It is April, a time for flowers and light layers. This month we are reading a new book, a book from 2007, and book two of The d’Artagnan Romances. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (available 04/05/16) Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (published in 2007) Twenty Years After by Alexander Dumas (published in 1845) I…
One of the first reviews I read about The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer (one of our February Picks) promised the book would “recall the explosion” of similarly title books such as Gone Girl. I could not wait for the book to be released, as I was eager to dive into another…
Albertine, the renowned French reading room and bookshop in New York that opened in September 2014, has expanded its high quality literary offerings with a selection of nearly 28,000 French language ebooks now available on its website, Albertine.com. Eighty-eight French publishers, including some of France’s most respected publishing houses such as Gallimard, Flammarion, Minuit and…
The Paris Key, by Juliet Blackwell, is a delight. Truly, it’s a delight. The fancy bio is thus: As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle’s side. But since then, living back in the States, she has become more private,…
Dear Bookworms, Hundreds of articles have been written on the benefits of reading. Studies have proved it, and librarians have preached it. Reading is an activity like no other, offering the benefits of entertainment, brain development, logical reason skills, expanded vocabulary, and more, and other, ad infinitum. But if you’re on this website, reading this…
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations I hope the Dickens quote above will be reflected in the weather this month. I am ready for a taste of…
Hello Beautiful People, It’s no secret that I have a love affair of bookstores. I can spend hours and hours and hours and hours lost amongst the shelves. The Drama Book Shop is by far, one of my most favorite gems in New York City. I got my signed copy of Orphans there. I purchased my…
Dear Bookworms, Jasper Fforde’s lighthearted romp through literature continues in Something Rotten, his fourth book in the Thursday Next series. Tired out after a two year stint running Jurisfiction within the BookWorld, Thursday Next decides it is time to return to the outside world and reclaim her actual life. Her assignments in fiction, however, are…
Greetings Bookworms, This month at The Write Teacher(s), we are excited to read a new book and a book series that has been available for years. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hammer (available 02/16/16) The Emily Trilogy by L. M. Montgomery Emily of New Moon (1923) Emily Climbs (1925) Emily’s Quest (1927)…
Greetings Bookworms, In the past, I’ve never much liked when people refer to characters who ‘happen to be queer’ in books or movies or television shows. I understand the desire to have queer characters who are more than their sexuality, but in our society, being a queer character in a book or movie or tv…