Take the format of a spy thriller, shape it around real-life incidents involving international terrorism, leaven it with dark, dry humor, toss in a love rectangle, give everybody a gun, and let everything play out in the outer reaches of upstate New York. Sounds like the summer satire you’ve been waiting for. Enter for aContinue reading

Nothing says Summer like sitting outside and reading a paperback. Especially when the book is set during the dead of winter. During the Storm of the Century. Seriously, it’s like air conditioning for the mind. Particularly when the books is Bill Roorbach’s The Remedy for Love — new in paperback! Newsday called it “a page-turner,Continue reading

With Father’s Day this Sunday, we’re gathering up this collection of books about men coming to understand their dads — and themselves — through a variety of paths. (It’s not too late to buy these as e-book gifts for Dad!) My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar: Yona’s son Ariel knew little of his father’s history.Continue reading

It’s too hot. Too hot, baby. Gotta run for book covers. Gotta run for shade. With the mercury nudging 100 degrees day after day here in North Carolina, we are looking for the cold comfort of a good book. And by “cold comfort,” we mean COLD. As in ice cold. Chilly. Freezing. Negative temperatures, takeContinue reading

Today is National Iced Tea Day, of course. This being the South, we have plenty of cool, refreshing iced tea — make that, sweet tea — in our office. But on a sunny, sweltering day like today, iced tea is meant to be sipped and savored, gulped and guzzled from a tall glass with aContinue reading

There seems to be more time in the summer. Time to explore your long-harbored interests. Time to ponder your life and summers past. Time to eat, eat lots of treats. And time to read. So, this month’s Lucky Stars e-books — just $1.99 each throughout June — are right on time. Flirting with French byContinue reading