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Celebrity Bookworms!

Celebrities! They’re just like us. They love books! Take Sarah Jessica Parker for instance, reviewing Anthony Marra’s debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena for Entertainment Weekly. Or Seth Meyers telling Glamour magazine that he’s reading Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs. Or Adrian Grenier attending the book launch for Meghan Telpner’s UnDiet! Celebrity bookworms are [...]

Dating by the Books

I’m a little embarrassed to hit publish on this post, but I know that there are many of you out there that feel the same way I do, so I’m going to take the plunge. I’m going on the record and sharing a a quirk of mine that is kind of personal. It’s not that [...]

Q&A with Dan Brown author of Inferno

  It’s been almost 4 years since The Lost Symbol was published and the wait is over for the next Robert Langdon novel. Inferno goes on sale today and we had a few questions for author Dan Brown. Inferno refers to Dante Alighieri´s The Divine Comedy. What is Dante’s significance? What features of his work [...]

A Mother of a Thriller

16 May 2013

In fiction, just like in real life, there are all kinds of different mothers, all mothering in their own styles. So when I read Just What Kind of Mother Are You?, I got to thinking, what other mothers could I think of in thrillers? So I came up with this (by no means exhaustive list). [...]

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Ainsley Loves… A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

13 May 2013

It’s not often that you read a debut novel that blows you away. Anthony Marra has written such a debut novel. It’s receiving tons of praise and comparisons to Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated. Don’t just take my word for it, read the glowing review on the Chapters-Indigo blog. This book is getting so [...]

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Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie

Excerpt: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

10 May 2013

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s work has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Granta and Zoetrope. She is the author of The Thing Around Your Neck and of 2 novels, Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize and was a NBCC Finalist. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, [...]

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Celebrities Help You Choose Books For Your Mom This Mother’s Day

09 May 2013

Coming up with books for your mom can be tough. We hear that! We thought we could help by recognizing that moms can come in all shapes and sizes when it comes to their personalities and reading tastes. So check out the iconic women below and see if you can find the one (or ones) [...]

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Living With The Enemy by Rhidian Brook author of The Aftermath

08 May 2013

  Rhidian Brook’s novel – The Aftermath – is set during a relatively forgotten period of history: the re-building of Germany just after the Second World War. It’s central premise – an English family shares a house with a German family only a year after war – is based on events involving his own family’s [...]

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Books We Can’t Wait For You To Read in June!

07 May 2013

  Not only does June kick-off the summer season, but it’s a month filled with great reads! Pick some of your favourites from this list and head outdoors to read them while the sun shines above. When you’ve finished reading any of these books, follow us on Twitter, friend us on GoodReads and let us [...]

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Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz

Enter to Win Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz

06 May 2013

  It never fails. At every sales conference where a new Dean Koontz novel is presented I can’t help but SQUEE! You know what I’m talking about…those “squee-worthy” authors that you just can’t get enough of? Dean Koontz is mine. I’ve got five advance reading copies of a new Odd Thomas novel on on my [...]

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New(ish) Novels with Captivating First Sentences

03 May 2013

  The first sentence of a novel has the capability to capture your interest in less than 5 seconds. Who could ever forget the famous sentence written by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of [...]

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Books for the Characters of Modern Family

02 May 2013

Sure I read, a lot. But I also watch TV, a lot (see also.) One of my favourite shows is Modern Family I find it hilarious and they are such an eclectic group of people! Which got me thinking, with all their different interests, ages and odd hobbies what would  the characters on Modern Family [...]

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10 Books With A Surprise Ending

01 May 2013

I don’t know about all of you, but when I start any book (whatever the genre), I tend to try and predict the outcome. Sometimes I’m right. Sometimes, I’m so a little off base. Then there are those unique times, when you’re reading and the ending is so shocking, so surprising, that you could never [...]

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