Book Club Babble – Page 2 – Book Club Babble

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...

Hotel Portofino – Coming to PBS in 2022!

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Set in pre-WWII Italy during the rise of Mussolini, Hotel Portofino is a beautifully crafted historical fiction novel that's sure to appeal to fans of Downton Abbey, the Crown, and other period dramas. Having c... Read More...

BCB’s Favorite Books from 2021

Mary Sullivan

Best of 2021, Reviews

While many great books are slated to come out in 2022, it’s not too late to look back at the ones we loved from last year! If you’re looking for something new to read, maybe you’ll enjoy one of our favorite boo... Read More...

Laughter, Romance, and Rats! An Interview with Elizabeth Foscue

Tabitha Lord

Interviews

Pest, Elizabeth Foscue's debut novel, is a charming coming-of-age tale sprinkled with drama, laughs, and an unlikely romance. Pest follows high school senior and pest control technician Hallie Mayhew as she stu... 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...

A Supernatural Experience – Guest Post by Kevin Moore

Tabitha Lord

Guest Writer, Literary Lagniappe

Kevin Moore's first full-length novel The Book of Souls will be released on March 8th. While it is a work of fiction, Kevin has had some powerful supernatural experiences in his own life which have touched his ... 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...

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