookish to Me, the author...

The Barbizon by Paulina Bren

March 21, 2021

The subtitle of Paulina Bren’s nonfiction book, The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free, is somewhat misleading. While it was a fascinating cultural study of a hotel, it was possibly even more of a study of Mademoiselle magazine and its college guest editors...

Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre

March 20, 2021

Peter Bonventre is a long-time journalist with a career in sportswriting and entertainment. He co-authored Howard Cosell’s I Never Played the Game. You might want to know the author’s background before picking up Where Have You Gone Without Me? It’s...

Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb

February 22, 2021

Kaye Barley is right. Nora Roberts, under that name or under J.D. Robb, never disappoints, and her storylines are always fresh and original. Faithless in Death, although it’s set in 2061 (not that far in the future anymore), feels like it’s topical and...

When Harry Met Minnie by Martha Teichner

February 08, 2021

When Martha Teichner says, “Humor takes courage”, she could also say this book takes courage. It took courage to write When Harry Met Minnie, and a type of courage to read the book, knowing this is a nonfiction book that involves death and tears. Teichner...