Report: Author Nicholas Sparks tried to ban an LGBT club from his private school
Romance writer Nicholas Sparks reportedly tried to ban an LGBT club from operating at the private school he runs, according to The Daily Beast.The former headmaster and CEO of Epiphany School of Global...
View Article7 books about fatherhood, just in time for Father's Day
Dads often get the short shrift. There’s a big focus on Mother’s Day and a much smaller focus on Father’s Day.When it comes to books on parenting, the same is true.For Father’s Day, we offer seven new...
View ArticleBook Notes: A lusty start to summer reading
“Cape May,” a novel by Chip Creek. Celadon Books, April 2019. $26.99, hardcover. 248 pages.“Cape May,” a debut novel by Chip Creek, an author with ties to Boston and New England where he went to school...
View ArticleMad Magazine is effectively shutting down after 67 years
Comedy and satire publication Mad Magazine is ceasing publication of new content and won't be available on newsstands after its August issue. CNN reports that readers will only be able to get issues in...
View ArticleBook Notes: A deep dive into William Stoner
“William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life” By Steve Almond. Ig Publishing, 2019, New York. 171 pages. $14.95.Boston-based author Steve Almond does an elegant job packing as much as he does into...
View ArticleBook Notes: A case of PTSD that didn’t have to happen
“Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line” By Ryan Leigh Dostie. Grand Central Publishing, June 2019. 359 pages. $28.Ryan Leigh Dostie was only 20 when she enlisted in the Army to become a...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble is celebrating James Patterson week with buy-one-get-one deals...
If you're a James Patterson fan and looking to stock up your book collection, you're in luck this week.Barnes and Noble is dedicating the entire week of July 29 through Aug. 5 to the author, [...]
View Article'Catcher in the Rye' will be available digitally for the first time this week
Your e-book library can now expand to include a classic. J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" and other works by the author will be available digitally for the first time.A New York Times profile...
View ArticleBook Notes: ‘Perfect Son’ is perfect summer thriller
“The Perfect Son” By Leslie North. Berkley paperback, August 2019. 368 pages, $16.British author Lauren North’s debut novel, a thriller titled “The Perfect Son,” is 368 pages of nervous anxiety packed...
View ArticleBook Notes: Exploring a brave, new world in ‘The Warehouse’
“The Warehouse” By Rob Hart. Crown, New York, August 2019. 368 pages. $27.One of the most appealing things about “The Warehouse,” the new near-future, near-dystopian thriller by Rob Hart, is its...
View ArticleBook Notes: ‘It’s time to talk out loud about sex and grieving’
“Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved” By Joan Price. Mango, Coral Gables, 2019. $16.95. 172 page.The mind and body aren’t always in agreement. Someone grieving the...
View ArticleStephen King is turning his Maine home into a museum and writers' retreat
While it has been a tourist attraction for die-hard Stephen King fans, King's home in Bangor, Maine is about to become an official destination. King and his wife Tabitha requested to rezone their home...
View ArticleBook Notes: Watch your back
“Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers”Edited by Joyce Carol Oates with stories by Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Edwidge Danticat, Valerie Martin and others. Published by...
View ArticleBook Notes: Storyteller weaves a rich web of tales
“Everything Inside” Stories by Edwidge Danticat. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2019. 223 pages. $29.95.Stepping into Edwidge Danticat’s world is stepping into a more illuminated, truer, richer place than...
View ArticleBook Notes: A tale of siblings who must stick together
“The Dutch House” By Ann Patchett. HarperCollins, New York, 2019. 337 pages. $27.99Ann Patchett’s newest book, a novel titled “The Dutch House,” tells the story of a brother and sister who, early on in...
View ArticleThese titles were the bestselling books of the decade
If you started and ended the decade as a voracious reader, perhaps you picked up a few of these titles. According to NPD Bookscan, these were the books that flew off the shelves this decade. "Fifty...
View ArticleBook Notes: Solitary detectives make a solid team in Connelly’s ‘Night Fire’
“The Night Fire: A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel” by Michael Connelly. Little, Brown and Company, 2019. 416 pages. $26.99Harry Bosch, one of contemporary literature’s best-known detectives, is...
View ArticleBook Notes: Resuming the story of Olive Kitteridge in ‘Olive, Again’
“Olive, Again” by Elizabeth Strout. Random House, 2019. 304 pages.Few people, fictional or otherwise, make me cringe like Olive Kitteridge does. When I read any of the linked stories in “Olive, Again,”...
View ArticleJeanine Cummins' migrant book 'American Dirt' is problematic; author's note...
"American Dirt" (Flatiron, 400 pp., ★½ out of four) starts out as one hell of a thriller: At her niece’s quinceañera, Lydia’s entire family is slaughtered by a cartel: 16 people total, including her...
View ArticleBook Notes: A thriller that finds hope in bleakness in ‘Long Bright River’
“Long Bright River” by Liz Moore. Riverhead Books (Penguin Random House imprint). 2020. $26. 492 pages.“Long Bright River” by Liz Moore is a rare treat. A thriller by definition, it is much more. But...
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