Today's guest blogger, bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub, thinks back to the Christmas she received the most perfect gift from her mother --- a copy of the timeless and beloved LITTLE WOMEN --- and the literary her
Eileen Goudge, author of DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, reminisces on her first introduction to "adult reading material," and the gift that --- decades later --- keeps on giving.
Today's guest blogger, John Addiego --- author of THE ISLANDS OF DIVINE MUSIC --- recalls an unexpected, but life-changing gift he received from his mother at a time when he probably needed it most.
At an early age, bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews discovered one of the greatest pleasures that reading can bring --- the ability to forgetyour surroundings and lose yourself in a great story.
Today, bestselling author Rita Mae Brown --- whose latest cozy holiday mystery, SANTA CLAWED, was featured in last week's Bookreporter.com Basket of Holiday Cheer Contest --- recalls one of the most poignant gifts she's ever received from
Not only do books inform and entertain, but they also have the power to mend and heal, as demonstrated by today's guest blogger, New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice.
Here's one for all you "book junkies", as today's guest blogger, Gregg Hurwitz --- author of THE CRIME WRITER --- discusses the new tradition he and his
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November's Books on Screen roundup includes the films Guarding Stars, The Hunchback, Soul of Paris and A Dog's Perfect Christmas on Netflix, as well as the theatrical releases of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Ebenezer, The Cat in the Hat and Victorian Psycho; the series premiere of Peacock's "The Good Daughter"; the season premieres of "The Hunting Wives" on Netflix and "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" on Disney+ and Hulu; the series finale of "Treasure Island" on MGM+; the season finale of STARZ's "Outlander: Blood of My Blood"; the continuation of "Tracker" on CBS, "Dexter: Resurrection" on Paramount+, and "The Rainmaker" on USA Network; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Odyssey and The Magic Faraway Tree.