Flowers and candy may be traditional Valentine’s Day gifts, but for writers, nothing says love like a great book. In honor of the holiday, two local bookstore managers shared their list of recommended love stories.
Jenny Dwenger from Indy Reads Books, 911 Massachusettes Ave
♥ This Is The Story of A Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett. It’s not just about marriage, not at all. It is about the loves of Patchett’s life, and her authorial talent transcends her own experience to describe our universal experience of love in many forms. I can’t think of a more appropriate pick for Valentine’s Day.
♥ My Uncle Oswald and Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl. It amuses me more than it should that Roald Dahl wrote erotica. More people need to know this. Spread the word.
Looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day? A. L. Waddington will be at Indy Reads for a reading and signing February 14, 12pm – 4pm. Waddington writes two drastically different series. Eve is YA fiction with a cross over into time travel, paranormal mysticism, and romance. The With Honors series is a sultry psychological erotica series.
Kathleen Angelone from Bookmamas, 9 S. Johnson Avenue
Two books by Hoosier authors that I would recommend for Valentine’s Day are:
♥ Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole. Brockmole was a finalist for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Emerging Hoosier Author award last year. Letters from the Skye is an epistolary novel telling the story of two long distance relationships, one in World War I and the other during World War II. The writing is lyrical and creates wonderful scenes. Despite the wars, the book left me feeling hopeful.
♥ Noblesville by Kurt A. Meyer. A young man restoring a historic home in Noblesville is transported back to the house in 1893. He falls in love with the daughter of the 1893 owner, and the couple travels between times, developing a deep and abiding love. It is a very pleasant book to read.