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May 19, 2010

Tom Rob Smith: THE SECRET SPEECH

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In today's guest post, British author Tom Rob Smith (CHILD 44 and THE SECRET SPEECH) talks about the thinking and overthinking around writing "the second book".  And read on for a great quote from Lee Child about advice.
May 18, 2010

Authors Revisited

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Does your book club read the same author more than once?  In other words, let's say you loved Garth Stein's THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN.  When you see that he has a new release, in this case RAVEN STOLE THE MOON, (which is a re-release but stay with me)..

Sigmund Brouwer, author of Flight of Shadows

She escaped the religious enclave of Appalachia. But peace and freedom are even further out of reach for Caitlyn as the myriad dangers pursuing her threaten to crush her last shred of hope.

Mitchell James Kaplan, author of By Fire, by Water

Luis de Santángel, chancellor to the court and longtime friend of the lusty King Ferdinand, has had enough of the Spanish Inquisition.

Did you read to your daughter as a child? What did you read? Yes, I read so many things to her and her brothers. When she was small I read what felt like were hundreds of Little Golden Books. We read Babar, Madeline, alphabet books, and when she was older, we read through the Golden Encyclopedias we had, looking at the pictures, and feeling as if we were traveling the world through those books. I also invented stories for her. She remembers a series I made up that included a flying Oreo cookie.

Julie Metz, author of Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

Julie Metz had seemingly the perfect life --- an adoring husband, a happy, spirited daughter, a lovely old house in a quaint suburban town --- but it was all a lie.

May 17, 2010

Top 5 Worst Places to Read

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OR Top 5 Excuses for Not Finishing My Book Club Book Last month I did a post called Top 5 Places to Read Your Book Club Book.  In that post I promised you a follow up with the top 5 worst places to read, so here goes: #1 - In (or on) a Moving Vehicle (especially if you're driving)...  (even at a stoplight)
Soon after my first granddaughter, Isabelle Eva, was born, I realized that although I loved her as fiercely as if she were my own child, I had no say --- in anything. She was mine but not mine. Emphasis on the not mine. In baseball parlance, it felt a little like being demoted from the starting lineup to the bench. Though this may seem both natural and obvious, I must admit that to me it came as something of a shock.

Interview: Julie Anne Peters, author of By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

May 17, 2010

Julie Anne Peters is the author of over a dozen books that often deal with “controversial” issues faced by children and teens regarding sexual identity, abuse, destructive relationships and problematic family dynamics. Her latest teen novel, BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I’LL BE DEAD, follows a suicidal high school student who has been the victim of peer bullying for years.

May 14, 2010

Discussing THREE CUPS OF TEA

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Today's guest blogger Heather Johnson shares her book clubs' take on THREE CUPS OF TEA and the tea related outing that went with it.  Who says you can't combine a serious book with a fun outing?