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First Page: Unpublished manuscript
First Page
first page, Literary Criticism
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. You can submit your own… more
Daily Deals: Three great YA deals for under $4, a paranormal...
The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-in Edition by Suzanne Collins. $2.82. From Jacket Copy: The New York Times bestselling The Hunger Games, with an all-new cover from the major motion picture!The astonishing bestseller is now a fantastic movie. Here is the… more
REVIEW: Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
B- Reviews
Contemporary, sports romance, Young-Adult
Dear Ms. Kenneally: I can’t recall how this book came to my attention. It may have been Elyssa Papa who sends me links to books that feature football. It may have popped up on Goodreads. I’m not a huge YA… more
REVIEW: A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
A- Reviews/ Recommended Reads
class-difference, Georgette Heyer, marriage-of-convenience, Regency Romance, Waterloo
Dear Readers, Sourcebooks is having a sale on Georgette Heyer ebooks this week (August 14-20), so I thought it would be a good time for another Heyer review. I noticed that A Civil Contract is one of the books on… more
Friday Film Review: Little Manhattan
Film Reviews
coming-of-age, Friday Film Review, New York City, Young-Adult
Little Manhattan (2005) Genre: Coming of Age Romance/Comedy Grade: B I’ll be honest and say I took a chance on this one. I didn’t recognize any of the actors or the director and frankly given the subject matter, it could… more
Resistances to the proposed settlement by the DOJ, Hachette, HarperCollins, and...
Publishing News
Agency pricing, lawsuits
On August 15, 2012, parties to the lawsuit were allowed to file a resistance, no longer than five pages, to the DOJ’s request that the court approve the proposed settlement between itself and three publishers. B&N and ABA were allowed… more
Daily Deals: Historical, Paranormal and Thriller for $2.99 and under
Pleasures of the Night by Sylvia Day. $2.99. From Jacket Copy: In the Twilight between sleep and consciousness, a battle rages between Dream Guardians and Nightmares. Captain Aidan Cross is a legend, as skilled in fulfilling erotic dreams as he… more
REVIEW: Hidden Paradise by Janet Mullany
B Reviews
Erotic-Romance, widow
Dear Ms. Mullany, I’ve had great success reading your Regency-set romances, and a bit less success with a couple of your other books. Still, the blurb for Hidden Paradise drew me in: Louisa Connelly, a recently widowed Jane Austen scholar,… more
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REVIEW: You Are My Only by Beth Kephart
A- Reviews/ Recommended Reads
Beth Kephart, Young-Adult
Dear Ms. Kephart, After my review of Dangerous Neighbors last year, I became quite a fan of yours. Quite a fan indeed. It’s rare that I find a literary YA author that I connect with on a writing level, but… more