John Loftus, of the Northeast Times, gives us the scoop from around the region in “Getting between the covers”:
So for all those people who get bookstore gift cards as Christmas presents, the Northeast Times asked scores of people – regular Janes and Joes to public figures – to recommend one or two good reads. Their ideas range from purely entertaining to thought-provoking, from classic to new, and only a few of their suggestions are on a current list of best-sellers.
Read the entire story here. If Oprah has a book club, why doesn’t Frankford.
Fiction: Anything by Philip Roth and Joyce Carol Oates
Detective Stories: James Patterson and Robert Parker (love those short chapters)
Bio’s: Robert Caro’s three books on LBJ (waiting for the 4th and final book).