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A Maryland Chick-lit Writer's Inspiration by K.L. Brady, Author of The Bum Magnet
savvyverseandwit.com - 3 hours ago
A Maryland Chick-lit Writer's Inspiration by K.L. Brady, Author of The Bum Magnet
— savvyverseandwit.com — Michelle at GalleySmith started this great blog craze about highlighting local authors on The Literary Road Trip... .  I've been a bit lax in participating, but I do have some of these great local authors lined up with guest posts and interviews.  I've just been slow to post them.  ... (more) A Maryland Chick-lit Writer's Inspiration by K.L. Brady, ...

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Tuesday Morning LitLinks
authorscoop.com - 15 hours ago
Tuesday Morning LitLinks
— authorscoop.com — The Christian Science Monitor muses on e-readers for the gift-giving season. Creationist, Ray Comfort, hands out 170,000... copies of ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, a modified “special edition” of Darwin’s work with a nudge towards Intelligent Design. He says he’ll give away ... (more) Tuesday Morning LitLinks

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Reporting from the Road: NYC/Boston
omnivoracious.com - 37 hours ago
Reporting from the Road: NYC/Boston
— omnivoracious.com — I'm now in week three of a five-week book tour... The New York/Boston gigs for my novel... Finch and for Booklife were a lovely blur. I enjoy both cities, and we had a great attendance at both boookstore events, with raucous, fully engaged ... (more) Reporting from the Road: NYC/Boston

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Afternoon Viewing: “The Road” Trailer
authorscoop.com - 2 days ago
Afternoon Viewing: “The Road” Trailer
— authorscoop.com — From the ZeroMovieReviews YouTube description: The Road is an upcoming film directed by John Hillcoat and written... by Joe Penhall. Based on the 2006 novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. ... (more) Afternoon Viewing: “The Road” Trailer

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Dorothy Whipple
cottontown.org - 13 days ago
Dorothy Whipple
— cottontown.org — Dorothy Whipple The inter-war years have yet to be hailed as a golden age of the English... novel, but for writers such as JB Priestley, Howard Spring, Graham Greene it was a time when their reputations were being established. Dorothy Whipple's first ... (more) Dorothy Whipple

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Cormac McCarthy on The Road
online.wsj.com - 12 days ago
Cormac McCarthy on The Road
— online.wsj.com — [ cormac1112 ] Corbis Outline Cormac McCarthy, above in 2007, drew on his own relationship with his... son for his novel 'The Road.' (more) Cormac McCarthy on The Road

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Epic Pretties
angieville.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
Epic Pretties
— angieville.blogspot.com — These three make me rather weak in the knees. You can just tell by looking at the... covers that these pretties pack a punch when it comes to fantasy and epic tasks/quests/journeys, etc. I'm looking forward to each one with incredible amounts of anticipation and I've only read one of these ... (more) Epic Pretties

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novelsandstories.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
Questions about Flannery O'Connor's WISE BLOOD
— novelsandstories.blogspot.com — Next week is when I and my literature classes begin talking about Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood .... I've assigned O'Connor's brilliant novel to classes in the past, but I have never been satisfied about the students' responses to and their lack of ... (more) Questions about Flannery O'Connor's WISE BLOOD

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SF Tidbits for 11/12/09
sfsignal.com - 13 days ago
SF Tidbits for 11/12/09
— sfsignal.com — Interviews The Agony Column interviews Michael Swanwick . The Agony Column has a recording of the World... Fantasy Convention: The Google Books Settlement (podcast). Fantasy Magazine interviews Jesse Bullington . The Creative Penn interviews Philippa Ballantine, Chris Lester and J. Daniel ... (more) SF Tidbits for 11/12/09

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Reporting from the Road: 28 Events in 35 Days, The Blur, and Tio's Tacos
omnivoracious.com - 13 days ago
Reporting from the Road: 28 Events in 35 Days, The Blur, and Tio's Tacos
— omnivoracious.com — (Pardon my DIY phone photos, but here's me and Tom Nissley at Amazon HQ, and a sample... of the wonders that await you at Tio's Tacos.) What day is it? That's one question that keeps popping into my head as I make my way through this ... (more) Reporting from the Road: 28 Events in 35 Days, The Blur, ...

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Solace of the Road
kidslit.menashalibrary.org - 8 days ago
Solace of the Road
— kidslit.menashalibrary.org — Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd Holly was now placed with a family of her own... after years in a residential home for teens.  Fiona and Ray seemed to want her, but it might turn out the same as the last place where she was sent back.  Best that she leave on her own terms and ... (more) Solace of the Road

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Movie Trailer: The Book of Eli
graspingforthewind.com - 13 days ago
Movie Trailer: The Book of Eli
— graspingforthewind.com — Four reasons for me to love this movie. 1. Denzel Washington is a superior actor. 2. I... like post-apocalyptic movies (yes, even The Postman ). 3. This trailer is suitably enigmatic and intriguing – and so I am beguiled. 4. The Road is going to be awfully depressing and I already ... (more) Movie Trailer: The Book of Eli

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Literary Road Trip – James Whitcomb Riley
devourerofbooks.com - 8 days ago
Literary Road Trip – James Whitcomb Riley
— devourerofbooks.com — James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley, who lived from 1859-1916, was known as both the children’s poet... and the Hoosier poet. Originally writing in Hoosier (Indiana) dialect for the newspaper the Indianapolis Journal , Riley eventually wrote over 1,000 poems and over half of them ... (more) Literary Road Trip – James Whitcomb Riley

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Peter Stothard’s Christmas Wishlist
fifthestate.co.uk - 7 days ago
Peter Stothard’s Christmas Wishlist
— fifthestate.co.uk — The second of our authors to offer up his Christmas wishlist is Peter Stothard, editor of the... The Times Literary Supplement. Peter has kindly provided a list of books he would like to give as christmas presents, along with a little description of who he would give them to and why. My ... (more) Peter Stothard’s Christmas Wishlist

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I Dare You
angieville.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
I Dare You
— angieville.blogspot.com — Today I would like to direct your attention over to The Book Smugglers site, where Thea and... Ana have posted their joint review of The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White . Awhile back the Smugglers dared me to read Mr. Impossible -- my first romance novel--and, since turnabout's fair play, I ... (more) I Dare You

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Joint Review: The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White
thebooksmugglers.com - 8 days ago
Joint Review: The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White
— thebooksmugglers.com — Title: The Road Home Author: Ellen Emerson White Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Historical Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date:... 1995 Paperback: 469 pages Stand alone or series: Can be read as stand alone but is the 5th book in a series about the Vietnam War (read the ... (more) Joint Review: The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White

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Literary Road Trip – M. Glenn Taylor and The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
devourerofbooks.com - 29 days ago
Literary Road Trip – M. Glenn Taylor and The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
— devourerofbooks.com — The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by M. Glenn Taylor I first heard about M. Glenn Taylor and... “The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart” on Chicago Public Radio’s show Eight Forty-Eight , the news and culture show for the Chicagoland area. The story had Taylor talking about his ... (more) Literary Road Trip – M. Glenn Taylor and The Ballad of ...

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manchesterlitlist.blogspot.com - 28 days ago
Chorlton Book Festival line-up announced!
— manchesterlitlist.blogspot.com — Manchester’s most literary suburb hosts a celebration that’s uniquely chorltonian. Everything is free and happens in Chorlton... Library unless we say otherwise. Come and intorduce yourself at the Chorlton Book Festival facebook group! If you are ... (more) Chorlton Book Festival line-up announced!

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'The Road from La Cueva'
inspringitisthedawn.com - 26 days ago
'The Road from La Cueva'
— inspringitisthedawn.com — by Sheila Ortego Fiction, 2008 Sunstone Press, pb, 134 p. Ana Howland is at a crisis point.... As a constrained yet passionate woman, she finds few outlets for her desires in her role as mother and wife. She is subsumed by a controlling husband, but is craving her own fulfillment. Her ... (more) 'The Road from La Cueva'

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Flash Giveaway – Halloween Week Edition
thebooksmugglers.com - 25 days ago
Flash Giveaway – Halloween Week Edition
— thebooksmugglers.com — What better way to celebrate the end (or almost, we still have two more posts today!) of... our Halloween Week than to have a Flash Giveaway? We have two batches to giveaway, each to one lucky winner. Batch 1: courtesy of Gollancz has Hater by David Moody and a hardcover of A Touch of Dead ... (more) Flash Giveaway – Halloween Week Edition

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