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February 5, 2010

Bookreporter.com Facebook Roundup for the Week of February 1

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We now have more than 2,000 fans! Thanks to everybody for joining and referring friends! Electronic Arts has adapted Dante's INFERNO for a video game, and more classics are planned... Entertainment Weekly gave THE POSTMISTRESS, one of our new favorites, an A-...

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of One Amazing Thing

Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping them together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive.

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One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

February 2010

ONE AMAZING THING by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni takes place in a passport office somewhere here in the United States when an earthquake hits and the nine people waiting for visas for travel to India are all trapped.

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Gregg Olsen, author of Victim Six

The bodies are found in towns and cities around Puget Sound. The young women who are the victims had nothing in common --- except the agony of their final moments --- and somebody carefully chose them to stalk, capture, and torture…a depraved killer whose cunning is matched only by the depth of his bloodlust.

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Interview: Judy Blundell, author of What I Saw and How I Lied

Feb 1, 2010

 

February 2010

As I write you today, snow is falling outside my window. There has been lots and lots of "the white stuff" this winter --- and it's been falling in places where snow usually does not pose that much of an issue, making life what I call "interesting." Last weekend I was in San Jose for a conference (more on that in a moment), and as I was leaving, flakes were flying in the New York area. Worried I would get stuck with nothing to do with a delayed flight, I packed a small carry-on bag with a change of clothes, two books and two sweater projects. I got on the plane for the first leg of my trip and fell asleep after breakfast. For the second leg, I was more productive between naps. We did some circling in Pennsylvania, waiting to land, which was quite amusing since there was a computer at the seat showing where we were flying, and we kept going in a circle. Luckily we only landed 20 minutes late, which was better than how some of my compadres fared, getting in as many as four days late!

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Aside from the books that you read for your group, how many books do you read each month?

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Beverly Barton, author of Dead by Midnight

The last sounds Dean Wilson hears are a clock striking 12 and a killer’s taunting words, and his death is just the first. One-by-one, victims are stalked and shot at close range. Only the killer knows their sins, and who will be the next to die at midnight.

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January 29, 2010

Bookreporter.com Facebook Roundup for the Week of January 25

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Good interview courtesy of The Onion with Joshua Ferris (THE WE CAME TO THE END), whose new novel, THE UNNAMED, just came out and was an IndieNext pick... The announcement of Apple's forthcoming iPad touched of a firestorm of discussion about books --- digital and tactile --- and how this may/may not change reading. You should really become a Facebook fan and join the debate!

Ted Dekker, author of Burn

The past Janeal thought had burned away is rising from the ashes.

Years ago, the Gypsy Kumpania where Janeal Mikkado lived was attacked by outsiders. With her best friend about to be consumed by a fire, Janeal had two options: try to save her friend --- at serious risk to her own life --- or disappear with the million dollars that she had just discovered...

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