by Donna Rueff | Jul 11, 2022 | Books by the Beach
by Kerri Maher (2022) July 2022 Sylvia Beach, an American, fell madly in love with Paris when vacationing there with her family in her mid-teens. She spent nearly 15 years devising various plans for moving to Paris, finally settling on the idea of opening a French...
by Donna Rueff | Jun 15, 2022 | Books by the Beach
by Anne Hillerman (2022) June 2022 Tony Hillerman was a beloved author of numerous popular books about the American Southwest, featuring the Navajos in particular. His fans, of whom I am one (full disclosure here), were deeply saddened to lose his rare voice about...
by T Wilson | May 11, 2022 | Books by the Beach
Books By The Beach is on hiatus for the month of May. We plan to have Donna’s literary insights return in June. We hope you enjoy reading some of her past reviews.
by Donna Rueff | Apr 3, 2022 | Books by the Beach
April 2022 Agatha Christie is one of the most famous and popular authors of the last hundred years. While she’s best known for her detective novels, she also wrote short stories and plays for the stage. Readers’ thirst for a good “who-done-it” has not diminished...
by Donna Rueff | Mar 5, 2022 | Books by the Beach
March 2022 Stanley Tucci is an actor, director, producer, and writer whom you’ve probably seen in many movies. Most recently, he’s known as a lover and promoter of fresh Italian food in his CNN 6-episode show “Searching for Italy.” In it, he travelled to various parts...
by Donna Rueff | Feb 5, 2022 | Books by the Beach
February 2022 In honor of Valentine’s Day, I want to share with readers perhaps my favorite romantic story. It’s true, it’s a story of the middle ages (not to be confused with The Middle Ages), and by every standard of reason, should never have happened…yet it...
