Books Quote by Midwest Book Review August 2013

So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“I tried to lose myself in books. Our house is packed with them, and we keep adding more. Like my mother, I love mystery…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

When I was young, I really identified with Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, particularly the character of Jo. The book was written at…

— Hillary Clinton

The writer I adore is Ivy Compton-Burnett.I couldn't get more than a few pages in when I first read her. In many ways, she…

— Hilary Mantel

I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart's desire.

— Francis Ray

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

— Rachel Gibson

“It was terrifying, liberating, and risky. But one day I woke up and decided to try it." (On writing her first novel, "Miss Dreamsville…

— Amy Hill Hearth

I always swore I would never write a book. But I read Clare Balding's and it was really interesting and so prettily written and…

— Jennifer Saunders

“There are good and great books on the Esquire list, though even Moby-Dick, which I love, reminds me that a book without women is…

— Rebecca Solnit

“I am no novel-reader—I seldom look into novels—Do not imagine that I often read novels—It is really very well for a novel.” Such is…

— Jane Austen

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

— Michael Cunningham

“When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat…

— Maya Rodale