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August 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Welcome to this stop in Alyssa B. Sheinmel‘s blog tour! There’s two stops here; today, an interview with Alyssa; and tomorrow, a review of The Stone Girl. Other books by Alyssa: The Beautiful Between (2010); The Lucky Kind (2011). Interview: Liz B: To begin with, I just have to say how much I adored THE […]
August 25, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
The New York Times has an article about authors buying reviews: The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy. “In the fall of 2010, Mr. Rutherford started a Web site, GettingBookReviews.com. At first, he advertised that he would review a book for $99. But some clients wanted a chorus proclaiming their excellence. So, for $499, Mr. […]
August 24, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
J.K. Rowling‘s book for grown ups, The Casual Vacancy, will be published on September 27. Back in July, the cover of the book was released to some mixed reactions. The description of the book, from the US publisher, Little Brown: “When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in […]
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August 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. Random House. 2012. Review copy from publisher. Edited to add: Morris Award winner. The Plot: Prince Rufus has been murdered; not just murdered. His head is missing, which indicates a dragon was involved. It’s been forty years since peace was declared between the dragons and the humans of Goredd, but at […]
August 21, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House. 2011. Review copy from publisher. The Plot: 1965 Australia. Charlie Bucktin, 13, is reading a book on a hot summer night when there is a knock on his window. It is Jasper Jones, the town “bad boy,” and he needs […]
August 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Remember, back in April, when the History Press live tweeted the Titanic in real time? So did Real Time Titanic. More info at the History Press. I have a new “live” tweeting history account I’m following. It’s a bit more ambitious than the Titanic; it’s Real Time World War Two, at Twitter @RealTimeWWII. It’s “Livetweeting the 2nd […]
August 16, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt. Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2011. My review of the ARC. Audiobook: Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group. Narrated by Lincoln Hoppe. 2011. Listened from copy from publisher. The Plot: The late 1960s. Doug Swieteck’s father has moved his family to stupid Marysville in upstate New […]
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