Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012
Well, finally a list that can’t possibly contain any John Irving (but see what I did there, slipped the name in… Are you thinking about Owen Meany now?!).
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week a new ‘top ten’ challenge is posted – anyone can join in. This week’s topic is Top Ten Favorite New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2012.
1. Chad Harbach – The Art of Fielding took Harbach ten years to write. I sincerely hope we don’t have to wait a decade for his next book.
2. Emily Perkins – New Zealand born Perkins thrilled me with her exquisite saga, The Forrests.
3. Laura Dave – for sharp chick-lit. Continue reading
‘The Light of Amsterdam’ by David Park
You’re going to read lots about The Light of Amsterdam by David Park. In fact, they might even engrave the 2013 Man Booker Prize now.
The first thing I read about this book was that it was “…destined to become an international literary bestseller…”. Wow – such expectation. It’s like the release of Franzen’s Freedom over again. Anyway, I took comfort in the fact that The Light of Amsterdam was attracting the right kind of attention, not just that of publicists. And before you think I’m heading toward a what’s-all-the-fuss-about review, know I’m not. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Continue reading