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 advance-reading copies have been sent hailing the start of spring book season. Authors will be hitting the road to promote their newest titles. Here is a sampling of what is headed your way.
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3/23 “Caught” by Harlan Cohen A stand alone thriller about a missing teenage girl and the female reporter that tries [...]
SO WHAT’S EVERYONE READING?
The Huffington Post reports that the general public is reading more spirituality, more history, and fewer big brand new bestsellers this winter.
Bookmovement, a site that keeps a running tally on what book clubs are reading, lists The Help, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Sarah’s Key, The Guernsey Literary Potatoe Peel Society and [...]
Are you looking to connect with the people and culture of Haiti in a more personal way? Here are a few recommended titles.
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Oprah’s book club e-letter suggests reading Breath, Eyes, Memoryby Edwidge Danticat.
Set in the island’s impoverished villages and in New York’s Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in [...]
NPR just released the top 100 favorite summer reads as voted on by their listeners. After perusing the list , I couldn’t help but think of those wonderful Mastercard Priceless spots.
NPR Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever
Straw hat, sunscreen, favorite pair of sunglasses: $163.00
23 books read: $601.45
21 movie tickets to watch adaptations: [...]
If you are looking to read something over the summer with a little more substance, something you can recommend to your book club come fall, then consider these good for book clubs summer reading suggestions from Nancy Pearl.
Citizen Vince by Jess Walters – a darkly, comic, crime novel that has also been described as unexpectedly [...]
OK, for all you mystery/spy/thriller readers out there, as promised, here is the list of Nancy Pearl recommended summer who dunnits.
Vanished by Joseph Finder - corporate espionage at its best.
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid – from the prolific Scottish mystery writer, considered one of her best about a past crime that leads to consequences [...]
Having just flown to Atlanta, GA and back, I can appreciate these Nancy Pearl recommendations for easy, breezy reading. All descriptions and comments about each book are from the copious notes I took when I attended Nancy Pearl’s Summer Reading List event.
Note: Plan ahead. Four out of the six titles are books you most likely [...]
Last night I was one of a hundred adoring fans that turned out to hear our very own former Seattle Public Library librarian, Nancy Pearl, do what she does best, tell us whats good to read. The focus on this evening’s event was summer reading or as quoted in The Seattle Times piece promoting the [...]
It is not yet officially summer and I am already feeling the need to play catch up with my reading before I can even consider looking at some of what industry insiders are claiming to be this summers best bets.
Come July, Knopf Publishing is releasing the second book in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, The Girl Who [...]
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