I’ve said it before and I’ll run the risk of repeating myself: I lurve me some Papercutz! They always have the best graphic novels that tap into what kids (and big grown up kids) want to read. Their latest is no different. I’m loving Thea Stilton #1: The Secret of Whale Island because it involves environmentally friendly activities: the mice are trying to save the world for polluters. Who doesn’t love that? Think Carl Hiassen’s Hoot meets Wonderwoman. Sorta. Anyway, {Read More}
I know I know, how many book clubs can one woman person belong to?? As many as I can! So that is why I started the Lisa Scottoline book club at Towne Book Center and Cafe. There are many reasons to read Lisa Scottoline: She writes good stories She’s a local and includes local landmarks There’s a chance to get invited to her house!!! That’s me mugging with her latest book, late at night, at work. Booksellers are notorious night {Read More}
You might know, I”m always looking for a fight. I”m fighty like that. I guess you could say I belong in a Fight Club. I’m fighty when it comes to important issues. I love to fight for the underdog. That’s the whole purpose of this blog; to alert you to the multicultural characters (or lack of them) in books. Also? I love a dude in a suit and tie. Read this guest post and think about what it means to {Read More}
I’m so happy to announce that I’m attending BEA this year! What’s BEA you ask? BEA, or Book Expo America, is the biggest, most ginormously fun book conference on the planet! BEA is THE conference to attend in the book industry; everyone and anyone who likes books is there. So you’ll have book bloggers, book sellers, librarians, authors, book publishers, book illustrators, coffee (goes with books), reporters, and more from all over the world to discuss books. I went last {Read More}
I’m a little behind on my reviews right now but I wanted to give you a sneaky peeky at what I’m currently working on… Naturally there are pirates in it! Stay tuned. ARGH.
This month at Towne Book Center & Cafe‘s book club read My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe I hafta say it wasn’t my fave. I didn’t hate it, but I just couldn’t relate to the main character. Here’s a blurb from Goodreads: It starts with a gift, when Ben Ryder Howe’s wife, the daughter of Korean immigrants, decides to repay her parents’ self-sacrifice by buying them a store. Howe, an editor at the rarefied Paris Review, agrees to go {Read More}
If you don’t know already, I love Downton Abbey. Or at least I DID until they killed off my beloved Sybil. Sybil, a loving wife, and the family suffragette, dies after childbirth after showing clear signs of preeclampsia. To be sure, preeclampsia is a dangerous condition, even to this day, but can be treated if caught early. I love to help my friends and when my friend Sarah asked me to help I jumped at the chance to bring some {Read More}
X has got to be the trickiest letter in the alphabet to begin a book title with! …with which to begin a book… whatever, you get my meaning. I found two books for you today. One is a book I used last year; it’s relatively little known so I thought it was worth repeating. It’s Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. For those of you unfamiliar, it’s part of the Ender’s Game series. The next title took me a while to {Read More}
The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph is written (at least in the title) in the style of Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a Czech novel of existentialism and bohemia before the Soviet invasion. Like Kundera’s work, Joseph’s piece is important. Unlike Kundera’s novel, Joseph’s tale reads lightly, even though much of the drama within is sad. Here’s a bit from the publishers: A smart, wry work that includes mystery, philosophy, and an unlikely love story, {Read More}
