Category: Female Voices

• Sonali Dev writes about three generations of women in latest book

  

  “The Vibrant Years” by Sonali Dev, the bestselling Indian American novelist, was the first book chosen by actress Mindy Kaling when she started her publishing imprint, Mindy’s Book Studio with the goal of bringing diversity to readers. “Sonali Dev’s ‘The Vibrant Years’ captures the spirit of Mindy’s Book Studio,” Kaling said in the press release…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  July 3, 2023

  #books, #BookTok, Amazon, Amazon Studios, Audiobooks, Authors, Digital, Family, Female Voices, Fiction, Mindy Kaling, Mindy’s Book Studios, Romance, Sonali Dev

  #books, Chicago, Fiction, Mindy Kaling, Mindy Kaling Studios, Mindy's Book Studio, Sonali Dev, The Vibrant Life

• Luckiest Girl Alive book review|Lainey Gossip Books

  

  If You’re not following Lainey Gossip, may I suggest that you do. It’s all about pop culture including books, fashion, movies, celebrities, etc. with lots of fun videos including this one of Tom Cruise thanking people for seeing his latest movie Top Gun: Maverick while free falling from an airplane and talking on his way…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  February 18, 2022

  #books, #BookTok, Authors, Autobiography, Culture, Female Voices, Fiction, Gossip, Psychology, Social media, Women

  "etalk", "Listening to a Squawking Chicken", "The Social", Autobiography, Culture, Elaine Lui, fun, Gossip, Humor, Lainey Gossip, Lainey Lui, Listen to the Squawking Chicken, Memoir, Pop culture, Reece Witherspoon, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

• THE 17TH ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS

  

  American Book Fest has announced the winners and finalists of The 2020 Best Book Awards. Awards were presented for titles published in 2018-2020. Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest said this year’s contest yielded over 2,000 entries from mainstream and independent publishers. These were then narrowed down to over 400 winners and finalists in 90…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  March 28, 2021

  Animals, Architecture, Artists, Authors, Autobiography, Biography, Canines, Center Street Publishing, Cookbooks, Culture, Family, Female Voices, Fiction, Food, Food History, HarperCollins, Historic Architecture, History, Indiana University, Indiana University Press, Louise Nevelson, Penguin Random House, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Recipes, Science Fiction, self-help, Uncategorized

  American Book Fest, Book awards, Forge, HarperCollins, Independent publishing houses, John Wiley and Sons, NYU Press, Oxford Press, Penguin Random House, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Sounds True, The White House Historical Association

• THE 17TH ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS

  Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in the 17th Annual Best Book Awards  HarperCollins, Penguin/Random House, John Wiley and Sons, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Forge, Sterling Publishing, Hay House, Sounds True, Llewellyn Worldwide, NYU Press, Oxford University Press, John Hopkins University Press, The White House Historical Association and hundreds of Independent Houses contribute to this…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 18, 2021

  American History, Architecture, Artists, Biography, Children’s books, Comedian, Cookbooks, Culture, Dogs, Fantasy, Female Voices, Fiction, Food, Gardening, History, Humor, Indiana University, Literary, Murder, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, self-help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, True Crime, Women, Young Adult

  Best Book Awards

• Sweetbitter

    Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (Vintage 2017; $16) is the most modern coming of age story about 22-year-old Tess who moves to New York and lands a job at an expensive, glamorous restaurant. It’s an education into the glitz, glitter and grime of the restaurant word and those who labor there–Champagne, cocaine, rich patrons and…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  December 3, 2017

  Female Voices, Vintage