In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder After tackling several white male experiences in the local book club I’m apart of (Kurt Vonnegut, Rosecrans Baldwin, David Foster Wallace, John Updike), it was time for a female voice to be thrown in the mix. Adichie’s  subtle yet commanding voice seemed the perfect segue into exploring women and diversity and the [...]

In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder Nora Ephron has a hilarious collection of musings about the nuances of aging, I Feel Bad About My Neck, and the first three chapters are sure to be the best laugh-out-loud experiences you’ll have (at work, mind you). Period. Ephron is really effortless at the sort of neurotic dissection of everyday occurrences, no matter [...]

In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder And lastly is The Hunger Games, a book that came up at the end of the previously mentioned book club to excited squeals. Sounds like the stories, a trilogy, are set in post-apocalyptic settings and star characters from the young adult science fiction crowd who are forced into an ethical situation of having to fight [...]

In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder Lastly, because every girl needs a good meal once in a while, Leslie Miller’s Women Who Eat: A New Generation on the Glory of Food is a delicious anthology of stories for the foodie in all of us.  In one story, two sisters travel to Sicily together and are lavished with the [...]

In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder But for those who may be taking a trip abroad or who are simply looking for a little more humor instead, reach for Geoff Dyer’s Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It.  Dyer’s sardonic humor about the missteps on his adventures, juxtaposed with the exotic and luscious landscapes of [...]

In Between the Lines Series By Nicole Crowder  Irish/Canadian author Emma Donoghue’s stunning novel Room has the literary community all abuzz.  The novel is inspired by the real life captivity of Elisabeth Fritzl, who from 1984 to 2008, was forced into isolation by her father Josef Fritzl, where for 24 years she was abused and raped, resulting in the [...]

Title: Susanna Daniel Book Signing Location: Miami Link out: Click here Description: November 19: Susanna Daniel Book Signing Meet author Susanna Daniel during the Miami Book Fair International. Her novel, Stiltsville, is a tale of marriage’s heartbreaks on Biscayne Bay. Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, 401 NE Second Ave., Miami; www.miamibookfair.com Date: 2010-11-19 FaceFace is a fashion and lifestyle magazine [...]