on Reading – Book Club Babble

Floating Underwater was inspired by personal history and sheer imagination. Having suffered through two miscarriages myself, I wanted to write about how a character deals with that particular loss. I added the ... Read More...

Five Considerable Career Choices for the Literary Lover

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Reading

As much as you love your home, you might be ready to leave it and go back into the world, but you might also be looking for a change in your career. If you are a book lover, there are some careers that are a lo... Read More...

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

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, on Reading

Maribel Garcia: You two have a very special story. Can you tell us how two newly-weds, working multiple jobs decided to get into the bookselling business and acquired their own store? Christina and Alex: The... Read More...

When Good Books Make Bad Mistakes

Kate Newton

on Reading

First, let me say as a disclaimer that Donna Tartt is one of my favorite authors. I’ve only read two of her books—but then, she’s only written three. She writes a book about every ten years. Considering I’m jus... Read More...

What is that you’re reading — or not reading?

Maribel Garcia

on Reading

I’m a well-read person. I am, I really am. I hate looking stupid—don’t we all? How many of us consider ourselves well read, highly educated, thus “cultured,” but one tiny snub about the book in our hand (Gon... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Sugar Birds – Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s Powerful Fiction Debut

In Janet Luongo’s new memoir, Rebellion 1967, the author “pulls on memory” to relive the core emotions that motivated her to take so many risks in her young life

First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures, Interview with Jodi Klein

Leora Krygier talks to Book Club Babble about her latest book: Do Not Disclose: A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found

Die-hard feminist from the Boomer generation, Denise Larson tells us about her latest book, Anarchy in High Heels

How Much Would You Sacrifice To Save the Planet?

Disgruntled

Sugar Birds – Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s Powerful Fiction Debut

The World Played Chess – Dugoni’s Beautiful Symbiosis of Writer and Reader

Charming, Authentic, and Powerful – The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero

How Much Would You Sacrifice To Save the Planet?

The Sightless City – Noah Lemelson’s Debut Fantasy Mash-Up

Paradise, WV is Heaven . . . For Serial Killers

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

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

The Expanse Series Versus the Books: The Character of James Holden Broken Down

What to Watch: The Most Fun and Exciting Movies of 2020

Three Worthy Literary Adaptations to Stream

Can an Adaptation Ever Match the Original Book?

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

How To Write a Kick-ass Love Scene – guest post by Sarah Echavarre Smith

Why Are You Struggling to Write, And What Can You Do?

A Novelist’s Cyber-Travel – Guest Post by Cai Emmons

The Space Between Loss and Healing – A Guest Post by Tracy Shawn

Five Considerable Career Choices for the Literary Lover

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

When Good Books Make Bad Mistakes

What is that you’re reading — or not reading?

The Author’s Cut with Cheryl Bostrom

Sugar Birds – Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s Powerful Fiction Debut

How To Write a Kick-ass Love Scene – guest post by Sarah Echavarre Smith

Why Are You Struggling to Write, And What Can You Do?

Looking At What is to be Seen: A Review of Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others

Two Families, One Secret: An Interview With Lynda Cohen Loigman

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord