The World Fantasy Awards will be given out tomorrow. Their 2009 convention site/blog has a list of the nominees and a chance to watch the ceremony live, or you can follow the updates on Twitter.
The Guardian Book Award shortlist was announced on Thursday, and includes such books as The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey and The [...]
Last week I presented you with some Horror fiction sites to get you in the mood for tomorrow’s holiday. Today I’d like to present you with some resources for thrilling horror movies to really scare you into the spirit!
The Daily Beast and The Wall Street Journal both ran recent posts highlighting the favorite horror [...]
This week’s releases feature thrills and entertainment in both fiction and non-fiction. A number of memoirs/biographies are being released, and the holiday-themed books are already starting to arrive!
True Blue by David Baldacci - Mason “Mace” Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped, framed for a crime, and incarcerated [...]
This week I’d like to present another genre-centric post and do a spotlight on HORROR. It is that time of year after all. So, here are some good sites, in no particular order, focused on all that is horrifying:
Horror.net - this site has lists of movies, books, and links to other general horror sites. It’s [...]
New this week….
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
In What the Dog Saw, Gladwell brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from The New Yorker over the past decade. This book includes the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer [...]
Book trailers are fun. Little movies/commercials to advertise books are a genius idea, and some of them are quite well done and entertaining. Bookscreening.com is a website that brings a variety of book trailers together at one site for our viewing pleasure. You can browse them by genre, or date added, or search for a [...]
The second week in October brings us lovely Fall weather and plenty of book releases to be excited about…
When Everything Changed by Gail Collins recounts the sea of change women have experienced since 1960. A comprehensive mix of oral history and research, this is the definitive book about five crucial decades of progress, told with [...]
For this week’s spotlight I’d like to celebrate a girl who is quickly becoming one of my favorite people, even though she really has nothing to do with books. Katy Towell is a brilliant artist who brings me great joy with her creepy, twisted stories and drawings. Her website, Childrin R Skary, holds all sorts [...]
Due to technical difficulties, the spotlight did not get posted last Friday. So, today I’m giving you a bonus/catch-up posting highlighting a site that will help you stay informed on authors coming to your area.
I noticed that Tracy Kidder is going to be at Porter Square Books tomorrow. Thinking how I always miss author visits, [...]
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls. The author of the incredible memoir, The Glass Castle, now brings us a true-life novel of her grandmother, Lily. Raised in a dirt dugout in west Texas and educated in starts and stops, Lily became a teacher at the age of 15 in a rural town. She married twice [...]
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