Super Cool - Broken Shells Made the list ...

BookWorks Summer Reading Recommendations – August Edition

We hope you took us up on the suggestions in our Summer Reading – July Edition and are enjoying some great indie books. With so many worthwhile titles on offer in our BookShop, we’re back with another round for the sultry days of August. We plan to make this a regular series so stay tuned…

 BookWorks Team 
AdministratorJuly 31, 2017

We hope you took us up on the suggestions in our Summer Reading - July Editionand are enjoying some great indie books. With so many worthwhile titles on offer in our BookShop, we're back with another round for the sultry days of August. We plan to make this a regular series so stay tuned for our "Back to School" edition. (But's let not even think about that just yet!).

"Summertime, and the Livin' is Easy..."

For your staycation—some absorbing tales that offer escape from your routine.

Delilah of Sunhats and Swans by Melissa Volker  (An unusual young heroine changes lives in a small New England town.)

The Sassafras Crossing by Lindrith Davies  (Romantic drama and coming-of-age unfold on the Eastern seaboard in the early 80's.)

Broken Shells by Deena Bouknight  (Two separate stories/lives intersect in unexpected ways in this rich novel set in the Carolina's.)

WRITING WORKSHOPS AT PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER 

I cannot say enough good things about the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, S.C. Attended an affordable writing workshop there by Michel Stone, author of The Iguana Tree and Border Child; she offered these helpful tips when writing about an unfamiliar place, skill, occupation, etc.:
- consult experts
- research, research, research
- go, watch, listen
- become curious - ask questions

In order to elicit empathy from readers - whether writing articles, non-fiction, or fiction - it is important to tap into familiar emotions, but then also observe others to convey unfamiliar emotions. As Atticus says more than a few times in To Kill a Mockingbird: "We have to climb into someone else's skin and walk around in it." Good writing taps into the human condition.

Thrilled that there is this resource for writers as it is important to continue growing, stretching, and fine-tuning. Pat Conroy was a support, encouragement, and inspiration to writers in life - and the Center in his name will continue to do so even though he is no longer with us.
The Pat Conroy Literary Festival is October 19-22.