Mark Doty (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A great night at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans last night. Two hundred visitors rode the little zoo train through the dark (think squabbling flamingoes and scrambling nutria) back to the swamp, where a cantilvered series of boardwalks carry you above the alligators in their green kingdom, back to a big wooden house like a Cajun dancehall. There they enjoyed wine and good, a jazz trio, and then readings...
A Reader's Journal (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
I am so excited to offer this fabulous book for a giveaway. Read my review . This is such a good psychological thriller and I highly recommend it. I thought I had thinks figured out early on but the book didn't let up and kept me guessing about what would happen. Here's what you need to do to enter this giveaway: ***Leave a comment with your email address written in code form, such as booklogged at...
A Reader's Journal (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
In My Mailbox is a weekly feature sponsored by The Story Siren . See who else is participating . Mailbox Monday is inspired by Marcia of The Printed Page . Check out came to other peoples mailboxes . I thought I wasn't going to have anything to mention this week because I have pulled the harness tight and didn't buy any books. I deserve those cheers and accolades, so let them flow! LOL Here are the...
ricklibrarian (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Since 1982, librarians Janet G. Husband and Jonathan F. Husband have been helping librarians and readers everywhere identify fiction books in series with their reference books. Now in 2009, the couple have finished the 4th edition of their Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series , published by the American Library Association. Of course, the guide has grown much in the ensuing years. The first...
Cozy Chicks (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
On October 24th, I'm participating in a virtual mystery convention sponsored by Poisoned Pen. From 9 am - 5 pm central time, and for only $25 you can join me. Guests of honor are Lee Child and Dana Stabenow. There will be over 20 panels and 20 presentations by authors like Barbara Peters, Laurie King, and Nevada Barr, and others like well, um...me. If you have a manuscript ready to go, you can pitch...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Every week we're going to update new e-book releases whether it's a recently published bestseller or your favorite classic that finally made it into the digital age. Here's what we've got so far: An Echo in the Bone , by Diana Gabaldon Dexter by Design , by Jeff Lindsay The Greatest Show on Earth , by Richard Dawkins Her Fearful Symmetry , Audrey Niffenegger The Year of the Flood , by Margaret Atwood...
Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Congratulations to the winners of the latest contest. Catherine Corman's Daylight Noir: Raymond Chandler's Imagined City will go to Keith H. from Blaine, WA. Dark Places by Gilliam Flynn goes to Karrie M. from Cape Coral, FL. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. This week, it's a Give Me a B contest. When I went to the Poisoned Pen Bookstore this week to hear Nevada Barr, I bought a copy of...
Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
All indications were that Nevada Barr was going to be a fun, comfortable speaker, as she bantered with Poisoned Pen Bookstore owner Barbara Peters, and took off her flip flops to sit more comfortably barefoot. Even her introduction to her standalone thriller, 13 1/2 , was funny. Peters asked Nevada Barr if she'd give us the history of 13 1/2 . Barr said the thriller was started five years ago, and...
Framed and Booked (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
After reading Nevada Barr's last Anna Pigeon book which took place on Isle Royale, I was afraid that Barr had lost her touch. I really did not like that book. But, I am happy to say that Anna Pigeon is back in top form in this book: Recovering from the ugly killings on Isle Royale, Anna has been granted a leave of absence to pull herself together and try to save her Park Service career. She and her...
Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Nevada Barr is the bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon series, books that feature the park ranger, and crimes in different parks, but always put Pigeon under great psychological strain. Her new book, 13 1/2 , emphasizes that strain in an outstanding psychological thriller. This may be Barr's masterpiece. At fifteen, Polly Farmer ran away from home, where her stepfathers tried to rape her, her mother...
English Reading Material (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
EnglishHtml, Lit15 Novels5MBArchive Contents:1993 - Track of the Cat. 1914 - A Superior Death.1995 - Ill Wind.1996 - Firestorm.1997 - Endangered Species.1998 - Blind Descent.1999 - Liberty Falling.2000 - Deep South.2001 - Blood Lure.2002 - Hunting Season.2003 - Flashback.2004 - High Country.2005 - Hard Truth.2008 - Winter Study.2009 - Borderline.While Selling Chicken in Guadalupe Mountains
Writers Plot (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
posted by Jeanne Munn Bracken Another great independent mystery book store has closed its doors. Kate's Mystery Books on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge was a fixture of the Boston mystery scene since 1983. Owner Kate Mattes has been the godmother to new and established authors from Bill Tapply and Jane Langton to Linda Barnes and Dennis Lehane. The red Victorian building is a standout on the street, with...
Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Since I already discussed the September Treasures in My Closet, I thought I'd mention the hot titles that are not there. September looks like it will be another busy month for readers. Start with the big book of the month. No matter what you thought of The DaVinci Code , Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol will probably be the blockbuster of the month. All I really know about the book is that Robert Landon...
Reading In The Dark (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Used Now that was disturbing. I went to a huge-ish used book store and I didn’t buy anything! Ya’ll have no idea! It was clean and well organized well signed and lit well.. the music was too loud but it wasn’t distracting. It’s a great store. It’s no Half Priced Books but it’ll do. And I didn’t buy anything! I was horrified. I looked at everything up to and...
Creative Class (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Book Flack, Larry Hughes on things he’d “like to see on C-Span Book TV:” 8:00 pm: The State of American Publishing Authors Nevada Barr, Richard Florida, Gary Indiana, and J. California Cooper compete in skeet shooting, track & field events, and Greco-Roman wrestling to determine who will claim this coveted title
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