READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK

Celebrating literary fiction by women

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Books That Complement Each Other
  • Contact/Review Policy
  • Donations
  • Index

Tag: Jane Smiley

January 9, 2023February 14, 2023 Bill Wolfe

A DANGEROUS BUSINESS combines a murder mystery and proto-feminist coming of age story set in 1850s California

April 11, 2022April 25, 2022 Bill Wolfe

For love of animals: Debra Thomas on the saving grace of animals in life and literature

August 9, 2016 Bill Wolfe

SHINING SEA deftly explores the life of an American family amid a half-century of social upheaval

May 13, 2015 Bill Wolfe

Author Michelle Brafman on “literary mamas,” writing mentors at the right time and place

October 12, 2014October 12, 2014 Bill Wolfe

SOME LUCK captures the essence of American life in the 20th century

September 17, 2014 Bill Wolfe

National Book Awards fiction longlist includes Antopol, St. John Mandel, three more women

Follow READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Top Posts

  • Guest Blogger Robin Black: On Learning To Spell Women’s Names While Men Buy My New Book For Their Wives
  • Wendy J. Fox: Reconciling book sales as a debut author
  • Literary Giveaway Blog Hop!
  • Twelve Australian writers you should know
  • Emilia Bassano Lanyer: Was she the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets?
  • Make 2026 the year you discover great books in translation
  • Ten Unforgettable Female Characters
  • Q&A with Susanna Clarke on creating the world of PIRANESI
  • THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME stuffs too many stories into too few pages, resulting in a superficial and cliched novel
  • FRENCH BRAID is quintessential Anne Tyler: a closely observed, compassionate story of a quirky family

Categories

  • Author Interviews
  • Authors as Guest Bloggers
  • Book News
  • Book Reviews
  • Guest Bloggers
  • Miscellany
  • Reading History

Archives

Blog Stats

  • 420,892 hits

Read Her Like an Open Book

Read Her Like an Open Book
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK
    • Join 523 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar