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A Reader's Respite —
Authority: 423
Have you heard about Lauren Grodsteins new novel, A Friend of the Family ? A Readers Respite just finished reading it and what a riveting novel it is, too. This is one of those psychologically taut novels -- not what wed call a thriller, by any means -- that keeps you on the edge of your seat just having ...1 day ago -
Nanoday #9 — (pre-writing thoughts) on the future of children’s books …
Valentine Bonnaire —
Authority: 122
I came across this accidentally on Twitter, but, you might want to take a look at it? Where are the words? Basically what this is is an interactive game — I once wrote a paper for Pacifica on that — this is what you call a pre-scripted game in a sense? Watch! — at this link. What did George Orwell have ...1 day ago -
Karen Whites ZZZs of Writing
In Bed With Books —
Authority: 417
Karen White is the author of THE LOST HOURS , who I interviewed a year ago. Her newest release is THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET, the sequel to THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET . (Expect my review soon-ish.) It turns out authors, like college students, sometimes have trouble getting enough sleep. And it turns out that ...2 days ago -
Listing Vetted: The Fiction Blogger — fairly solid
Web Fiction Guide —
Authority: 124
This site is a host to the million word challenge that I have recently started. Born on the back of NaNoWriMo, the challenge foro me is to write 1 million words of fiction in one year and do all of it on my blog.3 days ago -
Nanoday #5! — YA “young romance” novel has a miraculous twist! into happy scene….
Valentine Bonnaire —
Authority: 122
Plus, something fab happened for me yesterday as a writer (make that two things during this process) — a very old friend of mine was listening to a reading over the phone of that hard dialogue chapter from yesterday and she wept. Really. I hadn’t realized just how much emotion was in that piece but that is ...5 days ago -
Book Tour Day Three
LK Hunsaker: Literarily Indie —
Authority: 110
Thank you to all who are visiting my tour! At today’s stop, I’m talking about Traveling Fiction: Places in Story with Sue Perkins: http://sueperkinsauthor.blogspot.com/ Also, I now have PRE-ORDER available! Until the release date, shipping on a personally signed print copy of Off The Moon is ...5 days ago -
Book review: ‘In A Perfect World’ by Laura Kasischke
write meg! —
Authority: 122
So all these dystopian novels are beginning to get to me . . . after finishing Laura Kasischke’s haunting In A Perfect World , I had an irrational and overwhelming urge to stockpile canned goods, water and firewood — though I have no fireplace. What difference does that make, right? If a plague is spreading ...6 days ago -
What the wind can do
MADreads —
Authority: 121
If you like big rambly family stories, Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos is just that. It takes place in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, a town of people of Welsh descent, where the Jones family lives - a place smack dab in the middle of tornado country. As a matter of fact, the reader learns early in the story ...6 days ago -
Last Night in Twisted River (Caribousmom)
Novels Now —
Authority: 124
The young Canadian, who could not have been more than fifteen, had hesitated too long. For a frozen moment, his feet had stopped moving on the floating logs in the basin above the river bend; he’d slipped entirely underwater before anyone could grab his outstretched hand. One of the loggers had reached for the ...6 days ago -
Review: The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood
Medieval Bookworm —
Authority: 427
This companion novel to Oryx and Crake takes the reader into the pleeblands, exploring the effect that Crake’s super virus had on the ordinary people. Toby and Ren both spent a time as God’s Gardeners, a religion devoted to worshipping God through plants and science, but later leave the group through events ...1 week ago -
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh- Michael Chabon
The Book Book —
Authority: 114
A couple of weeks ago, Michael Chabon was at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver for a reading from his most recent book Manhood for Amateurs . As he read selections from the book, I could see that his prose had grown since this first novel of his, but it still had the ring of truth and beauty found in all of ...1 week ago -
Review: Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Medieval Bookworm —
Authority: 427
Humanity has been devastated by a virus and Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is perhaps the only human to have survived, for all he knows. With him are his friend Crake’s perfect creations, people genetically modified to become more perfect than ordinary human beings. They have better ways of sustaining ...1 week ago -
Review: Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
Medieval Bookworm —
Authority: 427
Frank and April Wheeler are desperately unhappy. Married for the sake of their children, living lives that they believe are meaningless, in a suburban town full of similar ordinary couples, they are both clamoring inwardly for a change. They believe they are superior to their neighbors and are determined to prove ...1 week ago -
Listen to my work on audio
Beautiful Desolation —
Authority: 103
With the help of the tireless Anthony, a support staff member with WordPress, I’ve figured out how to add a special “Audio” page to my blog. You’ll find it by looking to the right hand side, under the “Stories” widget. Just click on “Audio” and you’ll discover a large selection of my stories, ...1 week ago -
My Favorite Reads: A Bunch of “Best of” Book Lists
Books Worth Reading —
Authority: 119
For a while now, I have been maintaining a collection of “best of” book lists, which I wanted to share with you. These lists are divided chronologically and by broad genre, and are composed solely of books that I have read and given 4 or 5 stars. They are hosted at Lists of Best and updated as I read more. Best ...1 week ago -
First Lines: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Doug Geivett's Blog —
Authority: 113
Laurence Sterne’s ironical work of fiction, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, was first published in 1759. It baffled and intrigued Sterne’s contemporaries. You may feel the same way after reading the opening sentence:I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in ...1 week ago -
Book Review: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Imperfect Clarity —
Authority: 113
The Lovely Bones by Alic Sebols The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is one of the better books I have read. The entire story is told from the point of view of Sophie Salmon (like the fish), a young girl who is horribly murdered, and is focused on her observations from heaven of her friends and family as they strive ...1 week ago -
What’s everyone REALLY reading in Madison?
MADreads —
Authority: 121
Well, I’m not 100% sure about that, but I can tell you which books at the Madison Public Library have been checked out the most times over the last 15 years. Our library automation department can run these really cool reports that tell us which books might need to be replaced or removed depending on how many times ...1 week ago -
Worth Reading: Cat’s Eye
Books Worth Reading —
Authority: 119
Image via Wikipedia Cat’s Eye , Margaret Atwood (1988) While I am a fan of her more speculative fiction, I’m finding that Margaret Atwood can write about almost anything and make it fascinating. This long mainstream novel is a character study of Elaine, a female artist growing up in Toronto who finds ...1 week ago -
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout
Blogging for a Good Book —
Authority: 421
I’ve read a number of books that present themselves as short story collections, but which, when taken as a whole, comprise powerful novels. I think one reason that this succeeds is that the author can approach the same topic from a number of different angles without losing the narrative thread that ties the whole ...1 week ago
