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This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus a delayed review of Virus Thirteen Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday – a great teaser from a book I just finished: NOS4A2 Wednesday: Hopefully, I’ll have some new words for you by Wednesday. Thursday: Check in on Thursday for my review of The Best of Punk Magazine. I would call it a… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview! Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday…plus a delayed guest post! Wednesday: More Wondrous Words and some new books. Thursday: Check back for my review of The Last Kind Words by Friday: I’ve got a Guest Post today from Elizabeth Corrigan, author of Oracle of Philadelphia, talking about where to write. Saturday: Saturday Snapshot –I have… Read more

Dreadful, dreadful news

In a personal statement issued yesterday, Scottish author Iain Banks announced that he has terminal cancer. According to the statement, his time is quite limited and his latest novel, The Quarry, will likely be his last. I can think of few books that gave me the sort of bone-deep shivers that The Wasp Factory gave me. Unfortunately, Banks is one of those… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus a little about some new books that came in this week. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday! I’m in the middle of The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli. Terrific book and there are some great bits to share with you. Wednesday: Wondrous Words Wednesday – I am bound to… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus, if I get a chance, a little bit about some of the books that I’ve received lately. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday and a snippet from my latest book. Wednesday: Wondrous Words Wednesday and this is a real treat! I’ve got a link to some amazing obsolete words… Read more

This week….

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus a few new books that have come in. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday – a little snippet from whatever I’m reading. Wednesday: I’ve got some new words from my last book and whatever else comes to mind. Thursday: This week, I’ve got at least one and maybe two… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books I’m very excited about. Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday and a teaser from whatever I happen to be reading. I had planned on a Chapter Preview, so be sure you check on Tuesday for something special. Wednesday: I’ve got an announcement about a free offer… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books that I am very excited about! Tuesday: A Teaser from my current read, Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd. Wednesday: I have some great new words from my new book for Wondrous Words Wednesday. Thursday: Check back on Thursday for my review of an Extraordinary Theory  by… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books that came in the mail this week! Also, I’ll be announcing the winner of my Giveaway! It’s not too late to enter! Tuesday: Teaser Tuesday means a snippet from my latest read. Wednesday: I have some interesting words from The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches… Read more

This week…

Here’s what’s coming up on the site this week: Monday: My weekly preview, plus some new books! I love it when I get new books, and I’ve got some interesting ones to share with you. Tuesday: This week, my Teaser is from An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris by Stephanie la Cava. It made me laugh… Read more