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- 28 May 2013
'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
- 4 June 2013
'Trans-Atlantic' by Colum McCann
This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver
Inspired in part by Shriver's own relationship with her brother, who died of complications from diabetes and obesity in 2010, this is an unflinching look at the toll of obesity on family relationships.
'Sparta' by Roxana Robinson
Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
- 25 June 2013
'The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells' by Andrew Sean Greer
Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
'Sisterland' by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld returns with the story of twin sisters: Vi, a professed psychic, and Kate, a wife and mother in denial of her talents. When Vi predicts a devastating earthquake is around the corner, Kate must decide whether to support her sister and out herself for the potential good of the community, or continue to ignore her own instincts.
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Category Archives: technology
Where the web meets the page
Today we have a guest post from Freddie O’Connell, web guru extraordinaire who is hard at work on a bigger, better BookPage.com version 2.0, coming to your browser in 2011. We asked Freddie to share a little bit about his … Continue reading
We want to know: Why do you love book blogs?
Many of you are already subscribers to BookPageXTRA, the most popular of our three e-newsletters—today, we’re inviting you to be contributors as well. For those not in the know, XTRA comes out twice a month and includes previews of the print edition … Continue reading
Interact with a character to become a character
Sometimes it seems like every time I turn around I hear about interactive books, like The Amanda Project, which got a lot of press in the fall. Now Penguin has launched a new interactive project that fantasy lovers will enjoy: … Continue reading
Does your e-reader make you read more?
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal has been making the rounds on Twitter and in blogs—the piece is about the habits of e-reader owners, and as Penguin imprint Dutton tweeted this morning, the conclusions are “maybe not what you’d … Continue reading
Will video kill the publishing star?
The first music video that appeared on the brand new cable channel MTV in 1981 was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the story of a singer whose career tanked with the arrival of television. “Pictures came and broke your heart,” … Continue reading
Amazon’s Kindle 3.0 starts at $139
Just weeks after announcing that ebooks outsold hardcovers on Amazon.com, the company has unveiled their new version of the Kindle. The device will now come in two colors — white and graphite — and prices start at just $139 for the … Continue reading
‘The Pillars of the Earth’—amplified
The eight-hour miniseries of Ken Follett‘s The Pillars of the Earth starts tonight on Starz at 10 p.m. EST, and you can also now download Penguin’s nifty “Amplified Edition” of the novel for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Buy … Continue reading
He did it with the joystick in the computer room…
Agatha Christie has already inspired a series of video games developed by AWE Games, and today I learned that I-Play has developed another game available for download on Iplay.com called Agatha Christie 4:50 from Paddington. According to an I-Play press … Continue reading
#booksthatchangedmylife
If you’ve got some time to kill online, or you’d like to join an interesting conversation about the impact of books, follow the “books that changed my life” thread on Twitter. (I’d say, at this moment, people are responding via … Continue reading
Passages
Though I agree that it represents a somewhat creepy invasion of privacy, I can’t stop reading Amazon’s new list of what readers are highlighting on their Kindles. The Amazon e-book device allows readers to highlight a passage in a book … Continue reading
What would you tell your high school self?
Publishers are always looking for innovative ways to promote books, and it seems that Sarah Mlynowski has found a winning idea to spread the word about Gimme a Call, a teen novel about a high school senior whose phone can … Continue reading
Letterman on Kindle
I don’t watch a lot of late-night talk shows, but last night I flipped to the Late Show just as David Letterman was making fun of the Kindle—more specifically, joking about how the iPad will run Kindle out of business. … Continue reading
The iPad: what readers need to know
My new iPad was delivered bright and early Saturday morning — part of the nationwide synchronized rollout of Apple’s latest device — and the UPS delivery lady seemed almost as happy about it as I was. “This is better than … Continue reading
Judge a book by its cover?
There sure are a lot of book jackets in the news this week (see an earlier post on the jacket for Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom). In July, Bloomsbury UK will release seven new covers for the Harry Potter books in an … Continue reading
Best of the Blogs
What posts on book blogs did you enjoy reading this week? A few of my picks are below… John Warner Tells You What to Read Next Posted by John Williams on The Second Pass’s blog If you haven’t been following … Continue reading
