Monday’s Media Madness (4)
Over the last few days, Mel and I have been tossing music back and forth, sharing some of our recent faves. I must admist, I really haven’t been listening to music much, opting more for audiobooks. I’m so glad we started this; I’m feeling totally out of touch with what’s on the radio or what’s even remotely new out there. I’m terrified of becoming one of those people that only listens to “oldies” (in my … Read entire article »
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Trailer of the Week: Hysteria
Today, once again, I present a movie trailer, though this one…well, it might not be good for those in their tender years or with sensitive dispositions (consider yourself warned ). For my money, I think this looks hilarious and I whole-heartedly pray that the best bits aren’t in this trailer alone. I’m thinking Hugh Dancy is a great choice in the role of Dr. Mortimer Granville. He has a definite boyish charm with just … Read entire article »
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Review: Tilt by Alan Cumyn
Stan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately wants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed with Janine’s spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention the heat of … Read entire article »
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The Cat’s Out of the Bag!
That’s right folks! The Novel Nation has increased in population! We had a little early post from the new contributor to our site so, now, it’s only right that we roll out the read ( … Read entire article »
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Review: The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is faced with a choice—rebuild what was or make something new. Stephen Quinn, a quiet and dutiful fifteen-year-old scavenger, travels Post-Collapse America with his Dad and stern ex-Marine Grandfather. They travel light. They keep to themselves. Nothing ever changes. But when his Grandfather passes suddenly and Stephen and his Dad decide to risk it all to save the lives of two … Read entire article »
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Reading “The Eleventh Plague” by Jeff Hirsch
So I have had a crazy busy New Year and my reading has dwindled, I was saying constantly its time to sit and relax with a book; whatever I did there was never enough hours. Until recently that is-I finally picked up “The Eleventh Plague” by Jeff Hirsch. I am loving the book, which goes to prove that I can’t judge the book by the cover, as I thought I would not be into it at all. … Read entire article »
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Happy 5th Birthday to Beyond Her Book!!
This week marks the 5th year of Barbara Vey’s blog, Beyond Her Book and we’re taking part in the celebration! You can pop on over to offer your congrats too and enter to win; there are tons of giveaways! We’re contributing Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott for tomorrow’s post, as well as an ARC of Fever by Lauren DeStefano, signed swag, and more! (We’ll update the list with links to the posts when they go live.) … Read entire article »
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Trailer of the Week: A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink
You just have to look through the archives to see my past reviews of Michelle Zink’s books and know just how much I’ve loved them all. So call me ubër-excited about her forthcoming book, A Temptation of Angels, which once again takes us back in time to a reality imagined by Zink. Here is the official book trailer: Even angels make mistakes in this page-turning epic romance… When her parents are murdered before her eyes, sixteen-year-old … Read entire article »
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Today is the 108th birthday of one of the world’s favourite children’s authors, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to us (and loved by us) as Dr. Zuess. Random House of Canada has a special reading of One Fish, Two Fish, REd Fish, Blue Fish that we’ve shared below. But first, we thought we share our fave Dr. Seuss books here at The Novel Nation: Mel: Mine would be The Cat in the Hat. I love the kids’ … Read entire article »
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