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The annual end-of-the-year stampede to name and argue over, applaud and jeer, lists of the Best Books of 2009 has officially begun with Amazon and...
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Find out more about Michelle: Michelle Kerns writes for a disturbingly eccentric collection of print and online publications. She watches the movie Hot Fuzz every Thursday night, passionately adores the literary character Melrose Plant, and believes strongly in the four food groups: red wine, white wine, Guinness, gin. She knows where her towel is. Contact her with rants, raves, recommendations, or review copies here. |
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What makes a good Book Club selection? You'd think a book with great writing alone would do the trick. If it's a novel, some memorable characters and...
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The venerable book blog, The Millions, conducted an interesting little survey last month. They asked their regular contributors and a flock of nifty...
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This is one of the reasons why I am such a rabid Anglophile -- whoever heard of an American hotel chain keeping meticulous track of all the books that...
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Oprah announced last Monday on Twitter that her newest Book Club Selection will be revealed on Friday, September 18th. Throw that kind of bookish...
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Clichés about what men like to read versus what women like to read are outdated, tiresome, and so passé -- that is, until you take a...
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I always get nostalgic around this time of year. Back in Ye Olden days, school didn't start until after Labor Day (remember that, folks?) and I'd...
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In 2003, BBC conducted a bookish survey near and dear to my heart. Called The Big Read, the survey accumulated three quarters of a million votes in an...
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Researchers from the University of Sussex report that of several favorite methods of stress relief -- listening to music, going for a walk, drinking a...
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Ready for more unabated true terror? If you missed the first 25 books on the list of 50 best true crime books of all time, catch up on all of the...
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