Campaign for the American Reader

The official blog of the Campaign for the American Reader, an independent initiative to encourage more readers to read more books.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Alex Scarrow's "A Thousand Suns," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Alex Scarrow's A Thousand Suns . Scarrow's entry opens: The book started out as a screenplay anyw...

Ray French: top 10 black comedies

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Ray French is a novelist and short story writer. He named his top 10 black comedies for the Guardian . His rationale underlying the select...

Pg. 99: Robert Aronowitz's "Unnatural History"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Robert Aronowitz's Unnatural History: Breast Cancer and American Society . About the book , fr...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Pg. 69: Jonathan Hayes' "Precious Blood"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Precious Blood by Jonathan Hayes . About the novel , from the author's website: New York City M...

What is Simon Haynes reading?

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The latest contributor to Writers Read: Simon Haynes , author of three Hal Spacejock novels, a number of articles on writing and publishing,...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Pg. 99: Katherine Marsh's "The Night Tourist"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Katherine Marsh's The Night Tourist . About the book , from the author's website: Jack Pe...

Pg. 69: Nadeau et Barlow's "The Story of French"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Jean-BenoƮt Nadeau and Julie Barlow's The Story of French . About the book , from the authors...

Kate DiCamillo's most important books

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Kate DiCamillo is the author of popular kid-lit titles such as Because of Winn-Dixie and the newly released picture book Great Joy . She r...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Jack Getze's "Big Numbers," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Jack Getze's Big Numbers . Jack Getze sold stocks and bonds for a regional securities firm on the N...

Pg. 99: Ronald M. Green's "Babies by Design"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Ronald M. Green's Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice . About the book , from Yale ...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Pg. 69: Karen E. Olson's "Dead of the Day"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Karen E. Olson's Dead of the Day . About the book , from the author's website: April has hi...

Five best books: extraordinary journeys of discovery

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Dava Sobel , author of The Planets (2005), Galileo's Daughter (1999) and Longitude (1995), named a five best list of books which ...
Friday, November 16, 2007

Pg. 99: Craig Davidson's "The Fighter"

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The latest feature at the Page 99 Test: Craig Davidson's The Fighter . About the book , from the official website: Paul Harris leads a s...

What is Christopher Coyne reading?

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The latest contributor to Writers Read: Christopher Coyne , Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at West Virginia University a...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Pg. 69: Rachael King's "The Sound of Butterflies"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Rachael King's The Sound of Butter flies . About the book , from the publisher: Amateur natural...

Pg. 99: Wallace Stroby's "The Heartbreak Lounge"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Wallace Stroby's The Heartbreak Lounge . About the book , from the author's website: Johnny...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Pg. 69: David Mizner's "Hartsburg, USA"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: David Mizner's Hartsburg, USA . About the book , from the publisher: A virtuosic story of a sch...

What is David Estlund reading?

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The latest contributor to Writers Read: David M. Estlund , professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Brown Univer...

Billie Livingston's "Cease to Blush," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Billie Livingston's Cease to Blush . About the book , from the publisher: Hugely entertaining, irreve...

Nabokov & Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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From Debra Bruno's Legal Times profile of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: On taking an undergraduate class with Vladimir Nab...
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