Reviews of the new spring titles are starting to pour in but what about the not to be missed books of last fall and winter? Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, Emma Donoghue’s Room and Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom certainly have lived up to their hype but others, alas, have not. Take for instance Ingrid Betancourt’s Even Silence Has An End. Last fall, [...]
Just six more weeks until William and Kate tie the knot. For those Anglophiles out there (and you know who you are) that can’t bear the wait, here are some literary suggestions to help you while away the hours. READ: Shop Indie Bookstores The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Who can resist a quirky family [...]
December 19, 2010 – 7:12 pm
This time of year, I always try to post fun ways that books are used during the holidays. You’ve heard of Christmas in July, right? Well this cleverly designed book stand actually is from a June post via OKGreat. I thought it the perfect way to wish my readers a very Merry Christmas and a [...]
August 22, 2010 – 4:07 pm
Are you a sipper or a gulper when it comes to reading? This question was posed by science fiction and fantasy writer Jo Walton on Tor.com. I am definitely a gulper. I know this because I inhaled the Stieg Larsson Millennium-trilogy by the end of June and since then have been experiencing a bit [...]
February 9, 2010 – 1:44 pm
According to Galley Cat, Bud Light’s Super Bowl Ad depicting a couple of beer loving boys crashing a book club has offended book clubs, literary bloggers and readers. Personally, I thought it was silly but, hey, it’s the Super Bowl people. In fact, my husband was complaining that a lot of the ads made the [...]
October 26, 2009 – 10:54 am
Shop Indie Bookstores In honor of Halloween week, here is Seattle Times pop critic Mark Rahne’s hilarious video tour of Forks, WA which any Twilighter knows is the setting for the Stephenie Meyer‘s vampire series. Whaahahahahaa…
I admit it. I am a trade paperback snob. I realized that the other day when I had the option of buying The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in either mass market paperback (MMP) or trade paperback (TPB). Even though the mass market was definitely cheaper, $7.99 vs. $16. 37, I chose the trade paperback. [...]
I cracked up when I read this winning entry from Eric Rice of Sun Prairie, Wis. for worst opening sentence to a novel in the detective category of The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, affectionately known as “It was a dark and stormy night” contest. “She walked into my office on legs as long as one of [...]
March 28, 2009 – 10:12 am
This is a great, big epic of a book. I loved author Mark Salzman’s blurb on the back cover “This book has everything: nuns, conjoined twins, civil war, and medicine.” A perfect vacation read. One you can wrap yourself up in and devote yourself to. Click here to purchase this book from your favorite Indie [...]
