Author: Anita Miller
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BOOK GROUPIE: Julian Barnes explores regret in ‘Sense of an Ending’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are books whose sole purpose is to entertain. There are other books, however, that readers ruminate over long after the end has come and gone. At different moments in my life I may prefer…
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BOOK GROUPIE: ‘Reliable Wife’ busts conventions, beautifully
There are several reasons why Robert Goolrick’s “A Reliable Wife” (Algonquin, 291 pages) should not be a good book. For one, the 1907 Wisconsin setting is cold and the characters are isolated; there isn’t a whole lot for them to do. And the cast itself is measly, consisting mostly of two main characters and a…
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BOOK GROUPIE: The joy of finding a new series with ‘Believing the Lie’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save My tween daughter rolled her eyes when I grabbed Elizabeth George’s “Believing the Lie” (Dutton, 610 pages) off the library’s Fast Read shelf. She knew I couldn’t pass up the challenge of reading the mammoth…
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BOOK GROUPIE: ‘Before the Poison’ begs for reading that savors, not speeds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Remember the old Nestle’s Quik commercials featuring the animated bunny? He’d drink his chocolate-flavored drinks super fast, usually with a straw. My husband says I’m the Quik bunny of books. I zoom through several books…
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BOOK GROUPIE: ‘Cupcake Diaries’ tells inspiring true story of following a dream
If you’ve never visited the East Library’s nonfiction section, you’re missing out. The shelves are crammed with self-help books, memoirs, history tomes, biographies, cookbooks and do-it-yourself manuals. Some of my favorite nonfiction works combine subgenres to give readers a two-for-one experience. “Cupcake Diaries” (HarperOne, 228 pages) by celebrity baker sisters Katherine Kallinis and Sophie Kallinis…
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BOOK GROUPIE: ‘The Truth About Forever’ offers window into teen lifeppeals to kids and adults
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a parent, I think it’s important to experience some of the things my kids enjoy. I listen to their music, nibble on their junk food and, yes, I read the work of their favorite…
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BOOK GROUPIE: A new perspective of a parent’s worst nightmare in ‘End of Everything’
I avoid child abduction books like I-25 after an Air Force football game. While the interstate’s clogged with traffic, abduction stories are bogged by emotion.Megan Abbott’s “The End of Everything” is different. Abbott doesn’t tell the story from the point of view of the victim’s family. Instead she chooses a girl — the friend of…
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BOOK GROUPIE: The inside scoop on ereaders
My inbox is full of questions about ereaders. People want to know the best one to give as a Christmas gift and whether ebooks are cost prohibitive. Here are my answers: If you want the device strictly for ereading, the best ereaders, in my opinion, are the least expensive models of the Kindle and the…
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BOOK GROUPIE: The inside scoop on ereaders
My inbox is full of questions about ereaders. People want to know the best one to give as a Christmas gift and whether ebooks are cost prohibitive. Here are my answers: If you want the device strictly for ereading, the best ereaders, in my opinion, are the least expensive models of the Kindle and the…
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BOOK GROUPIE: New Patchett novel worthy of a standing ovation
As soon as December hits, people start to ask me, “What was the best book you read this year?”I usually have a title in mind by Halloween, but not this year. My family’s Thanksgiving leftovers were mostly gone and I still hadn’t found a standout book. Then Ann Patchett’s “State of Wonder” landed on my…