Posts Tagged ‘pulitzer prize’
What Should I Read Next
Review: The Tell by Hester Kaplan
It’s said that two of the most basic plots in literature start with the hero setting off on a journey, or a stranger coming to town. In her new novel, The Tell, Hester Kaplan blends these two themes in an intriguing way: a fami...
What Should I Read Next
Review: Canada by Richard Ford
I recently encountered the useful literary term “dirty realism.” It was coined by Bill Buford, former editor of Granta magazine, to describe American literature of the 1980s, including authors like Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff,...
Book Debate
Book Debate: The Orphan Master’s Son
Welcome to our inaugural book debate, between Jo from Booklover Book Reviews and our very own Rebecca Foster. Today they are debating the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson. Have a read through...
Bibliotherapy
What to read? (Part 7) Readability
What makes the difference between those books you just can’t tear yourself away from, and the ones that take a lot of time and determination to finish? “It was a real page-turner…I just couldn’t put it down…it kept me up long p...
New Reads
Poetry Month 2013: Celebrating Great Poets Through the Decades
April is my favorite month. And not because of flowers or showers or more hours of light, but (if you can’t tell already by my preemptive rhyming) because it’s poetry month! To kick off National Poetry Month 2013, I...
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What’s Barack Obama reading?
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Review: A Man of Parts by David Lodge
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Five Great Book Origin Stories
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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
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Banned Books Reading List
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The Little Book of Muses Trailer
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Dead Man’s Alibi Trailer
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Fancy Clapping Trailer
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Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa? Trailer
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Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
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Summer Reading Special: Escapist Travel Books
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My Brother - Read a Kindle
