Maribel Garcia, Author at Book Club Babble

Author, Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer prize winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, author of “Interpreter of Maladies,” “The Namesake,” “Unaccustomed Earth” and “The Lowland,” has written a linguistic memoir that chronic... Read More...

One More Day, An Interview with Kelly Simmons

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

Sometimes a novel comes along that gives profound and eloquent insights into the nature of the human condition. One that makes you ask questions like: What is the good life? What does it look like... Read More...

Fabulous February Finds From Our Favorite Authors

Maribel Garcia

Reviews

Books being released in February of 2016 Yann Martel captivated our imaginations with his fantasy adventure novel about a teenage boy adrift at sea with a Bengal tiger in Life of Pi (2001). Now h... Read More...

A House of Her Own: Sandra Cisnero’s Journey Home

Maribel Garcia

Reviews

“Memoirs,” writes George Meredith, “are the backstairs of history.” And if this is the case, then Cisnero's latest collection of essays offers exquisite access to the private life of a literary icon’s letters. ... Read More...

Part Two with Diana Y. Paul, author of Things Unsaid

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

This week we continue our discussion with Diana Y. Paul and ask her questions about her debut novel, Things Unsaid. If you have not read it, it is a thoroughly enjoyable book, with solid, believable characters,... Read More...

Family Relationships and Things Unsaid: Oh, What Tangled Webs We Weave!

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

Part One: Book Review and Author Interview with Diana Y. Paul, author of Things Unsaid Things Unsaid is a family saga that takes you through the thorny tangle of family relationships and how these relationsh... Read More...

Need an Antidote to the Summer Doldrums? Your Favorite Books Go to the Movies!

Maribel Garcia

on Books, Should I Watch?

It’s that time of year. In the literary calendar, the month of August is that blasé space between all of the book hoopla of June and July’s great “beach reads” and the much-anticipated literary debuts of autumn... 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

Should you read YA book, Murder on a Summer Break?

Book Club Questions for Project Hail Mary

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – Book Club Questions for a Timeless Classic

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

Can an Adaptation Ever Match the Original Book?

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

In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri

One More Day, An Interview with Kelly Simmons

Fabulous February Finds From Our Favorite Authors

A House of Her Own: Sandra Cisnero’s Journey Home

Part Two with Diana Y. Paul, author of Things Unsaid

Family Relationships and Things Unsaid: Oh, What Tangled Webs We Weave!

Need an Antidote to the Summer Doldrums? Your Favorite Books Go to the Movies!

Author Maribel Garcia