Thursday, March 22, 2018

Ten top runaway mothers in fiction

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Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun . She began writing novels while working full...

Pg. 99: Daniel Livesay's "Children of Uncertain Fortune"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Children of Uncertain Fortune: Mixed-Race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic Family, 1733-1833 by Daniel L...

What is Nancy Kress reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Nancy Kress , author of If Tomorrow Comes : Book 2 of the Yesterday's Kin Trilogy . Her entry begins: Books ...

Pg. 69: Kelli Stanley's "City of Sharks"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: City of Sharks : A Miranda Corbie Mystery by Kelli Stanley . About the book , from the publisher: The blond...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Pg. 99: Harvey G. Cohen's "Who’s In The Money?"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Who's in the Money?: The Great Depression Musicals and Hollywood's New Deal by Harvey G. Cohen . A...

Dennis Palumbo's "Head Wounds," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Head Wounds by Dennis Palumbo . The entry begins: After writing five books in my Daniel Rinaldi series, ...

Twelve graphic novels for newcomers

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At the BN Teen Blog Ross Johnson tagged twelve titles for readers new to graphic novels , including: Blankets , by Craig Thompson At a tim...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Pg. 69: Alison Gaylin's "If I Die Tonight"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin . About the book , from the publisher: Late one night in the quiet Hudso...

Pg. 99: Alireza Doostdar's "The Iranian Metaphysicals"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations in Science, Islam, and the Uncanny by Alireza Doostdar . About the ...

What is Ruth Downie reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Ruth Downie , author of Memento Mori : A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire . Her entry begins: I usually have at l...

Six books about exile, migration, and resistance

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Daniel Borzutzky is a poet and translator, and the author of The Performance of Becoming Human , winner of the 2016 National Book Award for ...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Pg. 69: Dennis Palumbo's "Head Wounds"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Head Wounds by Dennis Palumbo . About the book , from the publisher: Psychologist Dr. Daniel Rinaldi consu...

Pg. 99: William I. Hitchcock's "The Age of Eisenhower"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock . About the book , from t...

Two dozen books to soothe your post awards-season letdown

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At B&N Reads Tara Sonin tagged twenty-four books to soothe your post awards-season letdown , including: Mudbound , by Hillary Jordan I...

Jerry Gershenhorn's "Louis Austin and the Carolina Times," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Louis Austin and the Carolina Times: A Life in the Long Black Freedom Struggle by Jerry Gershenhorn . The...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

What is Beth Gutcheon reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Beth Gutcheon , author of The Affliction : A Novel . Her entry begins: The novel that completely knocked my sock...

Pg. 99: Anna Zeide's "Canned"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry by Anna Zeide . About the bo...

Five top books with different visions for a connected future

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Nick Clark Windo is the author of The Feed . One of five "books with different visions for a connected future " he tagged at Tor....

Pg. 69: Alma Katsu's "The Hunger"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Hunger by Alma Katsu . About the book , from the publisher: Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. ...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Six YA novels set in Ireland

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At the BN Teen Blog Dahlia Adler tagged six YAs set in Ireland , including: No Filter , by Orlagh Collins Emerald works hard to maintain ...