The 24 Best Book Club Books for Your Next Group Read There is really no answer to what makes the best book club book, so I asked a few trusted reader friends, including Kate Slotover, who is so obsessed with the matter that she started The Book Club ... 04/25/2024 - 6:37 am | View Link
Your Twin Cities guide to Independent Book Store Day This Saturday’s a great excuse to patronize your favorite Twin Cities bookstore when Independent Book Store Day ushers in a host of goodies. 04/23/2024 - 10:18 am | View Link
Pa. city top spot for book lovers There’s nothing quite like cracking open the pages of a book and falling away from the rest of the world for a while. And, apparently, there’s a place in Pennsylvania that’s perfect for book lovers. 04/22/2024 - 10:17 pm | View Link
First Stage brings 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' to life on stage It's one of the most popular children's book series, and now, First Stage is bringing "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" to life on stage. Loosely following the first book of the series, the show blends humor ... 04/21/2024 - 11:18 am | View Link
How I Did It: Judith Regan Remembers the Day O.J. Simpson (Almost) Confessed In an exclusive for The Hollywood Reporter, the A-list book editor writes about her harrowing five-hour, on-camera conversation with Simpson in 2006, so controversial it didn’t make it onto the ... 04/20/2024 - 8:29 pm | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.