From The Boston Bibliophile: Today’s question: Early Reviewers- do you participate? How many books (approximately) have you received through the program? Have you liked them generally? What’s your favorite ER book? Do you participate in the discussion group on LT? Yes! Early Reviewers is one of my favorite things about LT! The books I’ve received have been a mixed bag… Read more
It’s Tuesday again! You know the rules – open your current book, choose two sentences, don’t give away any spoilers. I’m currently reading two books, Legerdemain, by James Heaphey (pretty dry – I was hard-pressed last week to find a quote to use) and my commute book, The Watchman by Robert Crais. In this book, Joe Pike – sidekick in… Read more
When Georgia Post says short stories, she means it. None of the 25 stories in this volume are more than about 2 pages long. They are all on the same theme: marriage or the lack thereof. There are wives who want to hang on to their husbands, husbands cheating on their wives, widows who want desperately to be remarried and… Read more
In 1666, sixteen years after his death, the bones of Rene Descartes were dug up in the middle of the night and transported from Sweden to France under the watchful eye of the French ambassador. This was only the beginning of the journey for Descartes’ bones, which, over the next 350 years, were fought over, stolen, sold, revered as relics,… Read more
Most people have never heard of the Trouser Wars of 1964, probably because they didn’t actually happen. That is Forgotten Fashion by Kate Hahn in a nutshell – the story of fashions and trends and clothes and marketing gimmicks that never happened. Fashion is such a crazy industry that some of these are almost, really very nearly the sort of… Read more
Today, I’ve got a guest blogger – Lou Aronica of The Story Plant. Lou has a long history in the publishing industry and he is launching a new venture dedicated to commercial fiction. He’s making the rounds of the blogs thanks to the good folks at Virtual Book Tours, talking about his new publishing venture and their upcoming titles. I… Read more
I know, I know, I’m a little late with this one. But pity me – I spent nearly all day yesterday in meetings and on conference calls. No fun at all. This snippet is from my current book, Legerdemain by James J. Heaphey: “Her eyes swept over my body, giving the impression that it was the first time she’d been… Read more
A comfy corner of a good friend’s couch, the other party guests are long gone but a few of you are lingering with vodka tonics and party snacks, dishing gossip, telling old stories and laughing your arses off. That’s exactly the atmosphere of Anything Goes, John Barrowman’s autobiography. Dr. Who fans will recognize John from his role as Captain Jack… Read more
I’ve been on the road this week (business travel is one of the more exhausting things I know – it should be an Olympic event!), so posts have been short. Still, I wanted to get in one last quick post for Banned Books Week. So here it is: a quiz that appeared earlier this week in The Guardian. Find out… Read more
I’m joining the movement, folks! I came across this little gem over on J. Kaye’s Book Blog. I hate having to type in some meaningless combination of letters to post a comment somewhere. I especially hate it when the letters are some swirly italic type and I end up having to make 2 or 3 attempts to figure it out.… Read more