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Book Review: Glamour and tragedy intertwine in Griffin Dunne’s memoir ‘The Friday Afternoon Club’
Associated Press via AOL· 55 minutes agoActor and producer Griffin Dunne grew up in New York and Los Angeles with the glitterati all around....
Book Review: Katie Ledecky dishes on what makes an Olympic legend in ‘Just Add Water'
ABC News· 3 hours agoThis is the story that forms the basis of Ledecky’s memoir, “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life.”...
Book Review: ‘Miss May Does Not Exist’ is an engaging study of enigmatic Hollywood figure Elaine May
ABC News· 4 hours agoGroundbreaking comedian, writer and filmmaker Elaine May charted her own fearlessly original path in...
Book Review: Carol LaHines' chilling novel chronicles a jilted woman’s descent into madness - The...
The Morning Sun· 16 hours agoIt’s no accident that the narrator of Carol LaHines’s second novel, “The Vixen Amber Halloway,” is a...
‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Review: A Splendid Update of the French Classic Feels at Once Timeless...
Variety via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoLast year, in bold defiance of post-pandemic doomsayers, French distributor Pathé doubled down on...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorker· 11 hours agoIn this entertaining novel, the middle-aged narrator, Dolores, discovers that her husband has done just that. As Dolores’s marriage falls apart, she forms a strange bond with the doll, Zoey, ...
Review | How working for Joan Didion changed an aspiring writer’s life
Washington Post· 1 hour agoA little less than a year after Joan Didion’s death in 2021, at 87, her devotees glimpsed many of...
‘When the Sea Came Alive’ expands understanding of D-Day invasion: book review
The Virginian-Pilot· 4 hours agoWriting about the Allied invasion of Normandy in his latest book, Garrett M. Graff is treading on familiar history. From books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films like Steven ...