George Orwell is in the news again! (with Evelyn Waugh)

Some people just can’t keep out of the news.  I recently wrote in this blog about George Orwell’s new blog, which is on the blatherblog blogroll – that’s a tongue twister! 
Now Orwell is the subject of a new book along with Evelyn Waugh.  The book, The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and [...]

October 2008 Books — The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Literary Society, The Little Book

“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.  Go to www.randomhouse.com to find information about the book, including a video of Annie Barrows talking about the book and her co-author, her aunt, who recently died.

“The Little Book” by Selden Edwards.

George Orwell is a Blogger!

George Orwell’s diaries are now available in blog form.  A prolific writer, Orwell wrote about everything, including everyday life, writing, and, of course, politics.  The blog posts mirror his diary entries from seventy years ago.  On Sept. 7, his political entries from 1938 begin on the blog.  We all know what terrible events were happening in Europe [...]

Our Avatar

This is our “avatar,” which will appear whenever we make a comment.  I was tempted to use Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” which is how we feel whenever we pay $25 for a book (less at Costco and amazon.com, and free at the library, if it’s available, always my favorite option) and discover it’s terrible and can’t [...]

The House on Fortune Street

 
Here are links to two reviews of “The House on Fortune Street.”  The first is by a woman, the second by a man.  They are interestingly different in how they describe the characters and the story. Cathy
Romance Languages
Home as a Power Base and Balm to an Arid Heart

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (September 2008 book)

This is the September book.  Here’s a link to a New York Times book review about ”The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” Talking to Dogs, Without a Word

Welcome to our Book Club Blog! (August 2008 Books)

                                                                                                                                                                                We can post book reviews, book club dates, books, whatever we want on this site. 
The books for August are “The House on Fortune Street” by  Margot Livesey and “The Double Bind” by Chris Bohjalian.  UPDATE:  We’d recommend both books.
Click on the “comment” at the bottom of this post to get the review of “The Double [...]