Oh, there is so much good reading ahead of me! Check this one out – The Wilde Passions by Mitzi Szereto Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Mitzi Szereto’s Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray continues where Wilde left off with the Faustian tale of a man of eternal youth and great physical beauty who lives a life of corruption,… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from Nothin’… Read more
Billed as an environmental thriller “inspired by the Sierra Club’s 1960s battle with Walt Disney Company over a proposed ski resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,” The Condor Song is compelling reading. Although informed by historical fact, the writing style is likable and engaging. You want to sit down and finish the book in one sitting, even though it spans… Read more
More new books! First up, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 3 from Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECORD project: From Golden Globe Award–nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his online creative coalition hitRECord, and in collaboration with the artist Wirrow, comes Volume 3 in the Tiny Book of Tiny Stories series. To create The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known within the… Read more
“You don’t read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and… Read more
Earlier this week, I raved about my latest package from the folks at Harper Collins. Today, I’ve got the second book from that package, This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash: After their mother’s unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed… Read more
While the Kindle version is half the cover price, Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings is a hard-backed treasure you’ll want on your shelves for inspiration over the years to come. Douglas Smith’s woodcut designs grace the header for each narrative, which ties the stories together. McRobbie’s goal for this book is to make these… Read more
This should be a terrific guest post! When I received the information on Awakening from the good folks at Sourcebooks, I was intrigued. Elene Sallinger is an award-winning children’s author, so how did she end up writing BDSM erotica?!? Let’s find out… What Do You Mean You Used to Write Children’s Stories? By Elene Sallinger When people find out that… Read more
I got a great shipment of books recently from the good folks at Harper Collins. It’s always nice to see one of their envelopes in my mailbox because I know it will contain good stuff. First up, a new Laura Lippman novel. I’ve enjoyed several of her books in the past and I’m looking forward to After I’m Gone: When Felix… Read more
Today, I’ve got a great guest post from Mike Martin, author of The Body on the T. It’s really timely because this is the middle of November, which is National Novel Writing Month. And if there is one thing that you have to do during NaNoWriMo is keep on writing! Don’t Give Up: Just Keep Writing Some people say that… Read more