D. Smith’s “Kokomo City” and Claire Simon’s “Our Body”
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Persistence of Mission | A. S. Hamrah
At the end of August 2020, Tom Cruise was on a mission to prove it was safe to go back…
Perfect Picture Book Friday! Red: A Crayon’s Story
Susanna Leonard Hill has a feature on her blog called Perfect Picture Book Friday. It is a list of “perfect”…
Prepped – Bethany Mangle
Summary: “Always be ready for the worst day of your life.” This is the mantra that Becca Aldaine has grown…
Becky’s Book Reviews: 138. Shift Omnibus
Shift. Hugh Howey. 579 pages. 2013. [Source: Book I Bought] [adult science fiction; dystopia; futuristic; apocalyptic] First sentence: Troy returned…
Back in the Saddle and Out on the Water
Dear readers, It’s me, Molly — your old reading companion. I’m back on the horse and ready to gallop through…
Hastening to Love: Spotlight on Jan Ryde
The Swedish firm Hästens has an international reputation for creating the finest beds in the world. Purchasing the company’s luxurious,…
Deals for Writers
Welcome to the deals for writers section on Writers Write. Here you will find deals on items and tools writers…
The Stardom Affair by Robert S. Levinson
More than ten years ago—The first crime novel I sold, The Elvis and Marilyn Affair, featured a Los…
Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down | Books
Emotions run high on Goodreads. In fact, I tell every author navigating their first book launch to stay off it.…
Steely Dan’s Lost Jingle for a Schlitz Beer Commercial (Circa 1973)
Somewhere between the recording of their first and second albums (1972-1973), Steely Dan wrote a jingle to promote Schlitz, “the…
Sketch Book Reviews: Mrs. S
Sketch Book Reviews: Mrs. S Kateri Kramer reviews Mrs. S by K. Patrick. *** Kateri Kramer is a…
Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin’s “Do Not Detonate Without Presidential Approval”
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Opulence and Humility | Julian Bell
“The poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.” Thus Jesus defended the woman who anointed…
Perfect Picture Book Friday! Me and My Big Mouse by Ethan Long
Susanna Leonard Hill has a feature on her blog called Perfect Picture Book Friday. It is a list of “perfect”…
Finlay Donovan is Killing It – Elle Cosimano
Summary: Finlay Donovan is killing it…except, she’s really not. A stressed-out single mom of two and a struggling novelist, Finlay finds…
133. The Probability of Everything
The Probability of Everything. Sarah Everett. 2023. [June] 336 pages. [Source: Library] [Middle Grade Fiction] First sentence: We first noticed…
Marga Minco, Who Chronicled Jewish Life in Wartime, Dies at 103
Marga Minco, a Dutch novelist who was one of the last of a generation of European Holocaust authors whose works…
The Right Publisher for the Right Book
When my publishing career began in the late 1990s, a period that I refer to as the golden age of…
2022 International Booker Prize Longlist Announced
Posted on March 18, 2022 The longlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize has been revealed. The 13 novels include…
Gravetapping: No Comment: "Overhead"
From Gravetapping: Hemingway liked to talk about how life sometimes bent people, sometimes in such a way that they healed…
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead review – a dazzling sequel to Harlem Shuffle | Colson Whitehead
In his last novel, 2021’s Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead introduced us to Ray Carney, a vibrant creation of fierce contradictions.…