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George Rabasa’s Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb hits shelves today! This novel grew out of Rabasa’s short story called “Feast,” which was published in Glendale College’s Eclipse literary journal. Rabasa says that, rather than being satisfied with being in a piece of published short fiction, “the characters continued to grow in [his] imagination, [...]
I’ve been working on organizing my bookshelves these past few weeks. I’ve successfully purged duplicates, books that I’ve read but am unlikely to read again, and books that just “aren’t my thing.” I’m very pleased to say that all my fiction is now shelved alpha by author – no more piles of novels lining the [...]
Have you ever been to a twitter party? You don’t have to dress up for them, no need to bring a bottle of wine for the host, and it’s not too impolite to step out if the doorbell rings. Last Friday, the BookMaven (Bethanne Patrick) hosted a twitter party for Joshua Foer and his new [...]
I picked up 13, rue Thérèse after reading this review from Kathy at Bermudaonion. Elena Mauli Shapiro’s debut novel is an unusual format – it’s an illustrated novel. Not a graphic novel, there’s more text than graphics. About 1/10 of the pages contain a photo, postcard, or other image, and the finished hardcover includes QR [...]
When I met up with Sandy and Heather last week, we did a bit of book-swapping. Funny, I ended up with more books than I brought (not by much, but still, more!), so I snuck my exchanges back into the hotel past J, hoping he wouldn’t see.
I ignored the stack of books on the [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re getting [...]
I’ve just begun reading Jonathan Evison’s West of Here – which is available today, February 15! Here’s the publisher’s synopsis:
Set in the fictional town of Port Bonita, on Washington State’s rugged Pacific coast, West of Here is propelled by a story that both re-creates and celebrates the American experience—it is storytelling on the grandest scale. [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re getting [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re [...]
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