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September 29, 2010

Book Clubs in the News

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In this month’s round-up we’ve got everything from the wisdom of the ages to new fangled gadgets to music to soothe the savage beast!
September 28, 2010

The National Book Festival Turns 10

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I love that all of our regular contributors are getting out to the book festivals in and around where they live.  Well of course they are.  They wouldn't be regular contributors here on the RGG blog if they weren't book lovers.  Yesterday we heard from Heather Johnson on the Baltimore Book Festival and today Denise Neary shares some of the "wonder" of the National Book Festival in DC.

John Lutz, author of Mister X

He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped --- no one knows why.

September 27, 2010

Fall Means Books in Baltimore!

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In today's guest post, regular contributor Heather Johnson shares some details from the Baltimore Book Festival.  Did you get a chance to go? Or will you be hitting any of the other Book Festivals this fall?  If not - change your plans.  They really are a lot of fun!
The Guardian offers its top 10 stories about sisters... Chin on hand, office candid and the rest of the author photo cliches... What to read on jury duty? Crime books, of course!
September 24, 2010

Indie Bookstores: A SAFE HAVEN for book lovers

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In today's guest post, Jamie Layton, Regular Contributor and Manager of Duck's Cottage Coffeeshop & Bookstore, talks about an experience she had at her store recently.  As a former independent bookstore owner myself - I totally get where she's coming from.  If you love your local independent and appreci
September 23, 2010

IndieBound Bestseller Regional Roundup

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Fall is here, and with it wholesale changes to the IndieBound bestseller lists from California to the New York island, from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters. Jonathan Franzen's new "great American novel" FREEDOM tops the lists, and not surprisingly. The hype machine was working overtime on this opus of the modern American family, and got to breathe a sigh of relief when Oprah annointed it her latest pick.
September 23, 2010

On Sale This Week

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Check out Bookreporter.com's Coming Soon list to stay up to date on all the latest titles as well as those coming in the weeks and months ahead!  On Sale This Week:
September 23, 2010

PEN Literary Awards 2010

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The PEN American Center has just announced its 2010 Literary Awards.
September 22, 2010

Where do you stand on FREEDOM?

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You'd have to be living under a rock to have missed all the hub-bub and hype surrounding Jonathan Franzen's new novel FREEDOM.