Amy Wilhelm, Author at Book Club Babble

Drama, secrets, betrayals, and wealth are the backdrop of the Buckhead social scene in One of Us Is Dead. If you’re secretly obsessed with The Real Housewives of (fill in the blank), you’re going to find Jeneva... Read More...

How Fangirling Can Spark Character Inspiration – Guest Post by Amy Lea

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe

Fangirling is defined by Merriam Webster as a girl or woman who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something. I’ve been a self-declared Chris Evans fangirl since 2004 ever since I first sa... Read More...

A Novel Approach – 5 Benefits of Online Reading

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Books

For many readers, there's nothing like holding a book in your hands and turning the pages. Sometimes, that book has been passed along and is full of notes, exuding a particular charm. However, reading ebooks, o... Read More...

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews, Should I Watch?

If you love thrillers but are sick of predicting the outcome before it transpires, this one is for you. Both the book and the movie have shocking turns in their plot that will make you gasp out loud. When old ... Read More...

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe

When I’m lounging on my comfortable sofa reading, I sometimes have a nagging fear that I’m being lazy. Perhaps I should be “doing something.” Of course, I do have a built-in excuse because usually, I’m reading ... Read More...

Life for Women During the Great Social Evil – Guest Post by Jody Hadlock

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe

There’s a scene in my novel where the main character, a prostitute known as Diamond Bessie, attends a Sunday afternoon lecture in Chicago featuring Susan B. Anthony. It was the famous suffragist’s first talk on... Read More...

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, Should I Watch?

Books have inspired movies since the dawn of cinema. And, films adapted from books are surprisingly more successful than original screenplays. You will be stunned to find out that 70% of some of the world's hig... Read More...

Lyn Liao Butler’s Red Thread of Fate Binds the Reader In Gorgeously Rendered Angst and Salvation

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Tam Kwan was on the phone with her husband when he died unexpectedly in an accident. If that wasn't enough trauma to deal with, it might not have been an accident at all. He was somewhere he wasn't supposed to ... Read More...

Using Setting As Character – Guest Post by Alana Quintana Albertson

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing

Ramón and Julieta is my 30th book, but one of the biggest struggles in my earlier novels was how to use setting. I was an English Literature major at Stanford, and I remember that back then when I was reading a... Read More...

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

As a writer, words are my purview. So, it would only be fair that I give Lara Elena Donnelly's Base Notes due credit for leaving me speechless, i.e. wordless. Like Ella Fitzgerald's singing, Donnelly's voice is... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions for Good Morning, Midnight

Book Club Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Your Next Book Club Read – Snakes of St. Augustine by Ginger Pinholster

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Disgruntled

Book Club Questions for Circe by Madeline Miller

Book Club Questions for The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Book Club Questions for Good Morning, Midnight

Book Club Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James

Book Club Questions for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Book Club Questions for Pierce Brown’s Red Rising

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Middle Grade Author Dani Resh Talks About Her Writing Journey

Journey to Ancient Greece with Author Sophia Kouidou-Giles!

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Jeneva Rose’s One of Us Is Dead Kills It (Literally!)

How Fangirling Can Spark Character Inspiration – Guest Post by Amy Lea

A Novel Approach – 5 Benefits of Online Reading

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Life for Women During the Great Social Evil – Guest Post by Jody Hadlock

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

Lyn Liao Butler’s Red Thread of Fate Binds the Reader In Gorgeously Rendered Angst and Salvation

Using Setting As Character – Guest Post by Alana Quintana Albertson

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Author Amy Wilhelm