Still Life by Louise Penny

Still Life by Louise Penny

Louise Penny didn’t publish this, her first book in the Inspector Gamache series, until she was in her forties. It was worth the wait. I like the occasional mystery, but it’s hardly my go to genre. But I haven’t been able to stop reading these books,...
Here is Real Magic by Nate Staniforth

Here is Real Magic by Nate Staniforth

I had the good fortune of seeing Nate Staniforth speak this summer at a conference in Portland. It was one of the best talks I’ve ever seen, and left me and half the theater in sobbing. Afterward, I looked over at a friend who also had tears running down his...
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris

Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris

I’m not usually into historical fiction, but when I was invited to interview Kristina McMorris in September on the Character Test Show in September, I picked up Sold on a Monday, her novel which spent 20 weeks on the NY Times best-seller list (20 weeks is a...
How to Be Brave

How to Be Brave

I get embarrassed easily. My French isn’t very good, and so when I order my coffee at a café down the street from our flat in Bordeaux I practice in my head thirty times before the server comes. Then when I think I’ve got it down I look around wondering if I’m...