Books

The Angel’s Game

Carlos Ruiz Zafón specializes in bookworm fantasies. For his breakthrough thriller five years ago, “The Shadow of the Wind,” the Spanish novelist conjured up The Cemetery of Forgotten Books – a vast underground catacomb filled with books that no one alive has ever read. (Here are the keys to my ...

Storytelling in the digital age

In this digital age, it's no secret that writers are scrambling for ways to make new the ancient art of storytelling. I'm taking part in a project that merges the addictive consumer frisson of the online auction with the warp and verve of a cutting-edge literary magazine.

Handbook to Luck

I am reading all of Christina Garcia's work. Just finished Handbook to Luck (her latest) and Dreaming in Cuban (her first). I am particularly interested in Latina women writers and Garcia's work is interesting and creatively structured.

You’ll never read alone

At least, not if you don't want to. BookGlutton.com is a website designed to turn reading into a communal activity. It employs a technology that allows booklovers to "chat" with one another even as they read.

IndieBound* paperback bestseller list 7/9/09

PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Dial 2. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, Random House 3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, Vintage 4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, Europa Editions 5. The Art of Racing in the ...

The Cry of the Kalahari

I cannot put down The Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens, who are zoologists living among lions and hyenas that have never seen people before. If you are interested in close encounters with animals in their natural habitat, this is a MUST!!

IndieBound* hardcover bestseller list 7/7/09

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Finger Lickin' Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's 2. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam 3. The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Doubleday 4. Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, Random House 5. Swimsuit, by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown 6. The Scarecrow, by Michael Connelly, Little Brown 7. The Physick ...

The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles

By any measure, Hala Jaber is a courageous woman. An award-winning foreign correspondent, she is one of that rare breed that hastens into the vortex of war, calamity, and danger just as others are rushing out. As a reporter for first the Associated Press and later the Sunday Times of ...

IndieBound* children’s bestseller list 7/7/09

CHILDREN'S GENERAL INTEREST 1. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, Knopf 2. Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen, Viking 3. The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown 4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown 5. Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen, ...

Books Behind Bars

Kay Allison is truly one of the unsung heroes of the book world. This independent bookstore owner is the force driving Books Behind Bars, a program that works to get used books into the hands of prisoners in nearly 40 different facilities.