Breakfast with the Authors

Hello, dear friends.  I hope that you had a good week.  I spent a lot of my time waiting for repairmen to show up at the house.  It's the price we have to pay when owning an old home.

The bright spot of my week occurred yesterday.  My good buddy and neighbor, Kathy and I attended Buttonwood Books and Toys  Breakfast with the Authors.  Not only do fascinating authors speak at these events, but the audience is always filled with interesting people. I met a book rep from a major publishing house that promised to email the hottest books debuting this Summer.  I'll keep you posted.

The Buttonwood staff is warm, informative and hospitable.  This is the junior staff member, Gwendolyn, selling the books of the day.

In a few words, Annelies is the story of what Anne Frank's life would have been had she lived.

The Last Woman In The Forest is described by the author as a slow burn thriller.  It is the story of a woman who falls in love with a man who succumbs to cancer.  After dying, she starts to put together some clues that he may have been a serial killer.  She works with a retired forensic profiler in putting the pieces together.

It sounds like a perfect book for my strolls.

The scarier the book, the faster I walk.

The Honey Bus is Meredith May's memoir of her life growing up with her grandfather, who was an eccentric beekeeper.  Everything she learned about life was taught to her through the extraordinary world of bees.  Along with the purchase of Meredith's book she also included a jar of her own honey.

Unfortunately, Meredith did not make it to the breakfast due to being snowed in at the airport.

The Secret Life of Bees, one of my all-time favorite books, ignited my curiosity for bees.  I can't wait to sit down with this memoir.

A scrumptious breakfast is a standard staple at these events.

Kathy Detwiler, my friend, and owner of Buttonwood Books and Toys is always entertaining and warm when opening for the authors.

David Gillham, author of Annelies, spoke of his fascination with Anne Frank from a very young age.  He did many years of research and visited Amsterdam several times.

Diane Les Becquets, author of The Woman In The Forest, spoke of how her personal life shaped her work of fiction.  At a young age, she was held at knifepoint for many hours.  She also fell in love with a man that contracted brain cancer, the same disease that claimed her main character's life.

Diane also spoke of her research.  There were a string of murders of women in the 1980s that piqued Diane's curiosity.

I had the pleasure of sitting with lovely Diane at breakfast.

Can you believe this woman has a son in his thirties??

I'll have what she's having!

How cute is Gwendolyn's book skirt?!?

Fyi... I am currently reading:

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And I am listening to:

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By the way... April 27th is Independent Bookstore Day. 

If you are fortunate enough to have one in your 'hood stop by and support it.  And if you live on the South Shore, I hope to see you at Buttonwood.

Until next time...