Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Reading

  • Book Reviews – Magical Stories

    One of the changes I’ve made in the past few weeks is to spend less time on social media. I’m not convinced that it makes much difference to my business, and the visibility of my books in the marketplace, plus there are some developments in the works (especially at Facebook, now Meta) that will change…

  • From the Keeper Shelf – 7

    When I was a teenager in suburban Toronto, we used to take the bus and subway to go downtown. When I went with my friends, we went to the Eaton Centre, tried on clothes, window-shopped, and often went up to Sam the Record Man to buy an LP. When I went alone, I went to…

  • From the Keeper Shelf – 6

    There are so many things that fascinate me about Agatha Christie and her books. First, there are the books themselves. I started to read her books as a teenager because I loved mysteries, and I was quickly hooked. There was a time when I had a list of which of her books I’d read –…

  • From the Keeper Shelf – 5

    We’re going back to historical fiction today with What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin. Once upon a time, I used to discover new books and new authors by browsing at a bricks-and-mortar bookstore. I really did pick books by their covers, or at least I’d pick them up for the first time because…

  • From the Keeper Shelf – 4

    This choice might be another surprise for you. Today’s pick from my keeper shelf is Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. The first Stephen King novel I read was his first book: Carrie was published in 1974 but I read it when I was in high school. I see that the paperback edition I read was…