Signings, readings, sales and other book-related activities
When I received the offer from the folks at Galaxy Press, I was a little reluctant. Great writing isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name L. Ron Hubbard. But the audiobooks sounded like fun and I love old science fiction, so I figured I would give it a try. The books are a hoot!… Read more
UPDATE: My World Book Night books are gone! Originally, I was scheduled to be in our West Coast facility this week. A lot of my co-workers there are not big readers and they are not native English speakers, so I figured that they probably read very different books in school and this would be a great chance to give them… Read more
Finally! I’ve got my books and my button and this afternoon I am headed downtown, to walk around and hand out my copies of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Pray for a little good weather for me, since I want to find some people on the street during the lunch hour. The hardest thing for me has been coming up… Read more
Every now and then, the hype surrounding a book does not lie. That is certainly the case with Defending Jacob by William Landay. I had been hearing a lot of buzz about this one, but I was a little late on the Request button and didn’t get my copy right away. Once I picked it up, I could hardly stand to… Read more
This week, I am going to make a concerted effort to get caught up on some reviews. I’ve got 2 partially finished, at least 2 more completely finished but not scheduled, and 1 or 2 more that I still need to get started on. (Of course, I also need to find some time to get a little reading done.) It’s… Read more
I am ridiculously excited — got the email yesterday that I will be a Book Giver on World Book Night! For those of you not familiar with this amazing event, people all over the United States and United Kingdom will be promoting reading in the most effective possible way: by giving people free books. This year, on April 23rd, I… Read more
Reginald Hill, author of The Woodcutter, as well as the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries, has died at the age of 75. Read more
Happy Monday! This is going to be a busy week — and not just here at Alive on the Shelves. I’ve got presents to wrap (although my shopping is long done, thank goodness)! I’ve got food to cook, wine to buy and cleaning to do. Plus, I’ve got reviews to write, a little knitting to do and I need to… Read more
Happy Monday! I’ve got a couple of cool things coming up this week. Tomorrow, I’ll have a Tuesday Teaser from a terrific new mystery I’m reading, The Stranger You Seek. Wednesday, I’ve got some new words for Wondrous Words Wednesday. Thursday, I’ve got a new review: Getting Off: A Novel of Sex & Violence and you know you wanna come… Read more
What do super spies do when they retire? Buy a beach house on a little island in the South Pacific? Spend their days squirreled away in basement offices in D.C., drinking bad coffee and filing reports no one will read? Maybe they don’t get to retire — maybe they just keep on working until they blow their cover one last… Read more