Some days I like listening to a book more than reading it. In chilly February, where the temperature here barely reached two digits on...

Having read Richard Osman ’s The Thursday Murder Club  series, I was eager to be entertained by his latest, We Solve Murders . And...

Some books I need to read more than once. Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century is one. I read it when...

If not for my book club, By Any Other Name would likely have gone unread by me. Not because of the author, Jodi Picoult, whose works I...

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross was an interesting read because it surprised me in...

I read Nita Prose’s first novel, The Maid , in December 2022 and found its quirky protagonist and story delightful. So, I was eager to...

This was my first Lisa Wingate novel, an author I’ve seen on the New York Times Best Seller list for years. But it certainly won’t be my...

This isn’t a book I’d automatically be drawn to if I hadn’t been following writing insights from Emmy nominated screenwriter, Michael...

I happened upon The Lost van Gogh unexpectantly when the author, Jonathan Santlofer, was a guest on one of Jane Cleland’s “Mastering...

Sometimes I want a book that makes me laugh or transports me to another world; one that immerses me in a time, place, or situation that’s...

I picked up Stacey Abrams’ novel, While Justice Sleeps, out of curiosity. I was wondering if someone so well-known in the political arena...

Go-to fun reads for me are typically mysteries and thrillers. This month Hank Phillippi Ryan’s twist-filled, suspenseful psychological...

Word-of-mouth is how Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng became my favorite novel in March. It’s not a genre I normally gravitate towards,...