To tie in with my recent posting about what authors read, this week’s spotlight is on a website compiled and hosted by the Gardner, ME Public Library in conjunction with Thomson Gale. It is entitled “Who Reads What?” and is a database of celebrities and the titles of books they love.
For example, did you know [...]
I was recently lucky enough to hear an amazing collection of authors speak over the course of a conference. And extra lucky was I that many of them talked about authors and books that they themselves love, or that have influenced them. I thought what a great idea for a ready-made blog post! So, here [...]
Kisser by Stuart Woods (Jan. 19) At the start of Woods’s entertaining 17th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer picks up Carrie Cox, an aspiring actress who’s recently moved from Georgia to New York City, in his favorite Manhattan restaurant. Soon he gets caught up in trying to protect her from her ex-husband, while [...]
OK, so HarperCollins has started this website called authonomy. It’s an online community where authors can go to upload their work and readers can go to read what all these talented new voices are writing. The works get rated by members and the top-rated ones make their way to HarperCollins editors to receive feedback. Readers [...]
Although we’re in the sort of post-holiday, pre-spring doldrums of book releases, there are still a number of good-looking novels that were released last week:
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks [...]
I admit it (proudly): I love to read young adult fiction.
I once heard a librarian at a conference put it perfectly, and while I can’t remember her exact words, the sentiment was along the lines of “why would I read an “adult” novel when I can get the same emotion, plot, and character development in [...]
Was one of your new year’s resolutions to read more? Reading challenges are a fun way to encourage yourself to read more by setting goals. They’re also a great way to break out of those reading ruts we sometimes find ourselves into by suggesting different genres, authors, etc. There are many sources out there for [...]
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