Monday, November 21, 2016

Six YA books for fans of "Orange Is The New Black"

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One title on Melissa Albert's list of six YA reads for fans of Orange Is The New Black , as shared at the BN Teen blog: The Walls Around...

Pg. 69: Stefanie Pintoff's "City on Edge"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: City on Edge by Stefanie Pintoff . About the book , from the publisher: Edgar Award–winning author Stefanie...

Amor Towles's 6 favorite books

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Amor Towles ' newest novel is A Gentleman in Moscow . One of his six favorite books , as shared at The Week magazine: The Unbearable Li...

Pg. 99: Janet Neary's "Fugitive Testimony"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Fugitive Testimony: On the Visual Logic of Slave Narratives by Janet Neary . About the book , from the publ...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Ten top coming-of-age books you may not have read

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Camille DeAngelis is the author of Immaculate Heart , Bones & All , Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbi...

What is Ashley Weaver reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Ashley Weaver , author of A Most Novel Revenge : A Mystery . Her entry begins: I’m currently reading Alexander H...

Ian Worthington's "Ptolemy I," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt by Ian Worthington . The entry begins: We’ve all heard of Cleopatra,...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Twelve hopeful YA books to brighten the day

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At the BN Teen blog Samantha Randolph tagged 12 hopeful YA books to brighten your day . Two titles on the list: This is Not a Test , by Cour...

Pg. 99: Lisa Napoli's "Ray & Joan"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away by Lisa Napoli...

Pg. 69: Stephen Aryan's "Battlemage"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Battlemage by Stephen Aryan . About the book , from the publisher: "I can command storms, summon fire ...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Five notable novels with criminals covering their tracks

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Jamie Kornegay lives in the Mississippi Delta, where he moved in 2006 to establish an independent bookstore, TurnRow Book Co . Before tha...

What is Levi Roach reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Levi Roach , author of Æthelred: The Unready . His entry begins: My most recent read was R.I. Moore’s War on He...

Zana Fraillon's "The Bone Sparrow," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon . The entry begins: Ooooh! How exciting. My book as a movie! My only pr...
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Pg. 99: Judith E. Stein's "Eye of the Sixties"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art by Judith E. Stein . About the boo...

Six top YA reads with villains in the lead

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At the BN Teen blog Sona Charaipotra tagged six top YA novels with a villain as the hero of the story , including: Heartless , by Marissa Me...

Pg. 69: Stuart Gibbs's "Spy Ski School"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Spy Ski School (Spy School Series #4) by Stuart Gibbs . About the book , from the publisher: Ben Ripley en...

Ten top books about the hostile ocean

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Cynan Jones 's latest book is Cove . One of his top ten books about the hostile ocean , as shared at the Guardian : The Old Man and the...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Pg. 99: Julia L. Foulkes's "A Place for Us"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York by Julia L. Foulkes . About the book , from the publisher: Fro...

What is Lisa Napoli reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Lisa Napoli , author of Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All ...

Six science fiction utopias where we’d all be better off

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Sam Reader is a writer and conventions editor for The Geek Initiative . He also writes literary criticism and reviews at strangelibrary.com ...