Paula's Book Talk
Blog URL http://www.paulasbooktalk.net
Located Sammamish, Washington USA
Tags books, fiction, non-fiction
Great books I'm reading now--fabulous fiction, art, science, food, and more.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Forgery of Venus on Nov 2, 2009 in Art Great Reads
Last month I had the good fortune to spend a full day alone in the National Gallery in London. It houses a very fine collection of Renaissance paintings, including some of my favorites. But I was most interested in seeing...
- Favorite Reads of Summer 2009: Part Two on Sep 7, 2009 in Miscellaneous
The Tenth Gift: A Novel by Jane Johnson Of course I'd heard of the pirates of the Barbary Coast, and I knew that they captured many European ships, but I had no idea of the extent of their raiding. It...
- Jacqueline Wales on The Fearless Factor on Sep 2, 2009 in Authors
Jacqueline Wales shared a bit about why she wrote The Fearless Factor with me recently, and agreed to let me publish her inspiring story. She wrote: At the age of 54, having spent a great deal of my life figuring...
- Getting Beyond Your Fears: The Fearless Factor on Aug 31, 2009 in Spirit
Sometimes I get tired of all the self-help books out there advising me to "just go for it" in one way or another. After a while they collectively start sounding like a lot of blah, blah blah that I've heard...
- Favorite Reads of Summer 2009: Part One on Aug 18, 2009 in Great Reads Historical Fiction
Yes, I have a bookcase full of truly great books for you, but first, I want to apologize for my erratic posts of late. I've barely had time to breathe this summer-- began a 2nd business, husband laid off and...
- Thoughts on Living the Dream from Cynthia Clampitt on Jul 20, 2009 in Authors Travel
In pursuing my dreams, I’ve discovered that goals often turn out to be doors, rather than destinations, leading to other goals and to rewards undreamed of at the outset. Both Australia and writing have given me more than I expected....
- A Dream Come True: Cynthia Clampitt's Waltzing Australia on Jul 19, 2009 in Non-fiction Finds Travel
Cynthia Clampitt had a dream and she wasn't living it. Instead she was slogging away at a corporate job while spending her free time devouring everything she could find on Australia, books, movies, and maps. Then one day this life-long...
