CarrieK | March 20, 2010
Since I didn’t do a links post last week, I have a ton of links to share with you. I didn’t get to them on time for Saturday, though, so the Sunday Salon it is. Author links: ~ Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit has a guest post from Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on [...]
CarrieK | March 9, 2010
Title: Going Bovine Author: Libba Bray Genre: YA speculative fiction Publisher: Delacourte Books for Young Readers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library First line: The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World. Cameron Smith is dying of Mad Cow disease. [...]
CarrieK | January 22, 2010
Discussion starters: ~ FleurFisher wants to know which Dickens she should read this year. ~ Tasha at Heidenkind’s Hideaway asks Who is the new Dickens? ~ Rebecca at Book Lady’s Blog talks about her addiction to reading all of the introductory and end matter in her books. ~ So many discussions this week about the [...]
CarrieK | January 19, 2010
Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Genre: Dystopian fiction Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library. First line: A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. That in itself is amazing because of how [...]
CarrieK | January 12, 2010
Title: The Quiet American Author: Graham Greene Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Penguin Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from my personal library. First line: After dinner I sat and waited for Pyle in my room over the rue Catinat: he had said, “I’ll be with you at latest by ten,” and [...]
CarrieK | December 23, 2009
Title: Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems Author: Raymond Carver Genre: Poetry Publisher: Vintage Books Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from the public library. First line: Where this floated up from, or why, I don’t know. Mini-review: Poetry centered on people and their stories – some I loved, some [...]
CarrieK | November 28, 2009
Author links: ~ Natasha at Maw Books has a guest post by Bonny Becker, author of several children’s picture books. ~ Nick Hornby on literary fiction. ~ Kathy at Bermudaonion has an interview with Ann Pearlman, author of The Christmas Cookie Club. Discussion starters: ~ My Friend Amy: It Isn’t What You Read – It’s [...]
CarrieK | November 17, 2009
Title: The House of Mirth Author: Edith Wharton Genre: Classic fiction Publisher: Wordsworth Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Read it online through Daily Lit First line: Selden paused in surprise. After finishing Wharton’s The Age of Innocence earlier this year, and finding that it was absolutely stunning, I decided I must read [...]
