Books for the Guest Room Tis the season for overnight guests! In addition to a variety of pillows and good lighting, you can make your guests feel extra special by offering a selection of reading material in the guest room. Here are five books which offer something for everyone. Escape ... [Continue Reading]
NCN Book Club Reading List 2017
NCN Book Club Reading List 2017 For those of you who read along with my book club, below are our selections for this year. We tried to “lighten up” for 2017, but I’m not sure we entirely succeeded! A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Wilson Bettyville by ... [Continue Reading]
Books Everywhere
Despite what your interior designer or stager says, there is always room in your home for books! In this post from Houzz, I especially like the bookshelves in the kitchen island. In my newly renovated kitchen (more about this in a later post!) I have an island bookshelf -nothing like the giant ... [Continue Reading]
Books in Every Room!
Who says bookshelves belong only in the library? I say-- books in every room! Yeah! Love this built-in bookcase! (and the wallpaper too) Traditional Powder Room by Norwich Architects & Building Designers Smith & Vansant Architects PC ... [Continue Reading]
Buying Books by the Yard
BUYING BOOKS BY THE YARD What do you do if you have a massive bookcase with 120 shelves but aren't a reader? Buy books by the yard from the Strand in NYC and color coordinate them in ombré patterns. For those of us who actually read our books, this method of acquisition seems a bit odd, but the ... [Continue Reading]
Book Club Reading Suggestions-More!
Book Club Reading Suggestions-More! Every year Reading Group Choices, an organization that has been selecting discussible books for reading groups since 1994, asks thousands of book clubs to share their group’s favorite reads. The top ten titles for 2013: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. ... [Continue Reading]
Book Club Reading Suggestions
Book Club recommendations from Parnassus book club guru Kathy Schultenover. Kathy’s Book Club Choices: Flora by Gail Godwin Last Night at the Blue Angel by Rebecca Rotert Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan The Interestings by Meg ... [Continue Reading]
Brussels Sprout Books
While dining at PKC’s house last week with the O. Coltons, the talk turned, unsurprisingly, to books. Amy recently read The Goldfinch by Donna Tart. Since I haven’t read the widely talked about novel, I asked Amy how she liked it. Amy grimaced a bit, and conceded that it was engaging, but she’s ... [Continue Reading]
Wendell Berry Comes to Nashville
Wendell Berry Comes to Nashville Award-winning author and academic, environmental activist and farmer, Wendell Berry will be the special guest at Siloam Health Services’ May 2nd fundraiser. The evening will feature an extended interview of Berry by Professor Norman Wirzba ... [Continue Reading]
The Inspector and Silence and Munster’s Case by Hakan Nesser
The Inspector and Silence by Hakan NesserThe Inspector and Silence and Munster’s Case by Hakan Nesser Ever since the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, publishers are translating Nordic crime novels into English as fast as they can gobble up the rights. The good news is that if you ... [Continue Reading]