Kasulke's debut novel is a fast-paced read and written in Slack conversations. Those who use Slack or any other communications platform at work will relate to our "GMA" Book Club pick for September, ...

THE BALANCE WHEEL (496 pp.)—Taylor Caldwell—Scribner ($3.50). Taylor Caldwell once explained how she writes her bestselling novels: “I type very quickly. Also, I never rewrite. I don’t even read over ...

In her letter to the editor (June 27), inspired by a review of Danielle Dreilinger’s “The Secret History of Home Economics,” Jane Feder relates how as an eighth grader she regretted being ...