Trailer of the Week: Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King (and a giveaway too!)
This week, I’m whisking you all off to Scotland to read about Queen Margaret in the paperback release of Susan Fraser King’s novel, Queen Hereafter. Here’s what the publisher has to say about this novel: Visit Scotland today and you will undoubtedly hear about the highly revered and very much adored Queen Margaret. Scotland’s only royal saint, Margaret’s reign ended in the eleventh century and yet, to this day, legends and links to Margaret still flourish … Read entire article »
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Review: Seriously….I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
“Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing.” Ellen Degeneres’ winning, upbeat candor has made her show one of the most popular, resilient and honored daytime shows on the air. (To date, it has won no fewer than 31 Emmys.) Serious… I’m Kidding, Degeneres’ first book in eight years, brings us up to date about the life of a kindhearted woman who bowed out of American Idol because she didn’t want to be mean. Lively; … Read entire article »
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Review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Set in New York City in 1938, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year- old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey embarks on a journey from a Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of New York society in search of a brighter future. The story opens on New Year’s Eve … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2011, Amor Towles, book review, Everything Else, Featured, Jackie, Reviews by Author
New Release Buzz for Dec. 6, 2011
There are great books being released each week, and while the bank books don’t always allow us to indulge on all of our picks, it doesn’t mean we can’t share what we want to buy with you, our readers! (There are sometimes when the need for indulgence just can’t be ignored though ) Here are our picks for this bookish week: Mel’s Pick: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last … Read entire article »
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Review: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online and assumes control over the global network of machines that regulate everything from transportation to utilities, defense and communication. In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are … Read entire article »
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Big News!
The Novel Nation is a joint effort between Mel, formerly of He Followed Me Home…Can I Keep Him? and Jackie of My Ever Expanding Library. We’ve come together here to hopefully bring you something bigger and better, with our team work and love of books. It’s a lot of work when you first start up a blog, right? In combining two sites, we’re striving hard to get things up and running quickly and with as little … Read entire article »
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Flash Fiction Friday (2)
Melissa at My World…in words and pages introduced me to the cool feature created by Dottie at Tink’s Place. Dottie offers a picture on Mondays, which participants would write a story to accompany (around 350-400 words only) and we post on Fridays. Though I’ve been on hiatus during my NaNo work, I’m excited to get back into doing this post and working on my writing skills in the process. Hope you enjoy today’s offering: Siobhan lay with … Read entire article »
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Trailer of the Week: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Today’s trailer not only features the long awaited sequel to Clockwork Angel, it also has Ed Westwick narrating! Win/win, I say. … Read entire article »
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