Tag: fiction
group name: whatchareadin
|
June 21, 2008 05:14 PM EDT --
Narrowing down my favorite fantasy novel series to a top ten was harder than I thought it would be. While Martin is probably #1, the others are not in any particular order; that task was impossible for . . . more
|
|
January 02, 2007 05:36 PM EST --
I loved this book. I love how Janet Evanovich is able to keep you interested in a mystery, and still be humerous at the same time. When I read her books, It seems like while I am busy trying to figure . . . more
|
|
July 15, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
When I received notice from Gather that I'd been chosen to get Saralee Rosenberg's Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead to read and review I was thrilled. I had previously read and greatly enjoyed . . . more
|
|
January 14, 2007 08:26 PM EST --
Question 1: When Voldemort killed Harry's parents, (and tried to kill Harry) he was going to use their deaths to create the 6th Horcrux. But since Harry lived, Dumbledore believed that the great snake . . . more
|
|
December 24, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
I may regret announcing this resolution to my fellow Gatherers, but I have officially challenged myself to read 50 books in 2008. Quick math shows that I'm signed up to ingest a book about every . . . more
|
|
January 19, 2007 09:21 AM EST --
Here's a reading list for your consideration. Some are well known, and some are just personal favorites.
The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham.
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. . . . more
|
|
January 07, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
Today I finished "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson and I must say that I was disappointed. "Isaacs Storm" by Mr. Larson, about the horrendous hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas . . . more
|
|
January 20, 2007 07:56 AM EST --
I have been an avid reader since my earliest memories. I constantly have a book by the bedside, and tons more waiting in line to be read. My interest run a very wide range of genres, but my favourites . . . more
|
|
September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . . more
|
|
October 10, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
The modern novel has been killed, according to critic Dale Peck, in his essay collection aptly entitled Hatchet jobs. The culprits: James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo, along with their followers. . . . more
|
|
May 08, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
INTERVIEW
1. Debbie, you got the initial idea for Twenty Wishes from a reader. What influence have readers had on your books and your career?
I always listen to my readers and . . . more
|
|
June 29, 2008 05:21 PM EDT --
Contrary to popular belief, I don't read just vampire novels. In fact, I tend to read a wide range of styles and genres. I've been known to read everything from romance to science fiction to biographies . . . more
|
|
September 06, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
Now that the very generous promotion of posting summer photos is over here at Gather, my life will return to a bit more normal routine. My normal routines always . . . more
|
|
February 01, 2007 08:12 PM EST --
S IS FOR SILENCE - Sue Grafton
2006
Sue Grafton's A is for Alibi is the book that brought me back to mysteries
after years of reading those big honking chunky historical romances. I
found lots . . . more
|
|
July 09, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
This past weekend, I had the opportunity of reading Khaled Hosseini's novel " A Thousand Splendid Suns". The book gripped my attention for hours and after going through the first few . . . more
|
|
July 22, 2008 09:44 PM EDT --
** congrats to James B . who has won this giveaway ! **
Others have posted book giveaways here on Gather and I found it to be such a neat idea that I'm doing one . . . more
|
|
March 03, 2008 11:57 AM EST --
I always wanted to write about my grandmother, a larger-than-life, Auntie Mame kind of figure who took me to Europe when I was 18. Though I had written essays and short stories about her, I needed a . . . more
|
|
February 12, 2008 10:22 AM EST --
One of the things a writer is supposed to do is to strip away the surface of our everyday selves and get underneath what's polished and pretty to the more essential stuff of life. After writing three . . . more
|
|
February 19, 2008 10:57 AM EST --
All the love that Obama is feeling from Oprah these days makes me nostalgic for the time I was close to feeling it, too. My almost-on-Oprah moments, I call them, and I mention them at cocktail . . . more
|
|
June 26, 2008 06:59 PM EDT --
You can tell how good a book is by how quickly you keep turning those pages to read more and more and more. However, I think the best way to judge the quality of a book is by how hard it is to turn that . . . more
|
|
|
|
