Is Your Book Club This Fun?

How fun is your book club? Because I have to tell you, I really enjoy mine. I have been participating in my neighborhood book club for over a year now and it is one of the nights I most look forward to all month. There are about five or six of us [...]

Interview with David Ebershoff, Author of The 19th Wife

Please welcome David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife for a great interview!  But first if you haven’t already, check out my thoughts on attending David’s reading and book signing and my book review of The 19th Wife.
David Ebershoff has graciously given us many of his thoughts before and while preparing this interview I [...]

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff is two books in one.  One a historical fiction, the other a modern murder mystery.  The first thread recounts the life of Ann Eliza Young, the apostate plural wife to Brigham Young, prophet and leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Ann Eliza grew up in [...]

An Evening Spent with David Ebershoff, Author of The 19th Wife

About a month ago, David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife came to Salt Lake City for a reading and book signing.  I was very eager to go and soon found myself easily the youngest one there by at least 20 years.  I don’t know what that says, but oh well.
I wanted to share with [...]

Escape by Carolyn Jessop

Wow.  Wow.  Escape by Carolyn Jessop (with Laura Palmer) deserves two wow’s.  No, let’s make it three.  WOW.  After reading Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife by Irene Spencer (my book review here) I knew that I wanted more.  So glad that I read this one.  If I thought Shattered Dreams talked about [...]