Author of Afterlives Photo (c) Mark Pringle Links The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Nobel Lecture by Abdulrazak Gurnah Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 for The Old Man and the Sea Wole Soyinka , first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1986 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morni...
Aug 26, 2022•39 min
Author of the Gameknight999 Series Links Official Site of Minecraft Markcheverton.com The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan Wing Commander The Giant’s Giant by Mark Cheverton Fan Fiction page curated by Mark Cheverton Jake’s recommendations: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey and Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland Big Sale on Kindles! If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing....
Aug 20, 2022•49 min
Author of The Last White Man Photo by Jillian Edelstein Links Mohsin Hamid ’s previous novels: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) Moth Smoke (2012) How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013) Exit West (2017) “Mohsin Hamid Is Working Through Literature, From the Top” at The New York Times Book Review - July 31, 2022 Reviews of The Last White Man in The Washington Post , Kirkus Reviews , Publishers Weekly , Oprah Daily , Time , and New York Journal of Books . The Reluctant Fundamentalist movie ...
Aug 03, 2022•41 min
Author of The Big Dark Sky Photo by Douglas Sonders Links Dean Koontz’s web site Other Thomas & Mercer novels by Dean Koontz: Devoted (March, 2020) Elsewhere (October, 2020) The Other Emily (March, 2021) Quicksilver (January, 2022) My YouTube videos Unboxing Astro and Astro Grandkids If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each ...
Jul 19, 2022•53 min
Author of The Displacements: A Novel Links Bruce Holsinger’s web site Other novels by Bruce Holsinger: A Burnable Book The Invention of Fire The Gifted School The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing by Mark McGurl A Children’s Bible: A Novel by Lydia Millet Appleseed by Matt Bell How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel by Sequoia Nagamatsu How Beautiful We Were: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and...
Jul 09, 2022•41 min
Author of Nora Goes Off Script Photo by Jo Bryan Photography Links Annabel Monaghan’s web site Publisher’s Weekly starred review of Nora Goes Off Script Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?: Thoughts for moms and other tired people by Annabel Monghan Leslie Mann Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Midcoast : A Novel by Adam White If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just s...
Jun 17, 2022•40 min
Author of Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting: A Novel Links Clare Pooley’s web page and Amazon Author Page Mummy Was a Secret Drinker (blog) The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living (2017) The Authenticity Project: A Novel (2020) If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my ...
Jun 05, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Author of Search: A Novel Photo by Courtney Gregg Links Michelle Huneven’s web page “You’ve Been Fictionalized!” by Michelle Huneven at The Paris Review - December 26, 2014 “Michelle Huneven, back on course” by Kimberly French at UUWorld - May 14, 2015 “Fixed: The rise of marriage therapy, and other dreams of human betterment” by Jill Lepore at The New Yorker - March 22, 2010 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal fla...
Apr 26, 2022•24 min
Author of Housebreaking Photo by Amaal Said Links Colleen Hubbard’s web page Publishers Weekly review of Housebreaking Housebreaking trailer (YouTube) Next Week’s Guest: Michelle Huneven, author of Search: A Novel , available for pre-order with release on April 26, 2022 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alex...
Apr 20, 2022•35 min
City Manager of Sanibel, Florida Links Sanibel web site “City of Sanibel Welcomes New City Manager Dana Souza” - November 16, 2021 Dana Souza at Linkedin The Sanibel Plan My interview with Judith Zimomra , the retired City Manager of Sanibel, on March 27, 2021 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s ...
Apr 09, 2022•40 min
Penguin Random House Director of Satellite Media Links Penguin Random House The Love of My Life: A Novel by Rosie Walsh Search by Michelle Huneven - available for pre-order with release April 26, 2022 Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard - available for pre-order with release April 19, 2022 If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each m...
Apr 01, 2022•39 min
Vice President and Director of Research at Forrester Links James McQuivey’s Forrester website Living Manly newsletter by James McQuivey Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche by Bruce Feirstein If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. tFrom your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usual...
Feb 26, 2022•55 min
Author of One Step Too Far Links Lisa Gardner’s website Book Tour Events for One Step Too Far Lisa Gardner’s author page at Amazon If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by 8 a.m. Eastern Time. Right-click here and the...
Jan 15, 2022•37 min
Author of The Extinction Trials Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
Jan 01, 2022•55 min
Paperwhite Gen 11 versus Oasis Links Paperwhite Gen 11 Paperwhite Signature Edition Paperwhite Kids Edition Kindle Oasis Wireless charging dock for Paperwhite Signature Edition If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each weekday except usually by...
Nov 19, 2021•28 min
Notes from his 10th Decade Links The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt’s Chief of Staff by Phillips Payson O’Brien “China’s Hypersonic Wake-Up Call” by The Editorial Board at The Wall Street Journal - October 18, 2021 (Behind pay wall) Skylight Frame: 10-inch WiFi Digital Picture Frame - $159 at Amazon.com The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of U.S. Military Strength The Edge of the Road podcast (recently updated after a two-year hiatus) If y...
Oct 25, 2021•52 min
This is a special "flash" episode of The Kindle Chronicles with my coverage of today's Amazon products and services event. The big news was that Astro, a home robot, is being offered for invite-only purchase later this year for a price of $1,000. It looks like an amazing invention, and I want one! I'm finishing this episode in time to head north to Casper, Wyoming, in the new Tesla I picked up in Boulder yesterday. Onward!
Sep 28, 2021•27 min
On the Cambridge Lanai with Sophie Links Kindle Oasis “New Kindle Software Update 5.13.7 Brings User Interface Changes” by Nathan at eBookreader.com The Edge of the Road podcast (recently updated after a two-year hiatus) If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what’s my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute ...
Sep 18, 2021•35 min
Mystic, Episcopal Priest, and Author Links Cynthia Bourgeault’s website Books by Cynthia Wisdom Waypoints Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) Spiritual Gifts from the Imaginal Realm , an on-demand e-course available through Spirituality & Practice Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journal into the Imaginal Realm by Cynthia Bourgeault If you’d like brief updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, j...
Sep 10, 2021•49 min
Principal Product Manager, Kindle Vella Interview starts at 13:45 and ends at 49:18 Note: I will be discussing my Virginia Milner interview Tuesday July 27th , 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. ( Please note: audio in the podcast incorrectly states the Clubhouse meeting will be on Monday ) Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Virginia Milner ...
Jul 24, 2021•53 min
President of the Ocean Park Association Interview starts at 2:41 and ends at 47:17 Note: I will be discussing my Rob Drake interview Tuesday July 20th , 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. ( Please note change from usual scheduling on Mondays ) Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Launches Kindle Vella - press release July 13, 2021 Ocean...
Jul 17, 2021•51 min
Author of The Lost Girls Interview starts at 2:27 and ends at 33:08 Photo by Joanne Chiarella Note: I will be discussing my Jessica Chiarella interview Monday July 12th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Jeff Tweedy interviewed by Ezra Klein - July 2, 2021 How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy And Again: A ...
Jul 10, 2021•35 min
Author of Dead by Dawn, (Mike Bowditch Mysteries Book 12) Interview starts at 6:30 and ends at 53:13 Photo by Mark Fleming Note: I will be discussing my Paul Doiron interview Monday July 5th, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here . I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Laufey website Paul Doiron Mike Bowditch Mysteries (12-Book Series) by Paul Doir...
Jul 02, 2021•57 min
Co-founder of Matter Interview starts at 16:06 and ends at 56:21 Note: I will be discussing my Ben Springwater interview Monday June 28, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here . I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Amazon Prime Day press release - June 23, 2021 Kobo Elipsa reMarkable 2 tablet Helix Jump at the App Store Click here for my personal i...
Jun 26, 2021•58 min
Digital Public Library of America’s Director of Business Development & Senior Strategist Interview starts at 13:17 and ends at 46:40 Note: I will be discussing my Michele Kimpton interview Monday June 21, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Digital Public Library of America DPLA Exchange SimplyE e-reader...
Jun 19, 2021•51 min
Author of Mop Rides the Waves of Change Interview starts at 6:32 and ends at 44:46 Note: I will be discussing my Jaimal Yogis interview Monday June 14, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Mop Rides the Waves of Change by Jaimal Yogis - available for pre-order with release on July 13, 2021 Mop Rides the Waves...
Jun 12, 2021•38 min
Author of House of Crows , a four-part Amazon Original Stories series Interview starts at 6:32 and ends at 44:46 Note: I will be discussing my Lisa Unger interview Monday June 7, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here . I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Lisa Unger’s home page The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Red Hunter and Crazy...
Jun 05, 2021•47 min
Author of Playing the Palace Interview starts at 26:46 and ends at 51:31 Note: I will be discussing my Paul Rudnick interview Monday May 31, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Matter , a social reading app currently in private beta on iOS “The Institutional Yes” by Julia Kirby and Thomas A. Stewart at Harvar...
May 29, 2021•53 min
Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Interview starts at 16:27 and ends at 49:33 Note: I will be discussing my Gerry Riddle interview Monday May 24, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - May 18, 2021 “Ama...
May 22, 2021•53 min
Author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire Interview starts at 2:00 and ends at 34:00 Note: I will be discussing my Brad Stone interview Monday May 17, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I’ve also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone (2013) The Upstarts: H...
May 15, 2021•52 min
