by kristinoakley | Feb 9, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
I finally finished reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, and I’m glad I did. The book interweaves five stories across many centuries. The stories are connected around the parable of Aethon and his search for the mythical Cloud Cuckoo Land. The book begins...
by kristinoakley | Jan 13, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
For this month’s Writer’s Book Club, I promised to review Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. But, I haven’t finished it — it’s 622 pages long and I’m a slow reader. However, while on my walks I did finish listening to the audiobook...
by kristinoakley | Nov 10, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
This month I review Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility. According to the description, this book is “A virtuoso performance that is as human and tender as it is intellectually playful, Sea of Tranquility is a novel of time travel and metaphysics that precisely...
by kristinoakley | Oct 13, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
I know I promised to review Emily St. John Mandel’s novel The Sea of Tranquility this month, but I’m saving it for November. I recently finished listening to Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry, narrated by my friend Ray Porter, and it’s about...
by kristinoakley | Oct 3, 2022 | Books and Movies, Newsletter
Like most writers, I’m a huge movie buff. I often tell myself that watching movies is part of my job because, through film, I learn about storylines, character development, and especially dialogue. However, being a movie-obsessed writer can also be a curse. I...
by kristinoakley | Sep 16, 2022 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
Every ten years or so I read a book that shifts my belief system. Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman is that book. It joins Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig on my list of top-ten mind-altering...
