Back from BEA
This week was Book Expo America in New York City. The drive down was dark, grey and rainy. I feared that our week in the city was going to be ruined. I mean seriously, does this look promising? However, I… Continue Reading
This week was Book Expo America in New York City. The drive down was dark, grey and rainy. I feared that our week in the city was going to be ruined. I mean seriously, does this look promising? However, I… Continue Reading
The BookFinds team is preparing for Book Expo America next week. We’re gathering as much information as we can on what *big* books to look for, which authors will be on hand for signings and what the most interesting aspects… Continue Reading
MY NAME IS MEMORY (Riverhead Trade Paperbacks; June 7, 2011; $15.00), is an unforgettable saga of transcendent love from Ann Brashares, the author of one of the most popular young adult series of all times, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; and… Continue Reading
Jennifer Egan has been one busy little lady. She won the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad, she has been interviewed in practically every publication known to man and she’s sparked a little debate over the merits… Continue Reading
I just love this trailer for Susane Colasanti’s SO MUCH CLOSER. I can’t wait to read the book!
When a bird flies into a window in Spring Green, Wisconsin, sisters Milly and Twiss get a visit. Twiss listens to the birds’ heartbeats, assessing what she can fix and what she can’t, while Milly listens to the heartaches of… Continue Reading
What if you knew exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young… Continue Reading
There has been a lot of talk this week about a Wall Street Journal essay titled Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior. The essay is provocative and raises some very interesting and important questions. The author of the article, Amy Chau,… Continue Reading
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According to Deadline Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio will be starring in the film version of DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY. He will be playing a real life 19th Century serial killer. Here’s more from the release: “[T]he film follows both the… Continue Reading