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Category Archives: Books and Authors
Table Talk about Books
My husband and I had a wonderful dinner with friends the other night at Ports of Italy restaurant in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The weather had turned summerlike for a few days, and we were thrilled to be given an outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged Alan Weisman, Amagansett, books, Boothbay Harbor, Mark Mills, Ports of Italy, The Cleveland Rutters
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Book Review – 9/11 Memories
To read my review of Until the Fires Stopped Burning, click on the “Book Reviews” tab above. This book has had mixed reviews, with Booklist praising it and Kirkus Reviews panning it. I’m closer to Kirkus on this one, though … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged 9/11, book review, Booklist, Charles B. Strozier, Kirkus Reviews, September 11, Until the Fires Stopped Burning
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Book Marketing, Part 5
Here’s a fun piece of book marketing, this one from Michael Moore as he promotes his memoir, Here Comes Trouble. You still have a few days (deadline October 1) to get your name in if interested. (Thx for tip from … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Books and Authors
Tagged creative marketing, Here Comes Trouble, living room tour, memoir marketing, Michael Moore
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Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
It would be hard to determine a total for the number of ways people come across books they want to read. “Word of mouth” is a great catch-all term, but it can mean a zillion specific ways. For example, my … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines
Tagged 9/11, Charles B. Strozier, Columbia University Press, Ground Zero, human behavior, September 11, Strozier, tenth anniversary, Until the Fires Stopped Burning, word of mouth
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Early Onset Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
Kudos to Pat Summitt, age 59, for the way she is facing her newest competition, early onset dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. She wondered at her erratic behavior and got herself checked out at Mayo Clinic. She didn’t hide from … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, In the Headlines, Ruminations
Tagged 36-Hour Day, AD, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimers, dementia, Myth of Alzheimers, Pat Summitt, Whitehouse
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Book Review(s), After All
Despite my original plan not to include book reviews on this blogsite, I have gone and written one. I just can’t be trusted after all. Here’s what led to my downfall: (1) I have been writing a few articles for … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Writing
Tagged Americans in Paris, Blog Critics, book reviews, David McCullough, Paris, The Greater Journey
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Kids Reading and Creating
On the heels of a family vacation last week, grandchildren Tim, Lauren, and Jeremy (and their parents) spent a few days with us. Of course, I asked who was reading what these days. The books I remember being mentioned were … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors
Tagged 7 habits of highly effective people, Harry Potter, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, retrospective, seven, Steve Covey
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Tried and True Beach Reads
The following article, which I wrote today, was first published as Endless Beach Reads: Summertime Escapism in the Sand on Blogcritics. Hope you enjoy it. Big onscreen awhile back (okay, forty-five years ago) was a movie called Endless Summer, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler, beach reads, Bill Bryson, Charms for the Easy Life, Coma, Cradle Will Fall, Daemon, Daniel Suarez, David Sedaris, Dean Koontz, Dennis Lehane, Freedom, Kaye Gibbons, Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, light reading, Mary Higgins Clark, Misery, Robin Cook, Shutter Island, Stephen King, summer books, Watchers, When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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