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What everyone’s reading this week
Especially discussable women’s fiction
What’s newly published
First Novel Award Finalists
Why Dave Eggers is hated
Poetry as Medicine
Karl Rove’s upcoming memoir spoilers
Proud Plagairist
Judging Books by their Covers

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I am so happy to announce that in honor of The Local News going to paperback, the author has provided me with a free give-away copy!!  I just loved this novel — please read my review of The Local News here and see if you might be interested in winning a copy. If so, [...]

Need to add to your TBR list?  Let RUSA (the Reference and User Services Association of the ALA) help…  Each year RUSA names one book in eight genres as the top pick for 2010.  Here are the awards:

Adrenaline (Action, Thrillers, and Adventure) Winner: Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child 

Runners-Up
Beat the Reaper, by Josh Bazell
The Neighbor, by Lisa [...]

Heather!  Congratulations…

Laughing Without An Accent by Firoozeh Dumas
Release date: 226 / 2008 pages
Synopsis (from front cover): Mining her rich Persian heritage with dry wit and a bold spirit, Firoozeh Dumas put her own unique mark on the themes of family community, and tradition.

First line: “Iran does not currently adhere to international copyright laws..”
Review: A few weeks ago [...]