Book Reviews / Reading Listsclassic fiction / contemporary fiction / Dystopian fiction / horror / non-fiction / Reading lists / True Crime4 Comments
I’ve been doing these round-ups every three months, but I realized this round of mini-reviews are longish, so I decided to just do October and November. Also reviewed (with Janine, Sirius and Jayne): Spinning Silver. The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder and an Unlikely Investigator by Joakim ... more >
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Also read and reviewed: Playing Hurt, Bed of Flowers, Heartsick, The Fourth Summer, The Dream Hunter Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris I haven’t read any of Charlaine Harris’ books except for the Sookie Stackhouse series, which I was devoted to. I’m not sure if it’s been a matter of fearing ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / dysfunctional family / Dystopian fiction / futuristic / Science Fiction2 Comments
In space, no one can hear you clean… When Darren’s charge-cart gets knocked off the Earth-to-Mars highway and lost in space forever, he thinks his day can’t get any worse. When Kelly sees Darren accidentally short-circuit a talking lamppost, and its camera captures her face as it expires, she thinks ... more >
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I also read and reviewed: A Lady’s Code of Misconduct, Silver Silence, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Pipe Dreams and Thick As Thieves And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie I got this a little while ago when there were a bunch of Agatha Christie books on sale; several people ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / Book-club / Dystopian fiction / earnings / genetic evolution / History / Lois Lowry / price-fixing lawsuit / settlement / Simon & Schuster / YA fiction3 Comments
Profits Up Nearly 13% At Simon & Schuster – Publishing home of celebrity fantasy RPF, Simon & Schuster had a 12.9% increase in operating revenue over last year, due in part to strong fourth quarter earnings (34% more this year than last): E-book sales fell in the year, while sales of digital ... more >
Publishing Newsbest of list / book banning / Dystopian fiction / gender / Louisa May Alcott / museum / npr / television adaptation / women's history / YA11 Comments
Happy Ever After: 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances – An interesting list that at the very least reflects the difficulty in making any kind of “best of” list. If that’s what this is. We get back, pretty quickly, to the question of what makes a Romance novel effective, and what “good” or “best” ... more >