tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224641122024-03-19T08:05:32.103-05:00Campaign for the American ReaderThe official blog of the Campaign for the American Reader, an independent initiative to encourage more readers to read more books.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-60267037462351776772024-03-19T08:05:00.001-05:002024-03-19T08:05:00.145-05:00Pg. 99: Elizabeth Pearson's "Extreme Britain"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalization by Elizabeth Pearson.
About the book, from the publisher:
Young women bound for Islamic State, or "Free Speech" protests for Tommy Robinson--radicalization spans ideologies. Though an often-used term, the process of radicalization is not well understood, and the role of gender within it is often ignored. This Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-58976922506041088562024-03-19T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-19T00:05:00.142-05:00Seven novels about women on a journey to figure out who they arePhoebe McIntosh is an actress and playwright from London. She wrote and performed in a sell-out run of her first play, The Tea Diaries, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, followed by her solo show, Dominoes, which toured the South East and London. She completed the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab program, and her most recent full-length play, The Soon Life, was shortlisted and highly commended for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-51340180200375515692024-03-18T12:05:00.002-05:002024-03-18T12:05:00.132-05:00What is Chris Nickson reading?Featured at Writers Read: Chris Nickson, author of The Scream of Sins.
His entry begins:
At the moment, a variety of things seems to be the answer, and it's all re-reading. A few favourite Georgette Heyer titles: The Grand Sophy (even with its moment of outmoded anti-Semitism) and Veneita. I love that she has strong heroines, and the dialogue between her female and male lead characters is like Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-91362954770013979042024-03-18T08:05:00.000-05:002024-03-18T08:05:00.235-05:00Six spooky & fantastical missing-persons storiesMelissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series (The Hazel Wood, The Night Country, Tales from the Hinterland) and Our Crooked Hearts, and a former bookseller and YA lit blogger. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-19520542166188878632024-03-18T01:05:00.001-05:002024-03-18T01:05:00.125-05:00Pg. 99: Kristin M. Girten's "Sensitive Witnesses"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Sensitive Witnesses: Feminist Materialism in the British Enlightenment by Kristin M. Girten.
About the book, from the publisher:
Kristin M. Girten tells a new story of feminist knowledge-making in the Enlightenment era by exploring the British female philosophers who asserted their authority through the celebration of profoundly embodied observations, experiences, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-15191218308416643782024-03-17T15:05:00.001-05:002024-03-17T15:05:00.259-05:00Q&A with Sydney LeighFrom my Q&A with Sydney Leigh, author of Peril in Pink:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
The title of my book, Peril in Pink lets the reader know two key things. First, that something bad is going to happen. It’s a murder mystery, so that’s a plus. Second, that the book has a fun vibe. This is a story about Jess, a woman who quits her job and partners with Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-4541929265409838972024-03-17T08:05:00.000-05:002024-03-17T08:05:00.132-05:00Eight books for St. Patrick’s DayThe Zoomer Book Club's Nathalie Atkinson tagged eight notable new reads in the Irish literary wave, including:
WHERE THEY LIE by Claire Coughlan
Celebrated Irish author John Banville, who writes the popular Quirke crime series set in mid-century Ireland, praises journalist Coughlan’s 1968-set historical literary thriller. The murder mystery follows Nicoletta, an ambitious young reporter, as Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-63695379668333318102024-03-17T01:05:00.001-05:002024-03-17T01:05:00.247-05:00Rachel Lyon's "Fruit of the Dead," the movieFeatured at My Book, The Movie: Fruit of the Dead: A Novel by Rachel Lyon.
The entry begins:
There are many young actresses who could play a version of Cory really well. She is described as tall and beautiful, but she also sees herself as awkward and gawky, with a big nose. In my opinion, Maya Hawke would be ideal.
And if Maya Hawke were playing Cory—and I had all the power in the world—I'dUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-12166723285529216472024-03-16T12:05:00.001-05:002024-03-16T12:05:00.143-05:00Five top Irish-themed booksThe Amazon Book Review editors tagged five of their favorite Irish reads, including:
The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson
America’s fascination with the Kennedy family has been undimmed for over six decades now. The store of cold, hard facts about their lives and deaths have long ago been exhausted and have given way to reams of speculation. And then, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-62311121163486870682024-03-16T08:05:00.001-05:002024-03-16T08:05:00.128-05:00Pg. 99: David L. Kirchman's "Microbes"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Microbes: The Unseen Agents of Climate Change by David L. Kirchman.
About the book, from the publisher:
For billions of years, microbes have produced and consumed greenhouse gases that regulate global temperature and in turn other aspects of our climate. The balance of these gases maintains Earth's habitability. Methane, a greenhouse gas produced only by microbes, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-8180855146026829442024-03-16T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-16T00:05:00.140-05:00Pg. 69: Laura McNeal's "The Swan's Nest"Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Swan's Nest: A Novel by Laura McNeal.
About the book, from the publisher:
A tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th-century poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett.
On a bleak January day in 1845, a poet who had been confined to her room for four years by recurrent illness received a letter from a writerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-75337838213750678892024-03-15T12:05:00.001-05:002024-03-15T12:05:00.135-05:00Five of the best books inspired by classic novelsSophie Ratcliffe is professor of literature and creative criticism at the University of Oxford and a fellow and tutor at Lady Margaret Hall. In addition to her scholarly books, including On Sympathy, she has published commentary pieces and book reviews for the Guardian, the New Statesman, and the Times Literary Supplement, among other outlets, and has served a judge for the Baillie Gifford Prize Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-45714202466660541912024-03-15T08:05:00.001-05:002024-03-15T08:05:00.131-05:00Pg. 99: Donna J. Nicol's "Black Woman on Board"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action by Donna J. Nicol.
About the book, from the publisher:
Offers a rare view inside the university boardroom, uncovering the vital role Black women educational leaders have played in ensuring access and equity for all.
Black Woman on Board: Claudia HamptonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-29944771352891981092024-03-15T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-15T00:05:00.128-05:00Q&A with Clare McHughFrom my Q&A with Clare McHugh, author of The Romanov Brides: A Novel of the Last Tsarina and Her Sisters:
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
I feel so lucky to have landed on the perfect title for this novel! What better title than The Romanov Brides for a book that brings to life on the page the momentous decisions made by two German princesses, the sisters Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-4965326389049189122024-03-14T12:05:00.001-05:002024-03-14T12:05:00.126-05:00Six great psychological thrillers set in Washington D.C.Aggie Blum Thompson worked as a newspaper reporter, covering cops, courts, and trials, with a healthy dose of the mundane mixed in. Her writing has appeared in newspapers such as The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. A native New Yorker, she now lives just over the Washington D.C. line in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, two children, cat, and dog.
Thompson's new novel is Such a Lovely Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-41226438004807429312024-03-14T08:05:00.001-05:002024-03-14T08:05:00.142-05:00Pg. 99: Matthieu Grandpierron's "Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War: How Leaders of Great Powers Cope with Status Decline by Matthieu Grandpierron.
About the book, from the publisher:
Why do great powers go to war? Why are non-violent, diplomatic options not prioritized? Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War argues that world leaders react to status decline by going to war, guided by a nostalgic,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-8878683034253001902024-03-14T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-14T00:05:00.134-05:00Pg. 69: Chris Nickson's "The Scream of Sins"Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Scream of Sins by Chris Nickson.
About the book, from the publisher:
Thief-taker Simon Westow uncovers an evil lurking in the underbelly of Leeds in this page-turning historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch.
Leeds, October 1824. Thief-taker Simon Westow's job seems straightforward. Captain Holcomb's maid, Sophie, has stolen Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-78083049996636539082024-03-13T12:05:00.001-05:002024-03-13T12:05:00.130-05:00Eight books about characters with psychic abilitiesKatya Apekina is a novelist, screenwriter and translator. Her novel, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, was named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus, Buzzfeed, LitHub and others, was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, French, German, and Italian. She has published stories in various literary magazines and translated poetry and prose for Night Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-22431844513073020202024-03-13T08:05:00.000-05:002024-03-13T08:05:00.145-05:00Pg. 99: Arthur Goldwag's "The Politics of Fear"Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia by Arthur Goldwag.
About the book, from the publisher:
From the author of Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, a probing exploration of the bizarre and dangerous conspiracies that have roiled America over the past decade and captured the minds of so many Americans
Some of the conspiracy Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-29945798185878853272024-03-13T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-13T00:05:00.155-05:00Q&A with Rachel LyonFrom my Q&A with Rachel Lyon, author of Fruit of the Dead: A Novel:How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?
Fruit of the Dead came to me through researching the myth of Persephone. While in the underworld, Persephone eats six pomegranate seeds, sometimes referred to as "fruit of the dead," an act that, without her knowledge, binds her to the place for eternity. Every Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-86251267630404305862024-03-12T12:05:00.001-05:002024-03-12T12:05:00.146-05:00Seven great vacation and road trip rom-comsNew York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch's novels include Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing, In Twenty Years, and Time of My Life. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and their two rescue dogs, Hugo and Mr. Peanut.
Her new novel, Take Two, Birdie Maxwell -- think Notting Hill meets The Proposal -- is new in bookstores.
At LitHub Scotch tagged seven favorite great vacation and roadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-30914610107579648322024-03-12T08:05:00.001-05:002024-03-12T08:05:00.141-05:00Pg. 99: Anne Berg's "Empire of Rags and Bones"Featured at the Page 99 Test: Empire of Rags and Bones: Waste and War in Nazi Germany by Anne Berg.
About the book, from the publisher:
Paper, bottles, metal scrap, kitchen garbage, rubber, hair, fat, rags, and bones--the Nazi empire demanded its population obsessively collect anything that could be reused or recycled. Entrepreneurs, policy makers, and ordinary citizens conjured up countless Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-17832322225874745582024-03-12T00:05:00.001-05:002024-03-12T00:05:00.131-05:00Pg. 69: Clare McHugh's "The Romanov Brides"Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Romanov Brides: A Novel of the Last Tsarina and Her Sisters by Clare McHugh.
About the book, from the publisher:
From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—the future Alexandra, last Empress of Imperial Russia—and her sister, Princess Ella. Their decision to marry into the Romanov royal family changed Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-4578754962544020612024-03-11T12:05:00.000-05:002024-03-11T12:05:00.249-05:00Laura McNeal's "The Swan's Nest," the movieFeatured at My Book, The Movie: The Swan's Nest: A Novel by Laura McNeal.
The entry begins:
My novel, The Swan’s Nest, is about an impossible thing. A 32-year-old man wrote to a 38-year-old invalid he’d never seen and said he loved her. They corresponded for five months. What happened when they met is still being written about in universities around the world and celebrated in Valentine’s Day Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22464112.post-72793950717020200912024-03-11T09:05:00.001-05:002024-03-11T09:05:00.130-05:00Seven top modern gothic novels featuring a feminist perspectivePaulette Kennedy is the bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil, which received the prestigious HNS Review Editor’s Choice Award. She has had a lifelong obsession with the gothic. As a young girl, she spent her summers among the gravestones in her neighborhood cemetery, imagining all sorts of romantic stories for the people buried there. After her mother introduced Unknownnoreply@blogger.com