December 17, 2011
Posted by Katherine
Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, #1 NYT-bestselling OUTLANDER novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting “Scrooge McDuck” comics.” Dr. Gabaldon holds three degrees in science: Zoology, Marine Biology, and Quantitative Behavioral Ecology, (plus an honorary degree as Doctor of Humane Letters, which entitles her to be “Diana Gabaldon, Ph.D., D.H.L.” She supposes this is better than “Diana Gabaldon, Phd.X,”) and spent a dozen years as a university professor with an expertise in scientific computation before beginning to write fiction. She has written scientific articles and textbooks, worked as a contributing editor on the MacMillan ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPUTERS, founded the scientific-computation journal SCIENCE SOFTWARE QUARTERLY, and has written numerous comic-book scripts for Walt Disney. None of this has anything whatever to do with her novels, but there it is. Here she talks about a great gift for the bibliophile who has everything: comic books.
Links to http://www.bookreporter.com/bookreportercoms-favorite-books-of-2012.
We are thrilled to announce a very special contest on Bookreporter.com featuring Carol Fitzgerald’s Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2011. One Grand Prize winner will receive a collection of all 16 books, while 16 others will win a copy of ONE of these titles.
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Links to http://millenniumtrilogy.bookreporter.com/.
December 2011
In a bleak future, the United States does not exist. The Republic rules the western coast, and the Colonies exist in the east. Within the Republic, 15-year-olds Day and June come from vastly different worlds, yet they are more alike than they realize. Their paths cross after Day is accused of murdering June’s brother.
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December 2011
Today’s top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying --- as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators --- in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal.
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December 2011
Andrea Warren’s latest nonfiction book for young readers is a short biography of famed Victorian writer Charles Dickens, focusing on the social issues of his day, and the ways in which his fiction shaped public opinion and helped enact social change.
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Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of December 16 - January 6.
