Book of the day George R.R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons
Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:26pm
A Dance With Dragons is our book of the day, and our July 30% Off Price pick. Book Five of A Song of Ice and Fire series. For those of us who have waited through every disappointing delay, our reward is finally nigh. Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine, has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. "A fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy." - Chicago Tribune.
Categories: ReviewsBook of Day, Lloyd Jones' The Book of Fame
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:22am
New Zealand author Mister Pip won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award and was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Drawn to a sympathetic portrayal of ordinary middle-class life, Jones is a suburban realist who simultaneously challenges realism,subverts fictional norms, defies categories and writes narratives which are challenging, original and in some cases, controversial.
published his first collection of short stories in 1991. However, he rose to international acclaim in 2007 when his bestselling novelThe Book of Fame. This paperback original is a lyrical, semi-fictional account of the 1905 All Black rugby tour of Europe. The tour helped shape New Zealand?s identity, much of which was expressed in the almost god-like status the players were greeted with upon their return. A novel of friendship and loyalty surrounding a group of astonishing young men at the peak of their abilities.
continues to challenge fictional norms with his latest novel, Categories: ReviewsCoral Hetherington -- Night Table Recommendations
Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:59am
My family always considered reading a favourite pastime. My father enjoyed James Gray and my mother loved Pearl S. Buck. Growing up I read all the books in my parent's and grandmother's library and what ever I could get my hands on from Leacock to Shakespeare, Spillane to Dickens. Looking at my night table I can tell you my taste in literature remains varied; Citizen of the World, the Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Volume One by John English, a collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle including The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, I Used to be Coloured but Now, I'm Black by June Harris, Dancing Backwards by Sharon Carstairs and Tom Higgins and 'ripped from the television screen', Heat Wave and Naked Heat by (?) "Richard Castle".
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Categories: Reviews, Discussions, Authors, Night Table RecommendationsSusie Moloney's book Thirteen has a great review in MacLean's
Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:08amMacLean's. " has been called Canada's , and the Winnipeg-raised author attracted buzz in the late '90s when her novel The Dry Spell earned a seven-figure advance and was later optioned by Tom Cruise's production company. The Thirteen is a creepy-fun read, with characters ready-made for a Hollywood casting call." Click here to read the review.
book Thirteen has a great review in Categories: Reviews, WinnipegOne Amazing Thing by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 4:47pm
The calm humdrum of an American visa and passport office is shattered by an earthquake that traps its nine occupants. To prevent panic, graduate student Uma proposes that they each tell a story - "one amazing thing" - about their lives. As the stories unfold, your assumptions about family, courage and love will be challenged. Story brings this group of strangers together, but will this rope of hope hold them together long enough to be rescued?
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