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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Have e-books clicked with you yet?

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This article from The Guardian poses the question, "Has Jeff Bezos changed the way people read?"

Check Consumer Reports for the best e-readers!

Image result for overdrive appWhatever version comes to me first 
is how I read my next book. 
If Jennifer Egan's "Manhattan Beach" 
comes in first as an e-book via Overdrive,
that's how I'll read it. 

When reading in bed, 
I prefer the e-version as opposed to my"book with my itty bitty book light attachment" set up. 
But as I said, whichever version comes in first- I'm all in. 


Overdrive gets a face lift!
Find and download this app to your reading devices:
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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Monday, November 20, 2017

Andy Weir: By the Book

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This Sunday, Andy Weir appears in the NYT By the Book column. 
Read the interview right here!  

Here's a bit: 


"Who is your favorite novelist of all time?

AW: I grew up reading my father’s science-fiction collection, a huge collection of those pulpy mass-market paperbacks from the ’50s and ’60s. Making my way through the Holy Trinity of Asimov, Heinlein and Clarke was what made me fall in love with science fiction, and to some extent that experience has shaped my life ever since. So I’d have to pick one of them.

Take a moment to praise a few unheralded writers. Who should we be reading?

AW: Well if you’re not reading Peter Clines’s books, you should be — though I don’t know if he would qualify as “unheralded.” "


Great interview--and I included links to the authors above.


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(love me that science fiction)

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Thursday, November 16, 2017

We have our winners!

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The winners of the 2017 National Book Awards were announced in NYC last night and
here they are:

Fiction:  "Sing Unburied Sing" by Jesmyn Ward

Non-Fiction: "The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia" by Masha Gessen

These are the nominated titles:

Fiction:
Elliot Ackerman: Dark at the Crossing
Lisa Ko: The Leavers
Min Jin Lee: Pachinko
Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Nonfiction:
Erica Armstrong Dunbar: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Frances FitzGerald: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
David Grann: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Happy Birthday Liane Moriarty!

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Six books recommended by the lady herself! 
See what they are right here from BookBub.

And for all you Big Little Lies fans, it looks like HBO is scheduling a 2018 spring production start for season 2!
I'm on the fence about whether this is a good idea or not. Why mess with the perfection of the original series? 
To be perfectly frank, I'll watch it regardless. 
And I'll read anything Moriarty writes so, I'm a fan.

Choose your next title from the birthday girl right here. 

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2017 World Fantasy Awards Winners!

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The awards were presented during the World Fantasy convention held November 2-5, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.
Lifetime Achievement Award

Best Novel
Best Long Fiction
Best Short Fiction
There they are folks! Congrats to all the winners!

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Did you know that Agatha Christie staged her own disappearance?

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This terrific article from Broadly focuses on the strange 
11-day disappearance in 1926 of Agatha Christie. 
There is speculation as to what happened and the article is a must read. 

With the remake of Murder on the Orient Express in theaters now, there is a renewed interest in the Queen of Mystery.
Borrow some titles right here!

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