If you are looking for Peck & Peck book club questions for your next book club, I have everything you need, including a ...

The 2027 Reading Challenge is here! This will be the 9th reading challenge since Jackie and I started Beyond the Bookends. We love seeing how much the challenge has grown and how much all of you have ...

There have been so many WWII novels over the years (dare I say too many?), but my personal favorites are ones that focus on love stories because they represent hope in the face of the darkest evil.

I noticed a trend this year that I love. Some of the best books I read were books with child narrators. These are adult books told from a child’s perspective, rather then books intended for children ...

Looking for the November 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers? You've come to the right place! For years, I've worked with ...

Kirsten and I recently had a discussion about speculative fiction novels and what constitutes speculative fiction. It turns out that this is a long-running debate in the literary community. We wanted ...

I love a family drama book, but there is something even more captivating about multigenerational novels. I love seeing multiple generations together, connected in some way. Sometimes the generations ...

Ann Patchett, writer extraordinaire and owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, published her newest book in June 2026. Whistler is a perfect pick for a book club because of its themes and the ...

As soon as I read Ann Patchett’s newest book, I knew it would be perfect for a book club selection. I made a list of Whistler book club questions to help with your next book club. You can sit back and ...

Watch on YouTube This week on the Read Carpet Report, Jackie and Kirsten talk about museum books. In the Read Carpet Rundown, they discuss The Love Hypothesis, which is headed to Prime, and they’ve ...

Kirsten and I love music, so novels about musicians are right up our alley. These are my favorite fiction and romance novels about musicians. What started out as a small list of novels about music ...

When I started thinking about hotel novels, I was shocked to find so many thrillers and mysteries set in hotels. But when I thought about it a little more, hotels are the perfect setting for a little ...