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August 4, 2010

Amy Bourret: MOTHERS AND OTHER LIARS

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In today's guest post, Amy Bourret, author of MOTHERS AND OTHER LIARS talks about writing from the perspective of someone who is not you.  Is it valid?  Is it okay to do so?  Of course it is.  I say that from the perspective of a 70 year old retired steel worker living in a senior center in Florida.  But seriously - I'm with you Amy!  If the book is well written and makes you think what difference does it make that the writer has had a different life experience?  Some of the most amazing books

Henry Perez, author of Mourn the Living

From city to city, one man walks the streets, carefully choosing his victims. Mercilessly, he cuts their throats.

August 3, 2010

Sara Poole: POISON

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Rarely is a human being solely a hero or a villian. No matter how they are characterized in history, most are human and therefore complex. In today's guest post, author Sara Poole talks about her new book POISON and it's more in depth look at one of the most powerful and nefarious families of the Renaissance period.   If your book club loves historical fiction, I suspect there will be much to chat about with this one!
August 2, 2010

Lynn Shepherd: MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK

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Lynn Shepherd, debut author and today's guest blogger talks about Austen, Christie and how they inspired her new book MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK.  This is one of those books that certainly stands on it's own for book club, but would also be great to do either right after Austen's MANSFIELD PARK or even both the same month if you're group is game.  Yup... another one that I'm putting on my must read list. 

Rich Boy by Sharon Pomerantz

August 2010

I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of Sharon Pomerantz’s debut novel last spring. RICH BOY reminded me a lot of Herman Wouk’s classic MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR, a book I’ve always loved. Like Herman did with Marjorie, Sharon just dropped me into the world of Robert Vishniak, a middle-class young man who finds himself in New York’s high society.

August 2010

After being here, there and everywhere for the last few weeks, it’s nice to be back home. I walk the aisles on airplanes as I cross the country and look at what people are reading all the time. I saw some eReaders, but not as many as I was thinking I would, considering the constant conversation about these devices. I sat next to a lovely woman on the flight back from Orlando on Saturday. In the course of chatting, we realized we had grown up three blocks from each other! Pretty funny. She was a year older than me, but we had a lot of shared memories. When we were talking books, she mentioned a few that she had read. I asked if she had read The Help. She told me she had not heard of it. Interesting moment for me, who is surrounded by books and authors all day, and thinks that everyone knows about The Help. Of course, on the flight down to Orlando, I sat with a woman who had ME pulling out a pen and paper to take notes on the books that SHE was talking about. Bookish conversation…such fun. And informative. By the way, on our sister site, Bookreporter.com, we have a poll question asking about at what price point you would consider an eReader. You can chime in here.

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Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

August 2010

My friend, Virginia Stanley, was raving about STILTSVILLE at library conferences I attended in both January and March. As I value her opinion, I gave it a shot and fell in love with it! Susanna Daniel’s debut novel takes place in the Miami area, which I’ve come to love after some visits over the years.

July 30, 2010

IndieBound Bestseller Regional Roundup

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A classic is making a comeback! Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer with a slew of special events and commemorative editions. Despite 50 years and untold millions of copies sold, people are still in with this morality tale of race, class and the South.
Congrats to Charles Bicht, winner of the Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West! He bested 123 other jolly, bearded fellows to claim the prize...