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There are books from a handful of small presses and imprints that I can pick up and read without any hesitation. As soon as I see the logo on the spine, I know I’m in for a good read, one that has been ‘pre-screened’ if you will. Unbridled Books is one of these, “a premier [...]
Today’s “Spotlight on Bookstores” is written by John Addiego, author of The Islands of Divine Music. John calls this essay “A Special Bookstore”; I think his opening comments echo the way many book-lovers feel in today’s economy. It’s an apt thesis, illustrated by his Spotlight on Grass Roots Books & Music.
I will admit to being [...]
I’m so pleased to have John Addiego as my guest on “She is Too Fond of Books” today. John is the author of The Islands of Divine Music, published by Unbridled Books in October 2008 and reviewed here. Read on to learn more about John and his writing, the foundations of The Islands of Divine [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading and asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” [...]
The Islands of Divine Music by John Addiego
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Unbridled Books (October 28, 2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1932961546
Back of the book blurb: Against a backdrop of Immigration, Prohibition, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the new millennium, the Verbicaro family make their way from Southern Italy to San Francisco to the Yucatan, finding ways to [...]
TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book [...]
It feels like I was just sitting here writing last week’s Friday Finds (well, not here exactly, since we’re in NJ for the Thanksgiving weekend and here is at my sister-in-law’s kitchen island; herelast week was home at the desk in my kitchen) … anyway, the week has really flown by, with Thanksgiving preparations and [...]
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