books

La bibliothèque by Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1921

Her work has been dismissed as fluff in some quarters. That's fine for her. Besides, she says, her books sell.
Jennifer Weiner, the bestselling author of eight books, had been battling traffic for close to an hour before landing at the Regent Beverly Wilshire. With her kids ensconced in an upstairs room, she collapses into a perfect leather chair and sweetly, if sweatily, orders off the bar menu.

Stefanie Syman’s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.’s, movie stars and soccer moms.

Like DVDs, electronic books for the iPad are now being loaded with extras, including video clips that are integrated with text.

Anthony Doerr’s relentless fascination with memory — and with the ways memories fade or are destroyed — connects the six brooding stories in this collection.

There's a Swimming Pool in the Library:

A new online book club for those who have always wanted to join one but can’t find the time or the people. Also good if you’re just looking for a new book to read.