Sep 16 2009
I have to go to the dentist today for an aching tooth. Yes, my hardliving consisting of peanut m&ms and Mountain Dew is catching up with me. That’s some real news I know you all were dying to read. DNAML, a company with more consonants than sense, is selling a PDF to ePub converter. This [...]
Oct 15 2008
Last month, Jia reviewed a new to us YA book called Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It’s a story about a teenager forced to fight in a brutal game to the death against 23 other teenagers. Others decided to read it and so we thought it would be fun to have a Book Club discussion. [...]
Oct 10 2008
On October 15th, Dear Author will host a book club event for Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games. This is a book that was recommended by Jia. It’s a story about a sixteen year old girl who offers herself up as a Tribute in place of her younger sister, as a player in the annual hunger games, [...]
May 4 2007
Dear Ms Estep, I was never a comic book fan and it’s been a long time since I read one but I recognized a few givens of the standard American superhero comic book. We’ve got your big city, alter egos, intrepid newspaper reporter, heroes, villains and brightly colored spandex for everybody. Carmen Cole steps into [...]
Apr 20 2007
Go vote for the DearAuthor May Bookclub selection. The Ja(y)nes will picked a number of books and everyone who is registered at the forum can vote. The Bookclub selection will receive a review from Jayne and a video review from Jane. Click HERE to see the nominations and HERE to vote. We choose to require [...]
Apr 10 2007
Enter your nominations in the comments section. It must be a book released in April or May of 2007 but can be anything from non fiction to fiction to romance to fantasy. We love new authors and we love midlist authors. After a week, we’ll take a look at the nominations and pick a few [...]
Apr 3 2007
Teleread.org is reporting on the appearance of a not so new contender to the used book market. Authors are cringing at more companies encouraging readers to trade books through the mail while readers are rejoicing. BookMooch and PaperbackSwap work essentially the same way. You list the books you have to trade and then you earn [...]
Mar 23 2007
Now, don’t get me wrong. I am not a hater of Victoria Beckham. I have three pairs of Rock n Republic Beckham jeans which I love. They are very comfortable. But a book club started by a woman who bragged to the Spanish press while promoting her autobiography that she has never read a book [...]
Mar 7 2007
Dear Ms Bartlett, I have to be honest and tell you that if this hadn’t’ve been a review book, I wouldn’t have gotten more than 1/2 way through it. As it was, I kept trying to think positively and flipping pages. At the halfway mark, I started skimming. By the end, I knew I would [...]
Feb 1 2007
Enter your nominations in the comments section. It must be a book released in February or March of 2007 but can be anything from non fiction to fiction to romance to fantasy. We love new authors and we love midlist authors. After two weeks, we’ll take a look at the nominations and pick six books. [...]
Jan 29 2007
Additional Reviews from around the net of DearAuthor’s January’s Book Club Selection. The general consensus is that this debut book features phenomenal world building featuring a strong heroine, a divine hero and a very sexy romance that is, at times, hampered by pacing issues and dialogue. If you’ve picked up the book and want to [...]
Jan 1 2007
Dear Ms Brook, Jane’s been raving about this book for weeks now. I can almost see her bouncing up and down in her chair when she posts about it. Jane’s a hard sell so when we worked out that this would be our next dueling review, I was psyched. A little daunted by the length [...]
Jan 1 2007
Welcome to our inaugural book club selection. I have been reading Meljean Brook’s blog for a while now and when I realized she had a single title release, I emailed her and begged for a copy of her book. She graciously acquiesced and fortunately for both of us, I really enjoyed this book. I’ve been [...]
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