The acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude returns with a roar with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies.
Chase Insteadman, a handsome, inoffensive fixture on Manhattan’s social scene, lives off residuals earned as a child star on a beloved sitcom called [...]
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Author Sherman Alexie was recently on the Colbert Report, and he knocked it out of the park. He touches on book piracy, and how reading culture is dying faster than anyone realizes.
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The New York Times top 10 list of 2009 is out and you’re going to love it. You should definitely check out these books, because next year they will most likely not make much of a splash. Well, I guess if they make movies out of them.
Here are the best fiction books:
Both Ways Is [...]
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Posted in author interviews, book news, book recommendations, book reviews, book sightings, books, hardcover, historical, memoir, news, non fiction, videos on Nov 23rd, 2009
Today I found out about this super rad book. Yes, I just used the words “super rad” as a superlative of sorts. This book sounds like something that many different people will love. This story began with Jake Adelstein asking the question: “How does a Yakuza crime boss get a liver transplant without doing something [...]
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In a new feature to keep this site form growing too stale I’ll be posting news and thoughts on the world of reading. So here we go.
A library book 51 years overdue came back to the library. The significance of this story lies in the fact that it wasn’t just one book, although my [...]
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Stephen King has been in the news for a long time it seems. At least in recent memory, and it all has to do with the fact that his new epic is out now. Under the Dome is over 1,000 pages of book and it’s not a compilation or short story archives, this is a [...]
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Stephen King has come forth with a 1,000 page whopper. Under The Dome by Stephen King is now being sold online and will hit stores like a powder keg. It’s going to be an incredible thing to check out.
Here is a review of Under The Dome by Stephen King from Amazon.com:
On an entirely normal, [...]
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Posted in audio books, book news, book recommendations, book reviews, book sightings, books, memoir, news, non fiction, travel on Nov 3rd, 2009
Did you know that you can get high without drugs? Oh yeah, there’s so much about ourselves that we can explore, but don’t. Here’s a solid book to help you get a lease on life…seriously….
Check out Get High Now (Without Drugs) by James Nestor:
Get High Now is an illustrated, mind-blowing magic carpet ride of more [...]
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Posted in book news, book recommendations, book reviews, book sightings, books, hardcover, historical, memoir, news, non fiction on Sep 21st, 2009
Boilerplate was a robot built by Professor Archibald Campion in 1893 as a prototype, for the self-proclaimed purpose of preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations, Boilerplate charged into combat alongside such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Lawrence of Arabia. Campion and his robot also circled the planet with the U.S. Navy, [...]
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Posted in book news, book recommendations, book reviews, book sightings, books, comedy, fiction, hardcover, news, victor lavalle on Sep 1st, 2009
Victor LaValle really pushes through another novel, and this time around it’s not half bad. No, that’s not to say his previous work wasn’t that good, it’s just to say that this one may not be as good as the former. I liked it, don’t get me wrong. It got me interested in the first [...]
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