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An Evening with Robert K. Massie

Cai Pandolfino — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:00:06 -0600

An evening with Robert K. Massie

Tulie's Garden by Matt Sloane

Cai Pandolfino — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:33:57 -0600

Tulie's Garden by Matt Sloane

2011's Best Cookbooks

Cai Pandolfino — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:11 -0600

2011's Best Cookbooks: Revenge Of The Kitchen Nerds: NPR

Save the Date! Jim Lehrer on 9/15

Cai Pandolfino — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:10:57 -0500

SAVE THE DATE for a Literary Matters luncheon for Jim Lehrer, host of the PBS News Hour. The luncheon will be at Innis Arden on Thursday, September 15th from 11-2. Lehrer’s new book, TENSION CITY: INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, FROM KENNEDY-NIXON TO OBAMA-MCCAIN, will be published on September 13th.

Caleb's Crossing

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:43:44 -0500

In 1665, a man from Martha's Vineyard became the first native american to graduate from Harvard College. Brooks takes this shard of history and creates a luminous tale of love and faith.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:31:05 -0500

Don't miss the movie coming in July.

Deborah Eisenberg Wins PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:49:04 -0500

Deborah Eisenberg Wins Award

25 Best Book Club Books of 2010

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:11:50 -0500

ReadingGroupGuides.com best discussion books of 2010

February's Book Club Favorites from Bookmovement.com

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:30:09 -0600

Bookmovement.com's February's favorites list

Longitude Books

Cai Pandolfino — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:59:12 -0600

My friend Liz Moley knows everything about everything, and last week at dinner, she told me about a fabulous website called LONGITUDE BOOKS. Go to the site, enter in your destination, and more books than you’ll ever be able to read will appear on your screen--- fiction, nonfiction, guide books—everything related to your travels. This site is a real find. I’m thrilled to have it on my Favorites, and I know you will be, too.

When The Killing's Done

Cai Pandolfino — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:21:56 -0600

California’s Channel Islands, five of which are set off the coast of Santa Barbara, have been called the Galapagos of North America because their very isolation has helped preserve over one thousand species of plants and animals, twelve of which are found nowhere else on earth. In visionary novelist T.C. Boyle’s newest novel, WHEN THE KILLING’S DONE, the islands become the setting for a dramatic showdown between two factions of environmentalists, each utterly convinced of their beliefs in preserving the islands and the natural world.

The Years Best Teen Reads (From www.npr.org)

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:34:12 -0600

Gayle Forman reviews the best of a bumper crop of fantastic reads....

Three Books on Religion

Cai Pandolfino — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:24:08 -0600

I thought you would be interested in these reviews by Christopher Schoppa from Arcamax..... Religion is an endless source of lively conversation and disagreement, especially in the political arena. From private houses to statehouses, Americans have very different views about religion and how it should affect civic life. Here are three books, as reviewed by Christopher Schoppa, that suggest answers. ArcaMax is a leading publisher of family-friendly news and fun on the internet. More about ArcaMax at www.arcamax.com

News ABOUT the New York Times

Cai Pandolfino — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:37:57 -0600

Last year when Sam Tanenhouse spoke with us, and told us this might happen, no one really thought it would come to pass so quickly.

Appel Wrap-up

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:52:47 -0500

Bush Holley House, November 4, 2010. Many thanks for Dr. Jacob Appel for his informed, enlightening, and engaging discussion of bioethics. The entire audience seemed to be fully focused on the intriguing issues the subject presents. And the food, presented by Chef Jeffrey Pandolfino (Cai's husband) was fantastic.

Library Journal Announces Top Ten Books

Cai Pandolfino — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:14:44 -0500

For the first time, Library Journal announces its top ten books reflecting fiction and non fiction titles that stood out as the very best in 2010 -- compiled with the input of LJ's librarians and stable of book reviewers.

My Antonia

Cai Pandolfino — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:38:09 -0500

An unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains.

The Glass Room

Cai Pandolfino — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:35:24 -0500

The popular, can't-put-down book group novel of the fall is THE GLASS ROOM by Simon Mawer. This is not a new book; in fact, it was published in '09 and short-listed for the Booker in '09, and I first heard about it last spring. I've never read another book by Mawer, though MENDEL'S DWARF and SWIMMING TO ITHACA are familiar titles. (continued...)

A morning of remarkable women...

Cai Pandolfino — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:00:56 -0500

Early this morning I knew that I had to get into Random House's luncheon for Karen Abbot (AMERICAN ROSE: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee) and Paula McClain (The Paris Wife) ; everything was conspiring against me....

More 2010-11 Book Group Picks

Cai Pandolfino — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:49:20 -0500

Kicked off another group today, and we set the reading list for our first six months. Looking for books for your group, or your own personal reading. Here's what we chose: