By Isabella Maldonado What do Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Steve Jobs, and Kobe Bryant have in common? They all had to overcome shyness, public challenges, or inner struggles to perform at the highest levels—while the world was watching and judging their every move—and conceal...
RESOLUTIONS FOR READERS & WRITERS
By Jenny Milchman It’s that time of year again when a brand new shiny four digit number is nigh. You know what that means—we’re about to start vowing to do all sorts of crazy sh—um, stuff—like cut out desserts/carbs/food or go to the gym four times a day or not curse the guy who cuts us off at the...
AUGUST ROGUE ROUNDUP
It’s a Rogue Roundup: See what we Rogues discovered, researched, and talked about in August… August began with both chaos and Karna Bodman's attempt to write amidst it. Born of her own brushes with natural disasters, Karna recommends four thriller novels inspired by real-life disasters. Next, we...
KILLER PUZZLES: 8 Books Featuring Locked Rooms, Deadly Puzzles, or Both
By Isabella Maldonado Imagine you’re trapped in a locked room, forced to use your deductive reasoning, cunning, and wit to escape. Now up the ante with a ticking time bomb set to detonate in less than a minute. To make things worse, each incorrect solution speeds up the countdown clock. Finally,...
DOWNSIZING IS AN OPPORTUNITY
Or so Amy Poehler tells me... By Chris Goff This has been a year of downsizing. It’s not for the faint of heart. Where it began. Five years ago we went from 4,000 square feet to 1,750 square feet. Talk about downsizing. We sorted through our life’s accumulation, getting rid of things we could bear...
FOUR BRILLIANT WOMEN — BUT WHO KNEW?
By Karna Small Bodman Throughout history, there have been many brilliant women who made incredible contributions, and yet a number have only been recognized and celebrated when authors (and film producers) write bestselling books and make movies highlighting their achievements. I have been reading...
ROGUE FLASH
"10 Books to Read if You're Loving The Night Agent" Congratulations to our own Gayle Lynds whose award-winning spy novel, The Assassins, came in at number three on The Real Book Spy’s readers hot recommended list. By The Real Book Spy Gayle Lynds, the undisputed queen of espionage, outdid...
MOTHER’S DAY IS NEXT MONTH
By Jenny Milchman And do I have some books for you! Or for a mother in your life, or someone you think of as a mother, or someone who has or once had a mother—and I could go on. Point being that every one of us has been touched in some way by the concept of motherhood, whether in real life or...