My book club chose The Catcher in the Rye as our August selection. We were feeling the need for a male author, and with the […] Read More
Author: Elisabeth
I’m a recovering English teacher who now works in healthcare communications. In between, I had a brief stint in sales and even dipped my toe in moonlighting as a photographer. I've been blogging since 2009. I've been reading since forever.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2009, Wolf Hall is Hilary Mantel’s account of part of King Henry VIII’s reign in England through the […] Read More
My second Elizabeth Stout read of this year behind Olive Kitteridge, Abide with Me was a little disappointing. That said, it isn’t bad – it […] Read More
Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Known World, by Edward P. Jones, lived up to all the hype. And, I regret to say this was a […] Read More
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…” are some of the most recognizable opening words in the cannon. Save Shakespeare, there […] Read More
First, many thanks to all the folks who commented, “liked” Babbette’s Book Blog on Facebook or started following read_babbette on Twitter in order to have […] Read More
I was first introduced to Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable when my pastor used it last year as the […] Read More
Many apologies to my readers as I’ve been a slack blogger of late. I’ve had three posts that I’ve needed to write (including the one […] Read More
I recently had a chat with my favorite librarian on writing negative reviews. For me, these are the hardest to write. And, when I’ve been […] Read More
Please welcome a dear friend M. Gunter, to Babbette’s Book Blog today as a guest reviewer. M. is an avid reader who recently has been […] Read More