Monday, September 22, 2025

Q&A with Sonora Reyes

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From my Q&A with Sonora Reyes , author of The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar : How much work does your title do to take readers int...

Pg. 99: Keriann McGoogan's "Sisters of the Jungle"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Sisters of the Jungle: Women Who Shaped the Science of Wild Primates by Keriann McGoogan . About the book, f...

Ten of the best good doctors in literature

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For the Guardian , in 2010 John Mullan named ten of the best good doctors in literature . One doctor on the list: Henry Perowne Perowne is ...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

Pg. 69: James R. Benn's "A Bitter Wind"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: A Bitter Wind (A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery) by James R. Benn . About the book, from the publisher: To solve ...

Pg. 99: Juyeon Park's "Families for Mobility"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Families for Mobility: Elite Korean Students Abroad and Their Parents' Reproduction of Privilege by Juyeo...

Five top Kiwi and Australian crime writers

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Zoë Rankin grew up in a village in Scotland. She studied international relations and Arabic before going on to qualify as a primary school t...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

Jerome Charyn's "Maria La Divina," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Maria La Divina by Jerome Charyn . The entry begins: I’ve had one of my books turned into a movie and it ...

Seven complicated books about complicated family histories

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Jeremy B. Jones is the author of the new nonfiction book Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor’s Scandalous Secret Diaries (2025) as well as the me...

Pg. 99: Jeffrey H. Cohen's "Eating Grasshoppers"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them by Jeffrey H. Cohen . About the book, from the p...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Pg. 69: Susan Coll's "The Literati"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Literati : A Novel by Susan Coll . About the book, from the publisher: An unexpected catastrophe of lite...

Seven books that reckon with larger-than-life mothers

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Karleigh Frisbie Brogan is a writer from Sonoma County, California. She is the author of Holding: A Memoir About Mothers, Drugs, and Other...

Q&A with Catherine Chidgey

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From my Q&A with Catherine Chidgey , author of The Book of Guilt : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? ...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Pg. 99: Heidi R. Lewis's "Make Rappers Rap Again"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap "Crisis" by Heidi R. Lewis . About the book, ...

Five books that tackle the realities of domestic violence

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Stephanie DeCarolis is a USA Today bestselling author of thriller and suspense novels. She is a graduate of Binghamton University and St. ...

What is Sonora Reyes reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Sonora Reyes , author of The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar . Their entry begins: I've gotten to read a f...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Six top books about books & bookstores

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USA Today bestselling author Susan Coll is the author of eight novels, including The Literati , Real Life & Other Fictions , and Booki...

Pg. 99: Katherine Fusco's "Hollywood's Others"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System by Katherine Fusco . About the book, from the...

Pg. 69: Simon Tolkien's "The Room of Lost Steps"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Room of Lost Steps : A Novel (Theo Sterling, book 2) by Simon Tolkien . About the book, from the publishe...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Q&A with Jessica Bryant Klagmann

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From my Q&A with Jessica Bryant Klagmann , author of North of the Sunlit River : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take re...

Alma Katsu's "Fiend," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Fiend by Alma Katsu . The entry begins: In the case of Fiend , this isn’t a hypothetical. We optioned Fie...