by Nancy Herkness | Jun 13, 2009 | Books, Uncategorized
…you find your book being quoted in someone else’s book. I was delighted to discover that Michael Aaron Rockland devotes a page and a half to my first novel A Bridge to Love in his book about the George Washington Bridge. Mr. Rockland’s book The...
by Nancy Herkness | May 4, 2009 | Books, ice hockey, Nod from Nancy, Uncategorized
This book surprised me–in a good way. A publicist contacted me out of the blue and asked if I would review it. I was a little nervous because I prefer to write positively about books and I didn’t have any idea what to expect from Seahawk. Below is an...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 16, 2009 | Books, Nod from Nancy, Uncategorized
Out Stealing Horses is one of those books you read too fast the first time through because the story and the writing are so compelling you can’t slow yourself down. However, you know you will read it again to catch all the marvelous layers and nuances you raced past...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 3, 2009 | Books, Nod from Nancy, Romance, Uncategorized
I adore all the J. D. Robb books but must warn any new reader that they are a series (and I’ve lost track of how many there are but I suspect it exceeds 20). You will undoubtedly get more from any of the books if you read at least the first five or so in...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 7, 2009 | Books, horses, Nod from Nancy, Uncategorized
Ann Patchett wrote something in The Wall Street Journal which resonated with me. She said people walk into a bookstore and “feel utterly lost in the face of all those titles, and so they walk out empty-handed.” She combats this problem by recommending...