For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] I hitchhiked over twenty thousand miles as a teenager, mostly in the United States, some in Yugoslavia before the war and in Turkey. Despite this, I have always struggled to write about “the road.” I find that something in the process of writing about it, violates the experience itself. There is the metaphorical road, a … Read more
[ad_1] There is a feeling you get when you buy a book that is quite unlike any other. You’ve just spent minutes or hours searching through the aisles of a bookshop, or maybe even a whole day like some of us. You’ve weighed the pros and cons of one book over another, you’ve read synopsis … Read more
[ad_1] There’s something about Earth’s wild places that I find endlessly intriguing. Maybe it’s the extreme isolation. Or it could be the challenge of surviving in an environment that is by definition inhospitable. Whatever the reason, I’m obsessed with wilderness thrillers. Give me a treacherous mountain, a raging river, a face-off with wild animals, or … Read more
[ad_1] Poetry has a way of bringing people together. When we connect with words on a page, we feel seen. When other people connect with those same words, we feel that we’re not alone. It’s a really remarkable thing to experience and to watch. I would argue that maybe more than any other form of … Read more
[ad_1] Melanie Benjamin is the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, Alice I Have Been, and most recently, Mistress of the Ritz, which is an amazing historical fiction novel set during World War II in Paris. Mistress of the Ritz is based on the story of the extraordinary … Read more
[ad_1] As a true Housewives fan myself, I know how hard it can be to wait for a new season of your favorite Real Housewives series. There’s always a deficit of crazy drama in my life when I can’t see tables being flipped over or someone throwing wine in someone else’s face, or crying and … Read more
[ad_1] The first time I saw Black Panther in the theater, I felt like I could take over the world. The first time I read a heroine in a romance novel who looked like me, my heart swelled with hope. My experiences aren’t unique because it’s still rare to see mainstream media feature stories about … Read more
[ad_1] Beach Read by Emily Henry, one of the most buzzed about books this summer, was voted to be the Read it Forward book club pick of June. Yes, it is July now (your sense of time hasn’t gone too far astray, we promise), so we did film this video a month late—but for a … Read more
[ad_1] This year has been… hard. I don’t believe in fully “escaping” from what’s going on in the world because it’s important to tune in and be a part of the conversation but, that said, I do think sometimes we all need a recharge—a short time to disconnect so we can power back up again. … Read more
[ad_1] My novel, Atomic Love, features a young woman ahead of her era, a female physicist during WWII, when few women were scientists. Working on the Manhattan project, she helps to create the first atomic reaction. I’m happy to recommend some electrifying historical novels about other women ahead of their times. Featured image: Photo by … Read more