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Tag Archives: Meg Wolitzer
What they’re reading: Tara Conklin
Ask and you shall receive! In one of our recent weekly contests, we asked what you would like to see more of on The Book Case. Many of you chimed in expressing curiosity about what your favorite authors are reading. … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Interestings’
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer Riverhead • $27.95 • ISBN 9781594488399 Published April 9 Meet the Interestings: Jules Jacobson (aspiring comedic actress), Ash Wolf (aspiring playwright and director), Cathy Kiplinger (aspiring ballet dancer), Goodman Wolf (aspiring architect), Ethan Figman (aspiring animator) … Continue reading
12 anticipated spring books
There are so many major releases scheduled for April, May and June that choosing just 12 for this list was quite difficult. Make room on your TBR list because here they are: MOM & ME & MOM by Maya Angelou … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Middlesteins’ by Jami Attenberg
The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg Grand Central Publishing • $24.99 • ISBN 9781455507214 On sale now I’ve had my eye on The Middlesteins ever since it appeared on our list of the Top 10 Books for November. Then, I realized … Continue reading
Meg Wolitzer’s ‘The Interestings’
About a month ago, we gave you a fiction forecast for early 2013. On that list was one of my very favorite novelists, Meg Wolitzer, whose book The Interestings hits shelves on April 9. When a galley came in on … Continue reading
Fiction forecast: early 2013
We’re gearing up to recap the best books of 2012, but first, here’s a look forward at a few of the fiction releases we’re excited about in the first half of 2013. (Note: this post may be periodically updated as … Continue reading
25 best book jackets of 2011
Perhaps you can’t judge a book by its cover, but don’t you just love a great book jacket? One that seems to pop off the shelf? It can make all the difference when browsing through a bookstore, for a book … Continue reading
And the Nobel Prize in Literature goes to . . .
At 1 p.m. Central European Time (aka 6 a.m. in Nashville), we learned that the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer won the Nobel Prize in Literature “because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality.” Tranströmer, 80, is … Continue reading
Book fortune #4: Packer, Shriver, Wolitzer
As a thank you to Book of the Day subscribers, BookPage is offering personalized book recommendations. There will be a new “book fortune” every day this week, and once a week thereafter until we reach 10,000 Book of the Day … Continue reading
BookPage Podcast: ‘The Ten-Year Nap’
Meg Wolitzer’s The Ten-Year Nap came out in 2008, but it’s still got us talking. In the process of suggesting picks for our own book clubs, my coworkers and I realized that this smart, conversation-starting story of four stay-at-home moms … Continue reading
Apocalypse, suburban-style
Just when we thought there was nothing new under the (dead) sun of post-apocalyptic literature, Tom Perrotta comes up with an addition to the popular genre. The Leftovers (St. Martin’s) will be published in August, and we can’t wait to read … Continue reading
Literary humor
Like Eliza a few weeks ago, I’ve spent the last few days at home fighting the flu. I’ve definitely done some reading–Meg Wolitzer’s The Wife; a reread of Shriver‘s So Much for That for our upcoming podcast. But ever since … Continue reading
Kid lit + Scrabble = Meg Wolitzer’s great idea
Trisha posted about Meg Wolitzer‘s March release The Uncoupling back in September (look for a What We’re Reading preview in the coming weeks), and now we have more news from this acclaimed novelist. From a press release from Penguin Young … Continue reading
Meg Wolitzer returns from a three-year snooze
I admit, I let out a gasp when I came across the catalog listing for The Uncoupling (Riverhead) by Meg Wolitzer. Her 2008 novel The Ten-Year Nap was one of my favorites of the year [read our interview here]; that was … Continue reading
