For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] When I was a kid, we moved every year as we followed my father’s work. My mother packed up and unpacked more places than I can count. But one of the ways that she made that transition easier for my brothers and me was to find each new city’s local library and take us … Read more
[ad_1] The mystery “genre” actually comprises several different categories of stories. A “thriller” is different from a “cozy mystery,” which is different from “crime fiction,” which may not necessarily be “detective fiction,” and these are just some of the flavors in the mystery stew. Agatha Christie’s corpus of work—seventy-nine novels and short-story collections, plus fourteen … Read more
[ad_1] Jane Austen died in 1817 at the age of forty-one and wrote six beloved novels in her tragically short life. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma were published during her lifetime. Shortly after she died, both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published. Austen’s fans are everywhere, and a number of … Read more
[ad_1] You love belonging to your book club, but you’re already dreading the next time they all gather at your place. Opening a bag of chips will not cut it with the other members, nor do you have time to shop for hard-to-source ingredients and to spend days in the kitchen doing prep. This collection … Read more
[ad_1] Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly is the story of three astonishing women whose fates converge during World War II. Readers have adored its portrayal of female friendship and bravery. For those who are looking for similar reads in which women test the bonds of friendship and the limits of courage, Read it Forward … Read more
[ad_1] Top Five Desert Island Albums (List #3,657)1. Peter Gabriel, “Security” (AKA “Peter Gabriel #4)2. Arctic Monkeys, “AM”3. Tracy Chapman, “Tracy Chapman”4. Prince, “1999”5. Stevie Wonder, “Songs in the Key of Life”6. Tori Amos, “Little Earthquakes”(Five is impossible.) If you’re like me, naming just five albums, or singles, or artists whose records you would take … Read more
[ad_1] You’ve read Pride and Prejudice many times but still can’t get enough of the adventures of the five Bennett sisters. What next? We suggest you immerse yourself in these modern retellings of Jane Austen’s comic novel. Mrs. Bennett wants to marry off her daughters , regardless of how her daughters feel, and the sisters’ … Read more
[ad_1] Khalil Gibran wrote in his poem On Marriage that love in which the couple was tied too tightly would strangle love. But loose bonds come with their own slippages. A hundred years after Gibran, couples still search for clues as to why some marriages make it to their Diamond (60th) anniversaries while others are over before … Read more
[ad_1] My approach to reading is a lot like my appetite for sex. Sometimes I want it quick, hot, and dirty, which is when I’ll read a shorter novel that I can finish in an afternoon. Then there are the other times when I want the lovemaking that goes on all night and is in … Read more
[ad_1] While most procedurals feature members of the police force as their heroes and heroines, not all characters in today’s mysteries are professional detectives. Some of them are people in the wrong place at the right time—or vice versa—and who feel compelled to hunt the truth. In these 16 novels, those who investigate crimes include … Read more