Monday, September 21, 2015

Coffee with a canine: Tamara Ellis Smith & Winn-Dixie

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Featured at Coffee with a Canine: Tamara Ellis Smith and Winn-Dixie . The author, on how she and Winn-Dixie were united: Winn-Dixie came t...

Pg. 99: Emily Conroy-Krutz's "Christian Imperialism"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic by Emily Conroy-Krutz . About th...

What is Chris Holm reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Chris Holm , author of The Killing Kind . His entry begins: At present, I’m reading Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Thr...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Five top books about magical families

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Christopher Barzak 's latest novel is Wonders of the Invisible World . One of five books about magical families he tagged at Tor.com: B...

Pg. 69: Mitchell Hogan's "A Crucible of Souls"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: A Crucible of Souls : Book One of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence by Mitchell Hogan . About the book , from t...

Tracy-Ann Oberman's 6 best books

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Tracy-Ann Oberman is an English actor best known for playing Chrissie Watts in EastEnders and for performances in Doctor Who and other te...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

What is Shelley Pearsall reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Shelley Pearsall , author of The Seventh Most Important Thing . One book she tagged: Guests on Earth by Lee Smi...

Nine thrilling YA stories sparked by natural disasters

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Eric Smith is the author of The Geek’s Guide to Dating and Inked . One of nine thrilling YA stories sparked by ecological disasters that...

Pg. 99: Peter Jones's "Track Two Diplomacy"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Track Two Diplomacy in Theory and Practice by Peter Jones . About the book , from the publisher: Track Two...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Pg. 69: Chris Holm's "The Killing Kind"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Killing Kind by Chris Holm . About the book , from the publisher: A hitman who only kills other hitmen ...

Six novels that explore Stockholm Syndrome

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Jeff Somers is the author of Lifers , the Avery Cates series from Orbit Books, Chum from Tyrus Books, and We Are Not Good People from Poc...

What is George A. Gonzalez reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: George A. Gonzalez , author of The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future . His entry begins: James...

D. E. Ireland's "Move Your Blooming Corpse," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Move Your Blooming Corpse : An Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery (Volume 2) by D. E. Ireland . T...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Pg. 69: M. Tara Crowl's "Eden's Wish"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Eden's Wish by M. Tara Crowl . About the book , from the publisher: All twelve years of Eden’s life ha...

Top ten literary biographies

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Jay Parini , author of Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal , tagged his top ten literary biographi...

Pg. 99: Kevin Myers's "Struggles for a Past"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Struggles for a Past: Irish and Afro-Caribbean Histories in England, 1951-2000 by Kevin Myers . About the b...

What is Catherine Reef reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Catherine Reef , author of Noah Webster: Man of Many Words . Her entry begins: Recently I spent a season—more th...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Pg. 69: Cathie Pelletier's "The Summer Experiment"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Summer Experiment by Cathie Pelletier . About the book , from the publisher: Are There Aliens in Allaga...

Nose in a book: Lola

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Who: Lola, age 6 What: The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig When: September 14, 2015 Where: Chicago, IL Learn more about the book ...

Six top characters only getting better with age

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In ongoing book series, Jeff Somers notes, "characters often seem to exist in a strange universe where nothing changes and no one ages....