BNA_Daily | May 29, 2009
June is going to be big for mystery lovers, with Janet Evanovich’s Finger Lickin’ Fifteen and James Patterson’s Swimsuit releasing late in the month. Evanovich and Patterson frequently top the NY Times bestseller list, fueled by loyal fans who keep coming back for more. But with the mystery genre growing, there are scores of new, [...]
BNA_Daily | May 28, 2009
It’s been at least twelve minutes since we mentioned Twilight, so if you’ve been experiencing withdrawal, fear not! Today we link to an NPR piece about Twilight-loving men, written by mystery author Brad Meltzer. Also, the 2009 Man Booker International Prize winner has been announced, and a publisher in Massachusetts is giving books away for [...]
BNA_Daily | May 27, 2009
Michael Scott’s bestselling series “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” has been called the series to fill the Harry Potter gap and has even merited a publisher-created online game. So does the third book in the series, The Sorceress (out yesterday), live up to the buzz? According to reviews so far, yes!
The sorceress in [...]
BNA_Daily | May 26, 2009
Smear campaigns and violent crayon drawings - what has the literary world come to? Below is the latest on the Oxford professor of poetry drama, Facebook’s possible effect on literature, and violence in picture books. If contraversy’s not for you, we have the NY Times review of Simon Schama’s The American Future: A History.
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BNA_Daily | May 22, 2009
The term “summer reading” might make kids groan, but it shouldn’t just mean slogging through the books assigned to them by teachers. Summer is a great chance for students to remember what’s it’s like to read a book for fun, to get lost in the pages without worrying about being tested later. Some students already [...]
BNA_Daily | May 22, 2009
Today we have book recommendations for fans of short stories, the shortlist for the Wodehouse prize, and reviews of several May releases. There’s also an interesting op-ed piece concerning the choice between Jesus and Dan Brown - you might find yourself asking, “WWDBD?”
Fans of short stories don’t have as many choices when it comes to [...]
BNA_Daily | May 20, 2009
As the weather heats up and American flags are hung for Memorial Day, we can’t help thinking about this summer’s beach reads. Romance is the classic “guilty pleasure” beach pick, but now there’s a sub-genre that’s growing faster than the rest – paranormal romance. Paranormal romance combines science fiction, horror, and romance to create love [...]
BNA_Daily | May 19, 2009
Today we’ve got a little something for everyone, be they poets, James Bond fans, or small business owners. The Oxford professor of poetry has been announced, and interviews are available with Jeffrey Eugenides and an independent bookstore owner in Brooklyn. And for devoted readers of Lee Child’s Reacher series, an LA Times review is out [...]
BNA_Daily | May 18, 2009
David Ignatius, Body of Lies author and journalist for the Washington Post, has once again combined his foreign affairs expertise with his talent for fiction in The Increment. Out today from W.W. Norton, The Increment is the story of CIA chief Harry Pappas, who takes matters into his own hands after learning of Iran’s continued [...]
BNA_Daily | May 15, 2009
The poetry world is mourning the loss of Craig Arnold, the award-winning poet who was proclaimed dead May 8th after disappearing in Japan in late April. Arnold went missing while exploring a volcano on the Japanese island Kuchinoerabu-jima, and a team of American trackers eventually followed his trail to a cliff. Arnold was in Japan [...]
