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Page Turners

Page Turners is a weekly blog where Cindy Burnett shares thoughts on all things book-related, including author interviews. For more, see Cindy’s Buzz Reads column featuring top book picks for each month.

Technology in Stories: Fiction Featuring Tech

By Cindy Burnett | August 7, 2025
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Bruce Holsinger, Jakob Kerr, Janelle Brown
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue

5 Books to Read for Nonfiction November

By Cindy Burnett | November 21, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Julie Satow, Hortense Odlum, Dorothy Shaver, Geraldine Stutz, Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz, Henry Winkler, Stacey Weitzman, Mary Laura Philpott, Julie Chavez
Celia Anderson

What Are Buzz Residents Reading?: Q&A with Celia Anderson

By Cindy Burnett | November 14, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Celia Anderson, Anna Rasche, Katy Hays, Alison Espach
Nicole Anderson

What Are Buzz Residents Reading?: Q&A with Nicole Anderson

By Cindy Burnett | November 7, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Nicole Anderson, Jason Rekulak, Riley Sager, Kevin Kwan, Christine Wells
The Rebalancing Act

The Rebalancing Act: Q&A with Houston Author Carol Enneking

By Cindy Burnett | October 31, 2024
People in this article:
Carol Enneking, Cindy Burnett, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, Lauren Grodstein
McKenna family

Author Q&A with Houstonian Theresa McKenna

By Cindy Burnett | October 24, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Theresa McKenna
The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

5 of My Favorite Books for the Third Quarter of 2024

By Cindy Burnett | October 10, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding, Jane Austen, John Marrs, Marissa Stapley, Marcus Kliewer, Alison Espach
The Lucas Page series by Robert Pobi

Favorite Mystery Series, Part 2

By Cindy Burnett | October 3, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Martin Walker, Julia Watson, Robert Pobi
Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter

Four Books with Unique Storylines

By Cindy Burnett | September 26, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Susan Rigetti, Daniel Sweren-Becker, Cara Hunter, Gillian McAllister
The Queen's Faithful Companion

5 Historical Fiction Books About Real People

By Cindy Burnett | September 19, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Piper Huguley, Alice Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Portia Washington, Booker T. Washington, Stephanie Dray, Frances Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Aimie K. Runyan, Claire Eiffel, Gustave Eiffel, ReShonda Tate, Hattie McDaniel, Eliza Knight
Songs in Ursa Major

Books to Read If You Like ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’

By Cindy Burnett | September 12, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Laura Hankin, Marissa Stapley, Emma Brodie, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Laura Wood, Jennifer E. Smith
Hyeseung Song

Author Q&A: Hyeseung Song

By Cindy Burnett | September 5, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Hyeseung Song, Rachel Cusk, Miranda July, Anne Anlin Cheng
Pamela Lamp

Author Q&A with Former Houstonian Pamela Lamp

By Cindy Burnett | August 29, 2024
People in this article:
Pamela Lamp, Cindy Burnett, Marjan Kamali, Fiona Davis, Ron Rash
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Stellar Books that Published in July

By Cindy Burnett | August 1, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Kirsty Greenwood, John Marrs, Peng Shepherd, Jennifer Mathieu, Alison Espach
The Faculty Lounge

Author Q&A: Houstonian Jennifer Mathieu

By Cindy Burnett | July 18, 2024
People in this article:
Jennifer Mathieu, Cindy Burnett, Steven Rowley, Amy Poehler, Deborah Lynn Blumberg, Jane Austen, Cait West, Wendi Aarons
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Is there a Book of Summer 2024?

By Cindy Burnett | July 11, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Catherine Gentry, Steven Rowley, Ruth Reichl, Nancy Turner, Deborah Dunkum, Ashley Elston, Nicole Anderson, Susan Rigetti, Deanna Salazar, Paige Toon
Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell

Author Q&A with Tasha Coryell

By Cindy Burnett | June 27, 2024
People in this article:
Tasha Coryell, Cindy Burnett, Karin Slaughter, Ann Patchett
Hostage novel

Some Fabulous Reads for the Beach or Pool, Part 2

By Cindy Burnett | June 13, 2024
People in this article:
Jackie Collins, Judith Krantz, Clare Mackintosh, Jamie Brenner, Rebecca Serle, Tessa Wegert
Anna Bright Is Hiding Something

Stellar Books Publishing This Week

By Cindy Burnett | June 6, 2024
People in this article:
Anna Akbari, Marcela Fuentes, Erika Robuck, Julie Satow, Geraldin Stutz, Dorothy Shaver, Hortense Odlum, Annabel Monaghan, Ann Leary, Susie Orman Schnall, Mary Laura Philpott, Elizabeth Passarella
First Lie Wins book

Some Fabulous Reads for the Beach or Pool

By Cindy Burnett | May 30, 2024
People in this article:
Ashley Elston, Ali Brady, Susan Rigetti, Christina Lauren
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby

Summer Reading Lists for 2024

By Cindy Burnett | May 23, 2024
People in this article:
Kelly Hooker, Anne Bogel, Victoria Wood, Amy Allen Clark
Effie Olsen’s Summer Special

Author Q&A with Rochelle Bilow

By Cindy Burnett | May 9, 2024
People in this article:
Rochelle Bilow
The White Girl book

Armchair Travels

By Cindy Burnett | April 25, 2024
People in this article:
Hazel Gaynor, Tony Birch, Meghan Friedlander, Luca Dotti, Gill Paul
book

My Favorite Books (So Far) for 2024

By Cindy Burnett | April 11, 2024
People in this article:
Kelly Hooker, Stephanie Dray, Frances Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Karen Outen, Benjamin Stevenson, Laurie Frankel, Ashley Elsten, Deborah Jackson Taffa
The Edentians

Author Q&A with Houstonian Gissele Trussell

By Cindy Burnett | April 4, 2024
People in this article:
Gissele Trussell, Conn Trussell, Daniel Silva, Cixin Liu, Michio Kaku, Carl Sagan, Robert Lanza
Kristen Bird

Author Q&A with Houstonian Kristen Bird

By Cindy Burnett | March 28, 2024
People in this article:
Kristen Bird, Polly Stewart, Amanda Montell, Claire Mackintosh, Megan Miranda, Jenna Satterthwaite, Maia Chance
book

Women’s History Month Picks

By Cindy Burnett | March 21, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Stephanie Dray, Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate, Ruth P. Watson, Frances Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Belle de Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan, Hattie McDaniel, Maggie Lena Walker
Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

Favorite Winter Reads of 2024

By Cindy Burnett | March 7, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Karen Outen, Benjamin Stevenson, Jon Clinch
Caren McKinnie

What Are Buzz Residents Reading?: Caren McKinnie

By Cindy Burnett | February 29, 2024
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Caren McKinnie, Sara Ackerman, Elise Hooper, Shelby Van Pelt
The Turtle House

Author Spotlight: Amanda Churchill

By Cindy Burnett | February 22, 2024
People in this article:
Amanda Churchill, Cindy Burnett, Elizabeth Wetmore