Reading Around Archives

“This is a story that begins with a barbecue….An ordinary neighborhood barbecue in an ordinary backyard.” What happened at that [...]

August 17, 2016

The Summer Olympics are off to a fine start. Who can resist the joyful, ebullient faces of the athletes from all over the globe as they [...]

August 7, 2016

I am from the whistle of a tea kettle always calling from the stove, and a Scottish calendar tacked on the kitchen wall. I am from [...]

August 7, 2016

Daniel Silva’s new Gabriel Allon mystery, The Black Widow, is not for the faint of heart. Think we’re safe? Think again. Silva [...]

July 29, 2016

Elizabeth Birkelund’s The Runaway Wife is an unusual little tome about the joys of individualism and independence as much as it is about [...]

July 23, 2016

Whether you are seeking a new job or contemplating a job change, Jason Veduccio’s The New American Dreamer, How to Land That Ideal Job in [...]

July 21, 2016

With a sharp piece of glass he carved her new name on her neck. It said KER. Marked For Life by Swedish author Emelie Schepp is [...]

July 18, 2016

Charlene Giannetti, the co-founder and editor of Woman Around Town, today announces the launch of a new book publishing venture, WAT-AGE [...]

July 15, 2016