Monday, May 22, 2017

Six top YA stories about life-changing summers

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At the BN Teen blog Natalie Zutter tagged six YA books about life-changing summers , including: Just One Day , by Gayle Forman Forman’s sw...

What is Helene Stapinski reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Helene Stapinski , author of Murder In Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy ...

Wendy Webb's "The End of Temperance Dare," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The End of Temperance Dare by Wendy Webb . The entry begins: Oh, this is fun. I imagine how my characters...

Pg. 69: Lucinda Riley's "The Shadow Sister"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley . About The Shadow Sister , from the publisher: Star D'Aplièse is a...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Congratulations, Charlie Jane Anders

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The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. has announced the recipients of the Nebula Awards® for works published in 2016. ...

Pg. 99: Wayne Franklin's "James Fenimore Cooper: The Later Years"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: James Fenimore Cooper: The Later Years by Wayne Franklin . About the book , from the publisher: A definitiv...

Five top books on Southeast Asian travel literature

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Cat Barton is a correspondent for the Agence France Presse in Hong Kong. At Five Books she tagged five top titles on Southeast Asian travel...

What is Jason M. Hough reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Jason M. Hough , author of Zero World . His entry begins: As usual I'm devouring two books at once, because ...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Ten top true crime books

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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir . One of her ten favorite true crime books , as sha...

Pg. 69: Claire Cameron's "The Last Neanderthal"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Last Neanderthal : A Novel by Claire Cameron . About the book , from the publisher: From the author of T...

Pg. 99: Daniel Brückenhaus's "Policing Transnational Protest"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Policing Transnational Protest: Liberal Imperialism and the Surveillance of Anticolonialists in Europe, 1905-1...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Five top YA novels about dangerous games

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At the BN Teen Blog Eric Smith tagged five great YA novels about dangerous games, including: Genius: The Game , by Leopoldo Gout Told in ...

What is Lucinda Riley reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Lucinda Riley , author of The Shadow Sister . Her entry begins: I’m currently tackling the beast that is James J...

Five top books about bad girls

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Ellen Klages 's books include The Green Glass Sea , White Sands, Red Menace , and the story collection Wicked Wonders . One of her five...

Ryan Lobo's "Mr. Iyer Goes to War," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Mr. Iyer Goes to War by Ryan Lobo . The entry begins: I initially wrote this book as a screenplay. Wh...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Eight of the best cold-case mysteries

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Fiona Barton 's latest thriller is The Child . One of her eight favorite cold-case mysteries, as shared at B&N Reads: Case Histories...

Pg. 69: Sam Wiebe's "Invisible Dead"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Invisible Dead by Sam Wiebe . About the book , from the publisher: An ex-cop who navigates by a moral comp...

Pg. 99: Peter S. Ungar's "Evolution’s Bite"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins by Peter S. Ungar . About the book , from t...

Top ten novels about Pakistan

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The Pakistani writer Moni Mohsin 's books include the novel The End of Innocence and a collection of her satirical columns, The Diary o...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Pg. 69: Bryn Chancellor's "Sycamore"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Sycamore : A Novel by Bryn Chancellor . About the book, from the publisher: Out for a hike one scorching af...