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The ALA Midwinter Galley Chase | The Final Analysis

By on February 3, 2014

In galley or book form, hundreds of titles were there for the taking on the floor of the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference, and tracking what went fastest says a lot about what people are interested in reading today. The escapist pleasures of a good thriller still attract, and the hottest hotcakes of the genre […]

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Fiction Previews, Jun. 2013, Pt. 2: Great Book Club Books from Upcoming Writers

By on December 7, 2012

Brown, Eli. Cinnamon and Gunpowder. Farrar. Jun. 2013. 272p. ISBN 9780374123666. $26. HISTORICAL Evocative title, and the plot sounds like a hoot. In 1819, the pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot kills the lord of a booming tea concern but will spare his chef, the famous Owen Wedgwood, as long as he manages to serve her an […]

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Barbara’s Picks, July 2012, Pt. 1: From Kurt Andersen to James Howard Kunstler

By on January 8, 2012

Barbara’s Picks, July 2012, Pt. 1: From Kurt Andersen to James Howard Kunstler

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Fiction Previews, March 2012, Pt. 1: From Jonathan Kellerman (twice) to Begley, Behrens, and Julavits

By on September 11, 2011

Fiction Previews, March 2012, Pt. 1: From Jonathan Kellerman (twice) to Begley, Behrens, and Julavits

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Fiction Previews, February 2012, Pt. 1: Thrills from Gardner, Hayder, and Robb and Promising First Novelists

By on August 8, 2011

Fiction Previews, February 2012, Pt. 1: Thrills from Gardner, Hayder, and Robb and Promising First Novelists

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