Recently we were interviewed by Amy Alipio, an editor with National Geographic Traveler magazine, for their Intelligent Travel blog. We talk about how literature has actually saved historic monuments and discuss whether or not the house-museums where famed authors once lived are able to authentically convey their true spirits. Click here to read our interview with Amy.
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#currentlyreading This gem had been languishing in e-reader purgatory and, finally, is getting its turn. I’m not sure why I waited so long to read it (#somanybookssolittletime) since I was intrigued by the premise from the start. Two women living a century apart—eccentric rich girl Annie Aster in 1995 San Francisco and cantankerous retired schoolmarm Elsbeth Grundy in rural Kansas in 1895—are connected through a mysterious portal and communicate via letters placed in a mailbox between their worlds. The unlikely new neighbors must race against the clock to discover what connects them across time and work together to prevent a murder.
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I knew it was a keeper when I read this passage early on in the story: “The only company [Elsbeth] kept these days was a tattered scarecrow she’d dressed in a seersucker suit, a Panama hat, a mop of white hair, and a thick mustache made of cotton to honor Mark Twain, her hero. There was a chalkboard hanging from his neck on which Elsbeth would occasionally scribble her favorite Twain quotes.”
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This month’s #bookclub pick. I’m out of town and can’t make our group’s #nyc meetup tonight, but even when I can’t attend I like to read the selected book anyway. I’m sorry not to be discussing this one with the group. Loving this quiet, quirky story about a middle-aged writing professor who inherits a grief-stricken Great Dane after a friend’s suicide. #thefriend #sigridnunez #greatstorytelling #currentlyreading #bookclubread #bookclubpick #igreads #bookstagram #igbooks #booklovers #book #books #booked
Oh, the possibilities. This is the fiction room at Books and Books in #miamibeach. All those stories to get lost in.... #books #reading #greatstorytelling #lincolnroad @booksandbooks #bookstagram #indiebookstore
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