Last month, NPR asked its listeners to submit nominations for a list of the 100 most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written. 600 titles were submitted. A panel of critics and thriller writers whittled the nominees down to 182. Now its your turn to vote. NPR will share the results on August 2nd.
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The results are in. Out of more than 800 entries for “AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers” competition, here are the winners for book cover design in 2009.
“AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers”
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Here are some great shots of Reese Witherspoon playing the part of avid horsewoman, Marlena Rosenbluth, in the film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s very popular novel ‘Water For Elephants’. Film production began last month. Other cast members are: Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, Christoph Waltz as August, Mark Povinelli as Kinko/Walter, Jim Norton [...]
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‘Winter’s Bone’ is a new art-house movie that is getting rave reviews. It is adapted from Daniel Woodrell’s eighth novel of the same name. Set in the Missouri Osarks, ‘Winter’s Bone’ tells a grim tale of a daughter’s search for her meth- cookin’ dad who has missed his court appearance thus putting [...]
Both Nora Rawlinson at Earlyword and Kaite Stover over at Booklist Book Group Buzz have posted recently on their predictions for what titles book clubs will favor next season once they come out in trade paperback. Booklist is championing Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simondson, Bloodroot by Amy Greene and Pictures of [...]
Hurrah! Two wonderful books have been adapted into two wonderful foreign films that I can only hope will get wider distribution in this country after they make the rounds of all the international film festivals. Mao’s Last Dancer (Australian) is based on the autobiography of Li Cunxin 5 star reader review and The Elegance Of [...]
The following video has been making the rounds on Face Book. Who knew it would be a ‘portent of things to come’. Hollywood is apparently embracing all books Brontë after nearly two decades of all films Jane Austen. USA Today reports that new versions of Wurthering Heights and Jane Eyre are in the works [...]
This is my own version of the St. Petersburg Times’ online monthly feature Read and Feed that cleverly provides book club selections and food themed suggestions matched to the book’s plot.
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (2008) This is the upstairs-downstairs story of Renee, a middle age concierge [...]
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