Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:
- BTT On My Own…
Posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 in Booking Through… – Comments: (17)photo credit: johnnyaliveSo, I’ve decided to write my own little BTT this Thursday, and save this week’s topic for a future week when I am out of town. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my upcoming trip to Ethiopia (!), I have started writing furiously and time-delaying posts so that BCC does not hibernate too much over the next three months…Tuesday night, I settled in with my laptop and election coverage, excited to watch the votes come in throughout the evening.
- BTT: The Veracity of Reviewing
Posted on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 in Booking Through… – Comments: (7)Suggested by JM:I receive a lot of review books, but I have never once told lies about the book just because I got a free copy of it. However, some authors seem to feel that if they send you a copy of their book for free, you should give it a positive review.Do you think reviewers are obligated to put up a good review of a book, even if they don’t like it?
- BTT: Why Buy?
Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 in Booking Through… – Comments: (8)Here is this week’s topic:I’ve asked, in the past, about whether you more often buy your books, or get them from libraries. What I want to know today, is, WHY BUY?Even if you are a die-hard fan of the public library system, I’m betting you have at least ONE permanent resident of your bookshelves in your house.
- Review and Free Giveaway: Forever Lily
Posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 in Reviews – Comments: (9)Forever Lily by Beth Nonte Russell Release date: 2008 / 214 pagesSynopsis (from back cover): When Beth Nonte Russell travels to China to help her friend Alex adopt a baby girl from an orphanage there, she thinks it will be an adventure, a chance to see the world. First line: “Hanging suspended above the world, on a terrace overlooking the steely waters of the harbor below, I watch as boats glide by in uncanny silence.
- Review and Free Giveaway: In the Land of Invisible Women
Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in Future Classics…? – Comments: (9)In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed, M.D. Release date: 2008 / 437 pagesSynopsis (from back cover): Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmen, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new job; this is a chance at adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong.
- Review and Free-Giveaway: The Gates of Trevalyan
Posted on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 in Reviews – Comments: (9)The Gates of Trevalyan by Jacquelyn Cook Release date: 2008 / 365 pagesSynopsis (from back cover): “The Gates of Trevalyan brings the turbulent years before, during and after the Civil War to vivid and passionate life. Trevalyan, the beautiful central-Georgia plantation where idealistic young Jenny Mobley and aristocratic Charles King marry and build a life together, becomes a symbol of the heartache and division brought by the nation’s bitter wounds.
- Sunday Salon: Absalom, Absalom!
Posted on Sunday, November 9th, 2008 in Reviews – Comments: (3)Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner Release date: 1936 / 303 pagesSynopsis (from back cover): “Absalom, Absalom! is the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded pursuit of his grand design — to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830 — which is ultimately destroyed (along with Sutpen himself) by his own sons. A century later, the figure of Sutpen continues to haunt young Quentin Compson, who is obsessed with the legacy of Sutpen, and of the Old South.
- The Maine Writers
Posted on Friday, November 7th, 2008 in 50 States 50 Books – Comments: (2)photo credit: vår resaI have to admit, after working on the 50 States 50 Books series for, well, almost 50 weeks, I was really starting to struggle a bit with the remaining states… My personal choice for Maine was Stephen King, but then I read the following post from Omnivoracious:Today we have Heidi Julavits, who in her short career has published almost as many novels (3) as her native state, Maine, has electoral votes (4): The Mineral Palace, The Effect of Living Backwards, and The Uses of Enchantment, none of which, however, are set in the Pine Tree State (again, a completely unknown and inadequate state nickname.
- The Sunday Salon: The Book Thief
Posted on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 in Reviews – Comments: (5)The Book Thief by Markus ZusakRelease date: 2005 / 552Synopsis (from back cover): It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier even still. By her brother’s graveside, Liesel Meminger’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first acto of book thievery.
- Titles of Thanksgiving…
Posted on Monday, November 10th, 2008 in Book Club Favorites – Comments: (4)photo credit: Mike MileyIn the past week, I have received two requests for holiday titles — first for a Christmas pick with a female perspective (more on that next week) and then the next day for ideas for Thanksgiving ideas.Here’s what I’ve come up with so far after a preliminary search for Thanksgiving reads… Thanksgiving Night: A Novel by Richard Bausch Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne Bitter Harvest by Susan Bowden The Tortilla Curtain by T.
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