New York Times - 100 Notable Books of 2007
What do you think will make the cut? What do you think is missing from the list of Notable Books?
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Trickling out of the far corner of the globe have been reports questioning the veracity of Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone. Even the Australian reporters who discovered the problems with Beah’s memoir, doubted whether anyone should be too upset. After all, memoirs are subjective and often take liberties to get to a hig...
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Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews was a wonderful indulgence for me. It’s a lighthearted, breezy jaunt through the holiday season in Savannah, Georgia. Antiques dealer Weezie Foley is desperate to win the historic district’s annual decorating contest – especially s ...
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Stocking stuffer bestsellers
Sam Leith is the author of the disturbingly titled Dead Pets: ...
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Books by bloggers -- what went wrong?
A few years ago it seemed like every prominent blogger was signing a book deal -- Wonkette, Gawker and Washingtonienne to name a few. ...
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Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize lecture
Doris Lessing was too ill to travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize herself. Her editor read her acceptance lecture, in which she ...
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Books on the Train
I like to take a peek at what the people read on the subway. I just can't help wondering -- though I generally hate it when I catch others reading over my shoulder. I've started jotting down the titles. It's interesting to note the variety. Here's my report for today:
Place: Downtown C train, New York City
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Books:
Her Only Desire by Gaelen Foley
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Posted in Submitted by bookspoke on Sat, 11/24/2007 - 11:11pm.
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New York Times - 100 Notable Books of 2007
The New York Times published it's list of 100 Notable Books of the Year this weekend. The Times notes that they will publish the 10 best books of 2007 on November 28. What do you think will make the cut? What do you think is missing from ...
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Local food in Austin, TX
I'm on a mini vacation right now in Austin, Texas. What a cool city! Live music everywhere, one of the best indie bookstores I've been to, beautiful lakes and parks, and some delici...
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NBA
The winners of the 2007 National Book Awards were announced last night. The awards aim to bring together the American literary community ...
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National Book Awards
Please share your thoughts about these great books from 2007.
Fiction: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Non-Fiction: Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass
Young People's Literature: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Posted in Submitted by bookspoke on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 12:01pm.
Norman Mailer's death reminds us of that old line--was it the bard?--that the evil men do lives on long after their deaths. Let's reverse that for a second. ...
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It's finally come to this. Norman Mailer is dead and no can remember why we should care. His first novel, The Naked and The Dead, might remind you of what Mailer was like before he was a blowhard. But this wonderful essay ...
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