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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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