Literature
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Review: Author offers retrospect of TV show 'Friends'
Oct 29, 2018 7:00 am - "I'll Be There For You: The One About 'Friends'" (Hanover Square Press), by Kelsey Miller Kelsey Miller has written the quintessential fan book for those obsessed with t...
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Book review: 'Unsheltered' by Barbara Kingsolver blends fact, fiction in novel well-worth your timeOct 28, 2018 11:00 pm - "Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, 480 pages Barbara Kingsolver does something amazing in her new novel. She takes a historical figure - a natu...
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Book review: Jeff Abbott uses skills as a master storyteller in ‘Three Beths’Oct 28, 2018 7:18 am -
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Book review: John Grisham takes readers on journey to Deep South in 'The Reckoning'Oct 27, 2018 7:29 am - "The Reckoning" by John Grisham, Doubleday, 432 pages Author John Grisham takes readers on a journey to the Deep South in 1946 in "The Reckoning." The ma...
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Abbott uses skills as a master storyteller in 'Three Beths'
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - "The Three Beths" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott In "The Three Beths" by Jeff Abbott, Mariah Dunning has wondered about her mother's disappearance for six mo...
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Rowling, Tolkien, Austen novels vie for bragging rights
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The results are in for an impassioned national election that put the popularity of candidates Jane Austen, J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling on the line. The...
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Grisham takes readers on journey to Deep South in new novel
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - "The Reckoning" (Doubleday), by John Grisham Author John Grisham takes readers on a journey to the Deep South in 1946 in "The Reckoning." The main character, Pete Bannin...
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Book review: Tana French returns, siding with victim in 'The Witch Elm'Oct 22, 2018 6:00 am - “The Witch Elm: a Novel” by Tana French, Viking, 528 pages By now we are accustomed to Tana French's engrossing, eloquently written murder plots solved by the Dubli...
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Book review: Mitch Albom's 'The Next Person You Meet in Heaven' is pure frothOct 21, 2018 7:29 am - "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom, Harper, 224 pages Mitch Albom has sold so many books that three out of the five people you meet in heaven carry copi...
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Book review: Ellie Kemper endears herself to fans in 'My Squirrel Days'Oct 20, 2018 7:00 am - “My Squirrel Days” by Ellie Kemper, Scribner, 256 pages Ellie Kemper's debut novel, “My Squirrel Days,” is exactly what you would expect from the comedian. It's ric...