Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Erica Ferencik's books
Erica Ferencik
Goodreads Author
Website
Twitter
Genre
Member Since
November 2007
To ask
Erica Ferencik
questions,
please sign up.
Popular Answered Questions
|
The River at Night
—
published
2017
—
22 editions
|
|
|
Girl in Ice
—
published
2022
—
17 editions
|
|
|
Into the Jungle
—
published
2019
—
14 editions
|
|
|
Repeaters
—
published
2011
—
4 editions
|
|
|
The Blooming
|
|
|
Hot, Naked and Awake
—
published
2014
|
|
|
Cracks in the Foundation
—
published
2008
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Radio My Way: Featuring Celebrity Profiles from Jazz, Opera, the American Songbook and More
by
—
published
2011
—
3 editions
|
|
Erica’s Recent Updates
|
Erica Ferencik
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
In Lock Her Up, a young democratic activist mixes with her husband's Trumpy family with disastrous, often terrifying results. Elizabeth Searle's latest is not only a riveting read, it's a searing commentary on political turmoil during the hotbed of co ...more |
|
|
Erica Ferencik
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| I loved every word of this rollicking, whip-smart, and very funny ride. Jenna Blum's Sam is a relatable hero, navigating her way through the writing/publishing jungle, falling for the wrong guy - a perfectly portrayed charming narcissist named Willia ...more | |
|
Erica Ferencik
is now following
|
|
|
Erica Ferencik
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| Marriage and Other Monuments is an elegantly written page-turner brimming with the history of Richmond. Virginia Pye aligns a story of teetering marriages with a city reckoning with its confederate past. This is an engrossing, emotionally astute nove ...more | |
|
Erica Ferencik
is now following
Confessions of a Bookaholic, Chandra Claypool (WhereTheHorrorsGrow), and Alex Helm
|
|
|
Jun 28, 2026 12:59PM
|
|
|
Erica Ferencik
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Erica Ferencik
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Erica Ferencik
has read
|
|
“What did the mountains care about our plan to climb them, rafting the waters that divided them? They had eternity before us, and eternity after us. We were nothing to them.”
― The River at Night
― The River at Night
“The fact is, I’m a middle-aged woman who should have middle-aged concerns, but I don’t. Fear feels quaint somehow. I just don’t have any these days. Now when I swim, I feel powerful and sleek and swift. I delight in my mass, in all that water I displace. I am this joyous creature plunging into my element: water. What difference does it make how old I am or what jeans I can fit into or how fast my roots come in? My aging body, my dull job. I mean, really, who cares? I’m”
― The River at Night
― The River at Night
“The world we know is dwarfed by the worlds we don't. Why not explore them all? Being out there in the wilderness, you have no idea what'll happen, really. It could be just you and this gorgeous night sky, or maybe you are surfing and some big ass wave comes at you, and if you don't ride that sucker, it'll put you under and have you for lunch, or you might turn a corner on a hike and there's some beautiful deer and her little fawn-- now that has meaning, all of those things, and I need more of that and less of trying to make money so I can pay bills to live in a way I just don't care about anymore.”
― The River at Night
― The River at Night
Polls
April 2017 Group Read Nominations
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play Book Tag: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik -3 stars | 1 | 23 | Feb 20, 2017 03:35PM | |
| Stress Free Readi...: Mongo Nightly News! | 18 | 74 | Mar 19, 2017 11:41AM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: BOOK it to the finish line! - March 2017 | 31 | 69 | Mar 30, 2017 05:12PM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: Islands of the World - the Galápagos | 16 | 44 | Mar 31, 2017 10:09PM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: March TCF Monthly Challenge | 34 | 110 | Apr 01, 2017 06:02AM |
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
―
―
“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog, and drive cars in it. We breathe it deep within us. With every breath, we inhale millions of molecules of sky, heat them briefly, and then exhale them back into the world.”
― A Natural History of the Senses
― A Natural History of the Senses
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
―
―
The Life of a Book Addict
— 12119 members
— last activity Oct 01, 2026 09:29AM
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more
Books on the Nightstand
— 6114 members
— last activity 21 hours, 1 min ago
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
BOOMER LIT: Novels, Short Fiction, Memoirs and More
— 693 members
— last activity Sep 12, 2026 06:05AM
Boomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre. Let's talk about it! When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s ...more
The Humour Club
— 1653 members
— last activity 4 hours, 15 min ago
A group for readers and writers of humorous fiction.
English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers
— 2114 members
— last activity 14 minutes ago
A place to discuss Scandi Crime novels, which includes novels from: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark. Whether it's Smilia from Peter Hoeg's S ...more
The Gothic Novel Book Club <Hiatus>
— 791 members
— last activity Dec 20, 2021 06:15AM
Can't get enough of the supernatural? How about the dark and mysterious? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this group is for you! E ...more
Ask Historical Suspense Authors, Thursday, May 9th!
— 224 members
— last activity Nov 04, 2013 03:54PM
Join us on Thursday, May 9th for a special discussion with our panel of Historical Suspense Authors! Our authors will include - M.J. Rose who ...more
Horror Aficionados
— 31044 members
— last activity 33 minutes ago
If you love horror literature, movies, and culture, you're in the right place. Whether it's vampires, werewolves, zombies, serial killers, plagues, or ...more
Brilliant Books You've Never Heard Of
— 1767 members
— last activity Jan 12, 2021 04:41AM
Looking for something off the beaten path? This is a great place to start. We are going to be focused on modern books, anything published after 1960, ...more
Psychological Thrillers
— 5528 members
— last activity 2 hours, 11 min ago
This group is dedicated to all fans of Psychological Thrillers by authors including, but not limited to: James Patterson, Jeffery Deaver, John Sanford ...more
Comments (showing 1-3)
post a comment »
date
newest »
newest »
It sounds kind of sweet, actually, esp in the context you describe. Perhaps better than "Locust." The reason I used it for my character is that, as you may remember, Ginger was trying to name her baby, was eating a p&b sandwich and read "Harvest Bread" on the loaf and thought it sounded good...I think (forgeting my book for the moment) that it could be a boy's or a girl's name, and could always default to Harvey which is an endearing sort of name to me.
Hey, Ebgf! I think my cousin in Kansas might name her 4th kid Harvest. She asked me if it was a girl's name or a boy's name. They live where the world's longest grain elevators are and the whole town goes through maybe 4 harvests per year. All the husbands are working day and night for weeks. So: do you think a boy could get by with a name like Harvest?



















































