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Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Warp Posted by Nat BernsteinYou know how some shows take a few episodes to find their legs? I initially gave up on Parks and Recreation, for example, disappointed… Nat Bernstein March 18, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Orphan #8 Posted by Nat BernsteinOrphan Number Eight author Kim Van Alkemade shared the cover for the novel’s new large-print edition last week, and it’s no wonder she’s… Nat Bernstein March 8, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Love from the Very Hungry Caterpillar Posted by Nat BernsteinI don’t know anyone who didn’t grow up with Eric Carle, whether has a young reader or a parent or a grandparent. Universally… Nat Bernstein February 11, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Poems That Make Grown Women Cry Posted by Nat BernsteinIt’s already February, and with a certain day dedicated to romance on the greeting card calendar falling over a weekend this year,… Nat Bernstein February 5, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wildwood Tu Bishvat, the Jewish festival for trees and their fruits, begins Sunday night! In its honor, each year I like to feature books that depict or impart new knowledge… JBC Staff January 22, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Fire and Ice Posted by Nat BernsteinIf you had to guess which month of the year sees the highest cookbook sales, you might place your bet on one boasting a bountiful season… Nat Bernstein January 5, 2016
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Question of the Animal and Religion Posted by Nat BernsteinJewish Book Council is just beginning to pack up our table at the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies in Boston,… Nat Bernstein December 15, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The End of Days Posted by Nat BernsteinLooks of concern and alarm were exchanged around the office when managing editor Becca spontaneously exclaimed, “Oh good, the End of Days has… Nat Bernstein November 25, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Notorious RBG Posted by Nat BernsteinYesterday, a book released last week hit The New York Times’s best sellers list:If you are not already familiar with the blog/meme… Nat Bernstein November 5, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God Posted by Nat BernsteinFourteen years after its original publication in English translation, Etgar Keret’s seminal collection of short stories was reissued… Nat Bernstein October 29, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Hours Count Posted by Nat BernsteinDon’t you kinda wish all books about the Rosenbergs looked like this?I’ll be honest, Historical Fiction does not always appeal to me — but now… Nat Bernstein October 20, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Wait Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner C. K. Williams succumbed to multiple melanoma yesterday at the age of 78. One of America’s greatest poets of the turn of… Nat Bernstein September 21, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Street Smart Posted by Nat BernsteinWere you aware that over the past decade Americans have been driving fewer total miles each year — a pattern that hasn’t trended… Nat Bernstein September 9, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Women in Clothes Posted by Nat BernsteinI just came across the book covers for the U.S. and U.K. editions of Women in Clothes at the same time and I honestly cannot decide which… Nat Bernstein September 1, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Secret of Chabad Posted by Nat BernsteinVeteran Chabad emissary to Yorba Linda and sitting president of the Rabbinical Council of Orange County and Long Beach, California Rabbi… Nat Bernstein August 26, 2015
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Piece of Mind Posted by Nat BernsteinWhenever W. W. Norton & Co. picks up a work of fiction, you know it’s going to be good — especially when they give it a book… Nat Bernstein August 20, 2015
