Todays edition of Shelf Awareness interviewed author Dianne Hales about her reading preferences, shared below. Dianne will be at EP Library on Saturday, September 9 to promote her newest book, Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. Register at evergreenparklibrary.org to join us for tea at 11:00 and Diannes presentation and book signing at noon. On your nightstand now: We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride Frances Mayess Under Magnolia The Smiles of Rome by Susan Cahill, an anthology of evocative pieces about the Eternal City. Favorite book when you were a child: We lived just outside the city limits, so I couldnt check books out of the library. Instead, Id spend entire afternoons reading at a little wooden table. The librarian would bring me wonderful illustrated volumes of Grimms fairy tales. My home library mainly consisted of Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene. I remember reading Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell when I was 11 and thinking, Wow, thats a book! Your top five authors: Joan Didion, E.L. Doctorow, Ross Kings books on Italian art and architecture, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stacy Schiff Book youve faked reading: Elizabeth Gilberts Eat, Pray, Love Book youre an evangelist for: The Inferno--Dante Alighieris, not Dan Browns. Book youve bought for the cover: Anything with Italian food on it. Book that changed your life: I started The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing when I was 21 and working at my first job. I became so engrossed that I called in sick because nothing seemed more important than what I was reading. Which character you most relate to: Jo March in Little Women Book you most want to read again for the first time: Ann Patchetts Bel Canto.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:58:58 +0000
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