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Can Friends Make You More Creative? Read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Melissa Gouty

Nov 195 min read

Can Friends Make You More Creative? Read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin's novel, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, highlights the value of true friendship in creative partnerships.

A Novel "By Any Other Name" - and Anyone Other Than Jodi Picoult - Would Not Be As Sweet!

Melissa Gouty

Oct 215 min read

A Novel "By Any Other Name" - and Anyone Other Than Jodi Picoult - Would Not Be As Sweet!

Picoult's 2024 novel, By Any Other Name focuses on the contemporary issue of gender inequality, a powerful topic, to be sure.

Who Can You Believe? Read the Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel, TRUST, by Hernan Diaz

Melissa Gouty

Oct 25 min read

Who Can You Believe? Read the Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel, TRUST, by Hernan Diaz

By the end of the book, you trust no one and yet have an understanding of the influence the stock market wielded in the early 1900s.

Want a Jaw-Dropping Mystery? Read the Novel All the Colors of the Dark

Melissa Gouty

Aug 85 min read

Want a Jaw-Dropping Mystery? Read the Novel All the Colors of the Dark

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker is a powerful story not limited to one genre. It's a mystery, love story, and crime thriller.

My Bold Prediction Was Wrong! Night Watch Takes the Pulitzer for Fiction, 2024

Melissa Gouty

May 93 min read

My Bold Prediction Was Wrong! Night Watch Takes the Pulitzer for Fiction, 2024

Jayne Anne Phillips' novel, Night Watch, takes the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for fiction...(Even though I was sure it would be North Woods!

Are You Grieving? You Should Definitely Read Fresh Water for Flowers

Melissa Gouty

Mar 195 min read

Are You Grieving? You Should Definitely Read Fresh Water for Flowers

Valerie Perrin's novel, Fresh Water for Flowers is a different kind of love story, a poignant look at grief, loss, and affairs of the heart.

One Bold Prediction: North Woods Will Win the 2024 Pulitzer for Fiction

Melissa Gouty

Mar 44 min read

One Bold Prediction: North Woods Will Win the 2024 Pulitzer for Fiction

Daniel Mason's North Woods is an inventive, mesmerizing, riveting romp through history and my pic to win the 2024 Pulitzer for fiction.

How to Be a Great Writer: 4 Powerful Insights from Marilynne Robinson

Melissa Gouty

Feb 284 min read

How to Be a Great Writer: 4 Powerful Insights from Marilynne Robinson

Whether you need justification, motivation, or inspiration, writers will benefit from these four powerful insights from Marilyn Robinson.

What's a King's Harem Really Like? Read the Novel, Jewel of Persia

Melissa Gouty

Feb 115 min read

What's a King's Harem Really Like? Read the Novel, Jewel of Persia

Roseanna M. White's, The Jewel of Persia, is the Biblical story of Esther told through the viewpoint of Kasia, Esther's fictional friend.

Looking for a Smart, Mature Heroine? Read the Novel, Frozen River

Melissa Gouty

Feb 54 min read

Looking for a Smart, Mature Heroine? Read the Novel, Frozen River

Ariel's Lahon's historical fiction, The Frozen River, is a remarkable retelling of the story of Martha Ballard, a real-life American midwife

How Brave Are You? Does Being An Editor Now Mean Altering History?

Melissa Gouty

Jan 95 min read

How Brave Are You? Does Being An Editor Now Mean Altering History?

Classic works by well-known authors like Roald Dahl are being revised by publishers. But does changing the language alter our history?

How Brooks' Novel MARCH Uses Little Women as a Springboard to a Pulitzer

Melissa Gouty

Jan 36 min read

How Brooks' Novel MARCH Uses Little Women as a Springboard to a Pulitzer

Geraldine Brooks', MARCH, 2006 Pulitzer-Prize winner fiction-winner examines the impact of war on the father of the Little Women we know.

Can a Husband Commit His Wife? The Woman They Could Not Silence

Melissa Gouty

Nov 8, 20236 min read

Can a Husband Commit His Wife? The Woman They Could Not Silence

Kate Moore's nonfiction book, the Woman They Could Not Silence, tells the story of Elizabeth Packard, sent to a madhouse by her husband.

One interesting place to visit: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

Melissa Gouty

Oct 23, 20237 min read

One interesting place to visit: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride's The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, presents a mystery and a picture of a diverse community coming together to do good.

Why the Novel "Horse" Should Have Been Titled "Racehorse"

Melissa Gouty

Sep 20, 20233 min read

Why the Novel "Horse" Should Have Been Titled "Racehorse"

Geraldine Brooks' novel Horse should have been titled Racehorse because it delves into race relations as well as horse racing.

The Widow Spy and the Amazing (Secret) Connections of Book Club Members

Melissa Gouty

Sep 17, 20235 min read

The Widow Spy and the Amazing (Secret) Connections of Book Club Members

Martha Peterson's The Widow Spy is about the first single, female operative in Moscow during the Cold War and her work with a secret agent.

What Makes Great Science Fiction? Read Into the Drowning Deep to Find Out

Melissa Gouty

Sep 11, 20234 min read

What Makes Great Science Fiction? Read Into the Drowning Deep to Find Out

Mira Grant's Into the Drowning Deep is a compelling novel that illustrates the traits that make great science fiction.

The Powerful Effects Motivational Quotes Have on Our Brains and Our Lives

Melissa Gouty

Sep 3, 20234 min read

The Powerful Effects Motivational Quotes Have on Our Brains and Our Lives

Motivational quotes are big business. They're everywhere, and many of us gravitate to them. There are four reasons quotes affect us.

Is Reading a Book Better Than Seeing Its Screen Version?

Melissa Gouty

Aug 25, 20233 min read

Is Reading a Book Better Than Seeing Its Screen Version?

Is reading a book better than seeing its movie? Killers of The Flower Moon and Gentleman in Moscow may help you decide.

Is It a Good Thing That Private Equity Is Now Buying Publishers?

Melissa Gouty

Aug 19, 20233 min read

Is It a Good Thing That Private Equity Is Now Buying Publishers?

After a failed merger with Penguin-Random House, Simon & Schuster is bought by KKR, a private equity firm. What will this mean to publishing

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