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REVIEW: The Billionaire Next Door by Jessica Bird

REVIEW: The Billionaire Next Door by Jessica Bird

Dear Ms. Bird, After eyeing it all year last year, I finally decided to sign up for Keishon’s TBR Challenge. I figured it would motivate me to dig up some of the older books that have piled up around my house which I have been ignoring in favor of the new and shiny. Keishon’s assignment(…)

REVIEW:  That Man Must Marry by Janet Chapman

REVIEW: That Man Must Marry by Janet Chapman

Dear Ms. Chapman: Maybe in my salad days a story about an innocent, vulnerable, walking mess of a woman, and all the men that love her (only bad guys want to harm her) might have appealed to me. However, now that I am a hardened cynic, I can only respond with eye rolls, groans and(…)

Wheel of Time Author, Robert Jordan, Passes On

Robert Jordan, author of a seemingly endless Wheel of Time series, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon. He had been ill with amyloidosis for some time so the end was not a surprise. Fans of the series expressed sadness as Jordan’s death and frustration with the lack of conclusion to the series. RIP JOrdan. Via Media(…)

REVIEW: Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

Dear Mr. Moore, A few things I know for sure when I start one of your books: it’ll be different, it’ll be funny, and somebody will die. In the case of this book, lots of people will die but then when the main character is a Death Merchant, it kind of goes with the territory.(…)

Ronda Thompson Passes On

I heard at the signing from Sue Grimshaw that Ronda Thompson had died, maybe due to pancreatic cancer. Thompson was recently well known for her books on the Wulfs of London series. Condolences to the Thompson family. Send to Kindle

The Grand Dame of Romance, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Passes Away

Kathleen Woodiwiss is often credited by my generation of readers as having penned their first romance novel. She set a standard with books like The Flame and the Flower that others would attempt to emulate decades later. According to a post on a fan forum, she passed away on July 6, 2007. Hello. I am(…)

REVIEW:  A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

REVIEW: A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Dear Ms Didion, I found your account of your first year after the sudden and tragic death of your husband, all while dealing with your critically ill daughter’s many admissions to various hospitals, to be deeply moving yet in some ways offsetting and disjointed. I guess that’s due to intermixing the two narratives in a(…)

Kurt Vonnegut Dies at Age 84.

Acclaimed author Kurt Vonnegut died last night. He was 84. Vonnegut had suffered a fall several weeks previous and could never recover from the ensuing brain trauma. His seminal work is probably Slaughter-House Five published in 1969. It was science fiction novel which explored the effects of bombing during war. Via New York Times. Send(…)

Pulitzer Prize winning author Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. dies

Last night, two time Pulitzer Prize winning author, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr died as a result of a heart attack last night in New York City. He was 89. Schlesinger won the Pulitzer Prize for the books The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. A Thousand Days(…)

Audio Book Voice, Kate Fleming, Dies

In a tragic occurrence in her home, Ms. Fleming became trapped in her basement studio as rainwater flooded the home. Ms. Fleming, as Anna Fields, was the voice of several Susan Elizabeth Phillips books and was once nominated by the Audio Publishers Association “Audies” for her work on Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ Breathing Room. In 2004,(…)