Kelly Sarabyn – Book Club Babble

Elise Schiller’s daughter Giana Natali was a Division I swimmer and veterinary technician before succumbing to a drug addiction that ultimately led to her death. Schiller’s memoir Even if Your Heart Would Liste... Read More...

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

Raegan Moya-Jones was a mother in her thirties when she decided to start her own company selling baby blankets. Despite lacking a business education or any knowledge of the textile industry, she launched aden +... Read More...

The Power of Story to Change Organizations

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

General Electric (GE) became one of the largest entities in the world not by continuing to develop new ideas, but by buying other companies, and expanding into financial services. In her book, Imagine It Forwar... Read More...

How to Create a Successful Culture

Kelly Sarabyn

Reviews

In the 2000s, Disney created one unprofitable movie after another, from Brother Bear to Home on the Range (remember those? Me neither.) Disney ended this decades-long losing streak by bringing in Ed Catmull and... Read More...

The Dangers of Ad Creep, An Interview with Mark Bartholomew

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

Large corporations are now utilizing brain scans, digital tracking, big data, and even facial recognition software to script and target their advertisements. In Adcreep: The Case Against Modern Marketing, Mark ... Read More...

Women’s Relationship to Food, An Interview with Laura Shapiro

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women & The Food That Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro has been described by critics as “tough, elegant and fresh,” “unique and delectable,” and “redeeming” all of food writ... Read More...

The Limits of the Law, an Interview with Edward Carlson

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

All The Beautiful People We Once Knew by Edward Carlson is a dark, but interesting novel. Written in a poetic style and filled with rapt metaphors, it follows Stephen Harker, a disillusioned corporate lawyer, a... Read More...

Does A Red Drink Taste Sweeter? A Review of Gastrophysics

Kelly Sarabyn

Reviews

Ever wonder why so many people order tomato juice on airplanes, or if free-range chicken actually tastes better than factory farmed chicken? In Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating, Charles Spence provides ... Read More...

Is Advertising Coming to an End? A Review

Kelly Sarabyn

Reviews

Advertising is not something most people think much about, even though it’s a 600-billion-dollar industry aimed at influencing our behavior. When we do think about it, it’s usually in annoyance. Andrew Essex ar... Read More...

A Woman Breaks Into Bullfighting, An Interview with Damian McNicholl

Kelly Sarabyn

Interviews

Inspired by the true story of Patricia McCormick, The Moment of Truth tells the tale of the first American woman to professionally bullfight. Set in the early 1950s, it follows Kathleen Boyd as she drops out of... Read More...

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Watch What You Say: A Colorful Suspense by George Weinstein

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Losing a Daughter to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interview with Elise Schiller

Interview with Ed Rucker, Author of Justice Makes a Killing

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Educated by Tara Westover

Best of 2019 – Our Favorite Reads!

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Books – A Winning Series!

Unholy Faith – A Review of DEATH IN THE COVENANT by D.A. Bartley

Angie Kim’s successful debut novel Miracle Creek is an emotional look at parenting and coming-of-age wrapped up in a whodunit

Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun Showcases Intrepid Female Adventurer in 1920s Kenya

Book-to-Film: Room

Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Best Gifts for Bookish Pals – 2019 Edition

A Novel Idea and a Labor of Love: The Story of a South Philly Bookstore

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Losing a Daughter to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interview with Elise Schiller

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

The Power of Story to Change Organizations

How to Create a Successful Culture

The Dangers of Ad Creep, An Interview with Mark Bartholomew

Women’s Relationship to Food, An Interview with Laura Shapiro

The Limits of the Law, an Interview with Edward Carlson

Does A Red Drink Taste Sweeter? A Review of Gastrophysics

Is Advertising Coming to an End? A Review

A Woman Breaks Into Bullfighting, An Interview with Damian McNicholl

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