I am in San Francisco for Bouchercon, the world mystery convention. I love this event because it gives me a chance to see --- and talk to --- lots of readers. Of course, the fact that it’s in San Francisco, which is one of my favorite cities, is pretty grand, too.
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October 17-23 is Teen Read Week, the Young Adult Library Services Association’s yearly campaign to encourage teens to drop what they’re doing and pick up a book. The theme of this year’s Teen Read Week is “Books with Beat @ Your Library,” and the goal is to get as many teens as possible to step outside their literary comfort zone and explore things like poetry, audiobooks, books about music, “on the beat” crime novels, “beatdown” books about the pressures of school and problems with bullies, and tons of other cool topics.
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October 14, 2010
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As most of you know, we're celebrating our 10th Anniversary here at RGG! And as part of that we ran a contest all summer where we asked you to send us your favorite discussion books of all time. We had over 12,000 responses which we scoured to pick out the 10 most popular titles. Without further ado, here they are:
October 2010
I read THE WAVE by Susan Casey about a month ago when it first came out, and thus I am a tad late selecting it as a Bets On. I was not thinking about it for this distinction, but then I realized that I consistently am bringing this book up in conversation when I talk about what I am reading with booksellers, librarians, friends, and okay, just about everyone I come in contact with. What’s been interesting is how this book about waves and where they come from and big wave surfing has led to passionate conversations with folks I never thought would love it, as in people like me who are not going to be jumping on a sufrboard any time soon.
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October 2010
Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules and level of audience participation may change, but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
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Named in honor of mystery fiction reviewer and Deadly Pleasures contributor Barry Gardner, the winners of the Barry Awards are selected each year by the magazine’s subscribers and online visitors.
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The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot's OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.
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October 13, 2010
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Today's guest blogger is Bernhard Schlink, best known for his book THE READER. He has a new book out that may prove to be just as impactful as THE READER and promises to stir up some excellent conversation for your book club. It's called THE WEEKEND and deals with terrorism from a different point of view - that of the terrorist and his friends and family as they gather upon his release from prison. In today
October 13, 2010
Posted by jordana
Check out the first two videos of Teenreads.com's five-part Mega-Size, Supertastic, Awesome Interview with Lauren Kate. The first three interviews are all about the writing of FALLEN and TORMENT, and writing in general, while the last two are about the books, the characters, and other interesting odds and ends (like what the series might bring in the future)...
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GAH, everytime I see these covers I get the shivers. Sooo good, amiright?
