Tag: fiction
member name: Christine Zibas
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October 24, 2009 03:23 PM EDT --
The Anthologist
Nicholson Baker
ISBN: 978-1-4165-7244-2 Simon & Schuster
This book is a plum. Nicholson Baker has written a totally amazing book that everyone should rush out and buy…immediately. . . .
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July 30, 2008 01:34 AM EDT --
With the release of its new book, The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry, publisher William Morrow is giving away an all-expenses paid weekend for two to Salem, Massachusetts, for one lucky reader.
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January 21, 2009 10:37 PM EST --
Miles from Nowhere
Nami Mun
Riverhead Books
ISBN: 978-1-59448-854-2
Miles from Nowhere is a beautiful novel in the way that street graffiti can engage a city’s sense of artistry. Its strength . . .
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August 18, 2009 03:41 PM EDT --
The Dancer Upstairs
Nicholas Shakespeare
Anchor Books ISBN: 978-0-385-72107-2
In The Dancer Upstairs, author Nicholas Shakespeare poses questions both personal and universal in his telling . . .
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August 31, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
Labor Day: A Novel
Joyce Maynard
William Morrow ISBN: 978-0-06-184340-2
For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer and the onset of fall, with a last celebration of swimming, barbeques, . . .
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December 01, 2009 01:04 AM EST --
Stardust
Joseph Kanon
ISBN: 978-1-4391-5614-8
The best mysteries take their readers into another world, and capture their imaginations with puzzling human behavior. Joseph Kanon is surely one . . .
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October 07, 2009 01:24 AM EDT --
Once in a Blue Moon
Eileen Goudge
Vanguard Press ISBN: 978-1-59315-534-6
What happens in to children in their earliest years of life often stays with them throughout their lives, frequently changing . . .
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November 28, 2008 04:07 PM EST --
Every year, it is a great treat to see what the New York Times and its critics choose as the "best books of the year." (It also provides a perfect reading list and gift guide.) Below I have . . .
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April 04, 2008 02:16 AM EDT --
Belong to Me: A Novel
Marisa de los Santos
ISBN: 978-0-06-124027-0
William Morrow
A refugee from intellectual city living, Cornelia Brown is the explorer of a new terrain: . . .
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January 20, 2009 11:42 PM EST --
A Dangerous Affair
Caro Peacock
Avon A
ISBN: 978-0-06-144748-8
Following on from her first book, A Foreign Affair, Caro Peacock has written a stunning successor novel. She continues . . .
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December 28, 2008 06:14 PM EST --
With Violets
Elizabeth Robards
Avon A
ISBN: 978-0-06-157912-7
Berthe Morisot was an important French painter of the Impressionism School, although it’s far more likely that readers will be familiar . . .
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September 15, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
Susannah, a Lawyer: From Tragedy to Triumph
Ruth Rymer
ISBN: 978-1934938416 Langdon Street Press
It’s the 1870s and young Susannah Reed has a promising life ahead of her. She’s . . .
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June 06, 2008 02:45 AM EDT --
This embarrassing date has been brought to you by the Bad Date Contest by Gather's Fiction Readers Group. But this date was no fiction, unfortunately!
Cross Culture Means Crossed Wires
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October 09, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
Europe Editions
ISBN: 978-1-933372-60-0
A runaway bestseller in France, The Elegance of the Hedgehog is an unlikely title for so charming . . .
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November 01, 2007 04:00 PM EDT --
There are few things more delicious, more satisfying than knowing when you place your reading selection and money on the Borders counter that you will have a great read that evening. So startling brilliant . . .
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January 17, 2009 12:27 AM EST --
The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for 2008's Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which celebrate the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, television, and movies for the year. The winners . . .
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February 16, 2009 01:51 AM EST --
French Letters/ Virginia’s War: Tierra, Texas, 1944
Jack Woodville London
Vire Press/ www.VirePress
ISBN: 978-0-9815975-0-8
This engaging trilogy, French Letters, opens with a scene from . . .
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March 25, 2009 03:22 PM EDT --
Armed and Glamorous: A Crime of Fashion Mystery
Ellen Byerrum
Obsidian
ISBN: 978-0-451-22456-9
It’s hard to believe that fashion and murder would make a good mix, but in Armed and Glamorous, . . .
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August 20, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
This wonderful young adult (YA) story follows the adventures of Arnie Carver (the adopted name of Thayne Davidson Miller III), a 13 year old boy, This son of billionaires adopts his new name (suggested . . .
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July 25, 2008 01:27 AM EDT --
The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Katherine Hall Page
William Morrow
ISBN: 978-0-06-076367-1
Combining food and art in her latest Faith Fairchild mystery, Katherine Hall . . .
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