by Kristin A. Oakley | Feb 1, 2024 | Books and Movies, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
For this month’s Writer’s Book Club, I decided not to review Starter Villain by John Scalzi. I stopped reading it barely halfway through because nothing was happening. The protagonist asks a secondary character three or four times, “Why are we...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Nov 30, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter
For December’s Writer’s Book Club, I include my favorite books, board game, and organizational tool of 2023. I’ve also thrown in some fun upcoming events. Three completely different books – all well-crafted! Cloud Cuckoo Land Cloud Cuckoo...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Sep 7, 2023 | Books and Movies, Creativity & Craft, Newsletter, Writing Life
I’m behind on my reading of Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, for this month’s Writer’s Book Club, but I promise to get a review to you next month. Why am I behind? What on Earth have I been up to? Reading other...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Aug 4, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
I’m finally getting around to reviewing New York Times Bestseller The Ferryman by Justin Cronin for my Writer’s Book Club and it’s my first negative review. Despite Stephen King’s praise for the novel, this book is a mess. In June, I wrote,...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jun 30, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writer's Book Club
In this month’s Writer’s Book Club, I review the audiobook version of Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead narrated by Charlie Thurston. Demon Copperhead is a modernized version of Charles Dickens’s novel David...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Apr 20, 2023 | Books and Movies, For Readers, Newsletter
In this month’s Writer’s Book Club, I review Stephen King’s novel, Fairy Tale, read by Seth Numrich, who does a terrific job narrating the audiobook. It’s now one of my top ten favorite King books. In Fairy Tale, Charlie Reade is seven when a...
