What is 2000 Libros?
In the United States, putting together your first-born’s nursery is a rite of passage for the majority of women. Even the most modest homes strive to provide an inspired and comfortable shelter for their littl... Read More...
Crossing Over by S.B. Alexander – Defining the New Adult Genre
Genres are usually fairly self-explanatory: Mysteries have mystery, romances contain love stories, nonfiction is, well, nonfiction. But “Young Adult” and “New Adult” aren’t as easily categorized. There are simi... Read More...
The Hope and Anchor: Author Interview/Book Review of Julia Kite’s Debut Novel
Angela Archer, last seen on 18 December, is 24 years old, five foot nine inches tall and of proportionate build, with green eyes. She has dyed blonde hair with brown roots. She has lived in West London her entire life…
She failed to return to her flat…
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Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli
In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...
Trepidation, Dread and Discovery of Memoir By Susan G. Weidener
As I listen to writers in a memoir workshop I’m leading about writing difficult subjects; I think how we share this in common. We’re on a journey of self-exploration … survivors who seek transformation and will... Read More...
Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein
What matters? Waking up with general good health? Hot water in the shower? That first mug of coffee in the morning? The knowledge that you have a roof over your head? Or is popularity? Our desire to be liked and admired?
How many of us are obsessed with loo... Read More...
Best Books of 2017
Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year.
Tabitha's Top Picks:
The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...
Is Memoir Vanity or An Act of Love? By Susan G. Weidener
Not everyone understands why some write their memoirs. They dismiss it as narcissistic vanity. Why write something so personal they ask? Who cares?
Stories are my passion, so I am biased that writing memoir,... Read More...
Family Myths and the Memoir Writer by Susan G. Weidener
The memoir writer has the unenviable task of breaking through the family myths to get to the heart of her story and the people who populate it. Too often we bow “to the legend,” as Virginia Woolf writes in her memoir Moments of Being; by doing so it increases ... Read More...
I Ran into Monica Lewinsky Recently and Learned Something…
There I was, trying to think of ways that Book Club Babble could raise awareness about bullying since October is National Bullying Prevention Month. I started to mentally put together a list of painfully honest... Read More...