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Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
I'm currently nursing a cold and feeling weak. In the meantime, you can read about Mike Allen's The Speculative Poetry Scene at the Nebula Awards Blog . Or enjoy these illustrations from several Filipino Marvel/DC illustrators of a local comic, Trese . Interviews Jon Armstrong interviews David Anthony Durham (podcast). Sierra Godfrey interviews Janice Hardy . Geoff Boucher profiles Tim Powers on 'Pirates...
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Flamingo House Happenings (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Well, it’s no Ya-Ya Sisterhood but it’s not bad. At least not until you hit the last chapter. And then it was just annoying enough to make me regret reading The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. I hate it when authors do that. Was it really necessary? Really, Rebecca Wells, was it? I don’t [...]
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LIBERTY POST (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Rebecca Wells is an American playwright and author . She is best known for her Ya-Ya series of novels, which includes Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere , Ya-Yas in Bloom, and The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. Her writing so far resides in the heart of Louisiana. While many fans assume her work is autobiographical, Wells says, "My work is a result of my imagination...
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being emily (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
I love books. I love reading. I love lists. Over at So Many Books, So Little Time I saw this list of "NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever". I'm bolding the one's I've read, and reading the one's I haven't. 1. The Harry Potter series , by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
There's a bit of a vogue for these six/seven-word titles in upmarket women's fiction right now, a fashion which Rebecca Wells might have begun with The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Targeting intelligent women who want something relaxing to read without feeling they're being patronised, Wells's novels have the right mix of love and pain, told in a sparky yet sympathetic voice.
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Joystory (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures H/T for this idea to Bonnie Jacobs I spent the last week focusing on getting done with as many library books as I could to make room on my card for the ones I had ordered. I went to the library today and now want to hang out with the newest bag of books. So I'm leaving you with this list of 100 Best Beach Books ever as voted on by NPR's audience . I've bolded the...
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Margaret Mitchell
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The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
At NPR: 100 Best Beach Books Ever . Almost 16,000 of you cast some 136,000 votes in our Best Beach Books Ever poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality, who can say? But there's one thing a multitude of book-loving NPR types can most definitely do, and that's pick a list of books that will appeal to... book-loving NPR types. I'm not exactly sure what distinguishes a beach book from a...
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The Kindle Reader (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
NPR recently polled its book-loving audience for their favorite beach reads. Their response was an eclectic mix of new and classic favorites. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of these books - chosen by recreational readers rather than book critics - are available for our favorite reading device. As the list is long - one hundred titles - I'm dividing it into two parts, with the first...
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Fannie Flagg,
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Harper Lee,
J. D. Salinger,
Jane Austen,
Jeffrey Eugenides,
J K Rowling,
John Irving,
Joseph Heller,
Khaled Hosseini,
Margaret Mitchell,
Mark Twain,
Pat Conroy,
Stephenie Meyer,
Twilight,
William Goldman
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The Written World (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
I needed something 'uncomplicated' to talk about, and Bonnie posted this list and bolded the ones that she has read. I decided to see how many I have read. 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling (I didn't read all of them) 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee - On my TBR 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice , by Jane Austen...
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Anne Tyler,
Ann Patchett,
Barbara Kingsolver,
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F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Fannie Flagg,
Fine Arts,
Gabriel García Márquez,
Harper Lee,
J. D. Salinger,
Jane Austen,
Jeffrey Eugenides,
J K Rowling,
John Irving,
John Kennedy Toole,
John Steinbeck,
Joseph Heller,
Khaled Hosseini,
Larry McMurtry,
Margaret Mitchell,
Mark Twain,
Orson Scott Card,
Pat Conroy,
Stephenie Meyer,
Twilight,
William Goldman
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Healthy Gopher (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
The top 100 beach blanket books , according to NPR. I've read 29 of them (in bold) - and several (in blue) are on my "next time I'm lounging on the beach/Bavarian Alps/Minnesotan Lakeshore/... ..." 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice, by...
Explore : Amy Tan,
Anne Tyler,
Ann Patchett,
Barbara Kingsolver,
Books,
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Fannie Flagg,
Fine Arts,
Gabriel García Márquez,
Harper Lee,
J. D. Salinger,
Jane Austen,
Jeffrey Eugenides,
J K Rowling,
John Irving,
John Kennedy Toole,
John Steinbeck,
Joseph Heller,
Khaled Hosseini,
Larry McMurtry,
Margaret Mitchell,
Mark Twain,
Michael Chabon,
Orson Scott Card,
Pat Conroy,
Stephenie Meyer,
Twilight,
William Goldman
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let's talk about Digital (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Puisbloger, Here's our monthly newsletter from Goodreads—giving you the latest and greatest in our quest to connect people through reading! Sponsored by: Book Clubs | Rebecca Wells | Lev Grossman | Literature at Every Latitude | Movers & Shakers | Trivia | Brad Kessler | First Reads | Listopia | Events Near You | Poem of the Month Read, Review, Discuss...Repeat! Your love affair with a book...
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Musings of a Bookish Kitty (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
The summer season is not all that different for me than the rest of the year. I go to work every day just as I always have. The weather is warmer, certainly. And the sun is out longer. I may take a vacation or I may not. My reading pretty much stays the same regardless of the season. I suppose that is why I have never fully appreciated the term "beach read". When I first heard it, I took...
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Fannie Flagg,
Fine Arts,
Harper Lee,
J. D. Salinger,
Jane Austen,
J K Rowling,
Khaled Hosseini
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Loving True Blood in Dallas (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Sookie and Charlaine do make the list, Dead Until Dark is #94 If you are looking for a great fiction list -this is a really good one.... People talk a lot about the wisdom of crowds, but the truth is that large packs of people are better at judging some things than others. Almost 16,000 of you cast some 136,000 votes in our Best Beach Books Ever poll. Whether such a vote can determine literary quality,...
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MuggleNet.com (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has topped National Public Radio's poll of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever ! Here are the top ten books on the list: 1. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling 2. To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee 3. The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini 4. Bridget Jones's Diary , by Helen Fielding 5. Pride and Prejudice , by Jane Austen 6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
There will be people who take one look at the opening lines of the author's glucose-laden new novel and run screaming for Dostoevsky.
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