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Author Talk: Matthew Skelton, author of Endymion Spring

Nov 10, 2006

November 2006

Matthew Skelton's debut novel, ENDYMION SPRING --- which is being hailed as "THE DA VINCI CODE for kids" --- is a thrilling tale told from the perspective of two characters living six centuries apart who share one very mysterious secret.

Jeff Shaara, author of The Rising Tide

A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century.

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If you owned a bookstore, what authors (up to five) would you like to have at store readings or events?

November 3, 2006

November 3, 2006

In November 1968 the Beatles released the White Album (your trivia for the week) and this week we have "The Blue Issue" at Bookreporter.com. First I am giving an award for Most Fashionable Cover. Okay, 17 years at a fashion magazine is coming through here, but truly, take a look at the cover of Adriana Trigiani's new book, HOME TO BIG STONE GAP, below and let me know if you do not agree that it looks like a magazine fashion shoot. Yes, turquoise IS my favorite color so I had to love the jacket, but that skirt is just over-the-top amazing and just looking at it makes me want to know the story behind that girl.

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Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

November 2006

It's the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to dress up her shop for the Savannah historical district decorating contest, which she intends to win. Finding vintage ornaments and holiday trinkets at an auction, she feels she has what she needs to one-up the competition. But suddenly things start to go missing from her display, and there seems to be a mysterious midnight visitor at her shop.

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The Big Shuffle by Laura Pedersen

November 2006

When the death of her father leaves her mother in a state of shock, card shark Hallie Palmer --- the fiery protagonist from BEGINNER'S LUCK and HEART'S DESIRE --- returns home from college to bravely deal herself in as head of a chaotic household and care for her eight younger siblings.

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Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury

November 2006

Is it a gloriously long narrative poem? Is it a short story morphed into wishful eternity? Is it the collective memory of a lost and winsome generation? Ray Bradbury's FAREWELL SUMMER is all that and more --- another unique and deceptively simple masterpiece, told as only he could tell it.

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November 2006

Bill Bryson has delighted his readers for over a decade with his laugh-filled travel adventures. The book that quite literally set his feet on the bestseller trail was A WALK IN THE WOODS, his frolicsome and misguided adventures on the Adirondack Trail with his dysfunctional high school buddy, Stephen Katz. In this utterly hilarious memoir, we learn a great deal more about Bill and his friends and how he started his worldwide meanderings.

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Angel's Rest by Charles Davis

November 2006

ANGEL'S REST is a compelling story of prejudice, love and loss set against the backdrop of the Allegheny Mountains. Debut novelist Charles Davis paints a convincing portrait of a young boy's love for his parents and his struggle to make sense of a life suddenly gone awry.

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November 2006

One of my favorite things is hearing authors talk about their books and their inspiration for them. Whether it be with readings or media interviews, hearing the story behind the book always sheds a new light on an author's work for me. This week I got a real treat when I received a copy of a DVD that Adriana Trigiani has done for her book clubs, which has Adriana talking about not just one book, but all of her books. She also offers readers a tour of Greenwich Village, where she lives and whose Commerce Street formed the backdrop to one of my favorite books of hers, Lucia, Lucia.

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