Fun Facts Friday: Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer (6 December, 1886 – 30 July, 1918) was a prolific American poet who is known for celebrating nature, famous for his poem Trees...

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Stolen Focus By Johann Hari

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari tries to figure out why we lost our ability to focus since it has been declining for decades...

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2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Books for Everyone

Check out some book recommendations to be gifted the 2024 holiday season. I'd like to think that these books will cover a wide variety of interests...

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Fun Facts Friday: Andrés Bello

Andrés Bello (29 November, 1781 – 15 October, 1865) was a Venezuelan poet, diplomat, educator, and philosopher. He is the intellectual father of South America...

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The Story Of The Forest By Linda Grant

The Story of the Forest is a lively, thought-provoking and poignant exploration of diaspora and identity from the point of view of strong women...

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The City And Its Uncertain Walls By Haruki Murakami

The City and Its Uncertain Walls has an intriguing concept, I don’t think it is too original but once you get into it the narrative starts making sense...

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Fun Facts Friday: José Maria de Heredia

José Maria de Heredia (22 November, 1842 – 3 October, 1905) was a poet, born in Cuba, exiled in France, known for his masterful sonnets....

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone reads like a run-of-the-mill detective novel, however, it was written in 1868. It didn’t just stand the test of time but is also groundbreaking...

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The Netanyahus By Joshua Cohen

A hilarious, thought-provoking novel, narrated by a retired professor, delves into microaggressions, assimilation, and legacy of the Inquisition...

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Fun Facts Friday: Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore (15 November, 1887 – 5 February, 1972)- an American poet, editor, critic and translator. She was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature...

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Poll Results – impulse purchase price for eBooks
Uncategorized / September 23, 2010

Yesterday I asked a simple question on several reading groups on Facebook and to my Tweeter following: What is your “impulse purchase” price for an eBook? The answers were varied and interesting. Some people just plopped a number down, other gave very sound reasoning (“depends on the author” was the most popular). The numbers ran the gamete from $0 to $12.99. Wow, I wish I had to funds to buy every $12.99 eBook I wanted – good...

Rising Cost of eBooks… Author Got Me Started
Opinion / September 19, 2010

Recently I’ve had some very interesting conversation via email with author Irene Ziegler (Rules of the Lake, Ashes to Water, ). I’ve left a comment on her blog and she contacted me by email asking for an expansion on my thoughts which, as an opinionated person, I was happy to oblige. The conversation, which is nothing more than some preliminary thoughts and a bit of venting about cost of eBooks, was very interesting and engaging. I...

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