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Tag Archives: Gone Girl
What they’re reading: Jojo Moyes
Readers can’t seem to get enough of Jojo Moyes these days! Her most recent novel, Me Before You, came in at #2 on Your top 20 books of 2013 (so far!). Our reviewer deemed the book—about the development of an … Continue reading
Friday links: Mo Willems interview, Wikipedia controversy, Dickens’ unusual pet & more
• It’s the pigeon guy! Get to know children’s book author-illustrator Mo Willems a little better in this fun interview over on CNN. • Flavorwire’s fascinating peek at some handwritten manuscript pages of classic books got this bibliophile’s heart beating a little faster. (And I … Continue reading
What to read after ‘Gone Girl’
Readers of our December issue know that we’ve dubbed Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl the breakout book of 2012. A word-of-mouth sensation, this novel is guaranteed to keep you on your toes—and have you talking about it to your friends. If Gone … Continue reading
Fun facts from Gillian Flynn
Gillian Flynn—the genius behind Gone Girl—spoke at the Southern Festival of Books on Saturday, October 13. I knew there would be a large crowd with a lot of questions at the talk, and I was not disappointed. Here are a … Continue reading
Read all about it: a cheerleading nightmare
One of my favorite thrillers of 2010 was Still Missing by Chevy Stevens, an oh-so-creepy story of a realtor who is abducted at an open house. So I was really excited to see that Stevens praised the “dark and twisted … Continue reading
Just read it: ‘Gone Girl’
As Bruce Tierney writes in the July Whodunit column, Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl “generated more pre-release buzz than just about any other mystery this year, and deservedly so. It is a fiendishly clever tale of a marriage gone toxic, and … Continue reading
Women of mystery
According to our latest Reader Survey, BookPage readers enjoy mysteries more than any other genre. After hearing this news, we decided to give you an extra dose of suspenseful reading suggestions. In the July edition, look for an extended Whodunit … Continue reading
