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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.
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HarperCollins reveals cover for new Palin book
The cover photo for Sarah Palin's new book is a portrait in red, white, blue and gray.
Book Review: A Life's Work: Fathers and Sons by Ben and Quinn Bradlee
Although the memoir, A Life's Work: Fathers and Sons, is attributed to famed editor of the Washington Post Ben Bradlee and his son Quinn with observations by Sally Quinn, suggesting a lesser contribution on her part, the little book is clearly a collaborative effort of the whole family. Of course, the ...
Book Review: Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells by Tommy James with Martin Fitzpatrick
Just as the first automobile was followed closely by the first insurance agent, so did the fledgling rock and roll industry quickly attract the opportunistic. And so, many rock stars’ stories are littered with their exploitation by unscrupulous managers, promoters, and record company executives ...
Book Review: The Longevity Diet by Brian M. Delaney and Lisa Walford
Everyone wants to live longer. The Longevity Diet: Discover Calorie Restriction-the Only Proven Way to Slow the Aging Process and Maintain Peak Vitality by Brian M. Delaney and Lisa Walford teaches you how.
Book Review: This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
There are no two ways about it: Jonathan Tropper’s This is Where I Leave You is a damn funny book. Tropper's comedic éclat is undeniable: searing one-liners and scorching metaphors, particularly about slumping middle-age, are alone enough to recommend the book as a glancing and diverting ...
Book Review: Betrayers by Bill Pronzini
In Nameless’s latest outing, the book isn’t really a novel. It’s more four novellas shuffled into one long presentation. His partner, a young black woman named Tamara Corbin, is still smarting over been jilted by an ex-lover. Feeling betrayed, which is the theme of ...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
Book Review: Gradspot.com’s Guide to Life After College by Chris Schonberger with Stuart Schultz and Tory Hoen
Wouldn’t it be nice if college prepared us for life? At least in high school we can learn how to cook. What does college do? Well, yeah, there’s the social aspect. After four years you should pretty much know what is and is not acceptable at toga parties. But how many of your fellow students ...
Book Review: Seven Dirty Words — The Life and Crimes of George Carlin by James Sullivan
“We’re going to snatch that pussy and put him in a box,” can be heard even in a Walt Disney movie opines George Carlin. “There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions. And words.” He explains that it’s the context in which a word is used that some find offensive ...
Book Review: Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Sheila Rowbotham
Sheila Rowbotham's Dreamers of the New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century covers from the 1880s to the start of World War I, and is entirely successful in proving that there's nothing really new under the son. The women she's writing about lived in a very different world, but between them ...
Interview with Steven Adler about His Appetite For Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Roses
After my recent review of the book My Appetite For Destruction: Sex & Drugs & Guns N' Roses, I had the opportunity to talk with the author, Guns N' Roses' original drummer, and founding member, Steven Adler.
TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
Graphic Novel Review: Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe edited by Tom Pomplun
Recently re-released in a new edition with 40 pages of new material, Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe (Eureka Productions) remains one of the top entries in editor Tom Pomplun’s modernized series of Classics Illustrated. That's not too surprising since Poe has long been a steady source of inspiration ...
Book Review: The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Pat Brown with Bob Andelman
Pat Brown is not the only criminal profiler, but she is certainly one of the best known. Her book, The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths, is fascinating on several levels. It is a memoir, a collection of true crime stories, and a plea for better training of police ...
Book Review: Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell by Kage Alan
Kage Alan's latest book, Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell is a nonstop action story filled with fun, witty dialogue and humorous, sometimes hilarious situations.
Book Review: The Scouting Party: The Making of the Boy Scouts of America by David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy
Any organization or institution is bound to change over the course of a century. As Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 100th anniversary, it seems like it has always been viewed as a somewhat conservative organization with a military bent. More recently, its stances on atheists and gays have prompted ...
Book Review: The Elephant Keeper by Cristopher Nicholoson
Christopher Nicholson's new historical novel, The Elephant Keeper, is set in England in the second half of the eighteenth century. It begins in 1773 when, Tom Page, the keeper of the title, is asked by the current owner of the elephant and his employer to write a history of his association with the ...
MONDAY, JULY 26, 2010
Evanovich switches publishers, signs 4-book deal
Here's a publishing plot twist: One of the book world's top moneymakers, Janet Evanovich, has switched literary homes.
Authors criticize agency's e-book deal with Amazon
A literary agency's decision to publish e-editions of "Lolita," "Invisible Man" and other classics and sell them exclusively through Amazon.com received a mixed response from the Authors Guild, which represents thousands of published writers.
Book Review: Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen’s newest Rizzoli and Isles book is a fantastic little suspense tale, but not exactly the Rizzoli and Isles I’d been expecting. Ice Cold is more Maura Isles-centric, more revealing of her life and current problems (dating a priest is a BIG problem) and of the decisions she’s ...
Book Review: The Season of Risks by Susan Hubbard
What is the difference between seeing the world at 15 and seeing it at 22? As a teenager, you may wish to be perceived as an adult, but once you are an adult you no longer have the innocence of your teenage years. So how does that work when you have the composure of an older soul in the body of a younger ...
Book Review: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A lot of young adult books focus on a canny thirteen year old – someone wise, sensitive, and naive coming to terms with the illogical and intense world of adults. As parent to a 13 year old, I understand exactly what the appeal is. It’s a powerful age, with one foot in the world of childhood ...
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
Book Review: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Sixteen year old Ree Dolly has got one of the hardest lives I’ve ever heard of. She lives in the Ozarks, a backward part of Missouri that’s more like a Third World country. I grew up in a small Oklahoma town, so a lot of what author Daniel Woodrell writes about is stuff I’m familiar ...
Book Review: Liam the Leprechaun by Charles A. Wilkinson
Ever feel like you just don’t measure up? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be young and beautiful, tall and slim, and talented in all possible endeavors? (Wait a minute, did I just describe Angelina Jolie?) It would be wonderful, although it’s entirely impossible — even if you ...
Book Review: Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields by Charles Bowden
You can infer much about most books from the very first sentence. For it’s the first sentence that sets the tone of the book. The first sentence of Murder City goes like this: “Here’s the deal.” It’s a good first sentence. A sentence that establishes a tone of simplicity ...
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010
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E-sales big for Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy
It's electronic milestone time for Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy.
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