Tag: fiction
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May 27, 2008 10:23 AM EDT --
Readers who enjoy metafiction , fiction that is about storytelling itself, will have more than a little fun pondering Charles Baxter's newest novel. This is not his first book . . .
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April 13, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
The older I get, the more I value short novels. It's a ratio thing. When I sit down to read, I wonder what percentage of my remaining life will be devoted to the book that is now in my hands. And what . . .
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April 26, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Since I do a little writing, I enjoy metafiction, stories and novels in which the creative process itself is part of the theme. A great one from a couple of decades back was The French Lieutenant's . . .
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March 27, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period?
Here's the thing: I love historical fiction, but I do not . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:11 AM EDT --
Politics in all its notorious glory becomes a prop for this acute study of human dynamics as played out on the political field in Life's A Campaign , written by Chris Matthews, . . .
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February 27, 2009 07:12 AM EST --
My first experience with autism was just a few months ago, when I attended a week-long program for parents of autistic children. I arrived there as an interpreter for a family from Poland and . . .
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November 02, 2006 12:47 AM EST --
Election Day is soon upon us putting into even sharper view the small avalanche of political or world events books that are invariably released at this time. I can't quite manage a single one though . . .
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March 13, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
In The Art of Subtext , Minneapolis novelist Charles Baxter has gone well beyond other books on the writing of prose fiction. Baxter believes that fictional techniques work when they are rooted in basic . . .
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April 07, 2009 06:32 AM EDT --
A s a long-time fan of historical fiction, I consider myself as a person who knows quite a few things of what makes a good historical novel and what doesn't. In recent years, readers have been given . . .
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March 12, 2009 07:49 AM EDT --
L et me just come straight out and say that I am not a die-hard fan of Jane Austen or chick lit. Not that I hate either of them, I simply would pass on books by this author or in this genre . . .
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July 11, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
Most of After the Floods is set in the fictional town of Cold Beak Minnesota, desolate from a flood. In these pages, Pete moves to Cold Beak from the Iron Range after the death of his wife.
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July 19, 2006 03:08 PM EDT --
It's summertime, and the reading is easy. I usually like to tackle non-fiction in the winter, when there's nothing else to do. But in the summer, like many, I'm a sucker for mysteries, thrillers . . .
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October 25, 2009 05:54 PM EDT --
A Book by Any Other Name
Linda Bilodeau is the author of The Olive Branch A Tale of Resistance, Stepping Through Seagrass and The Wine Seekers . Her books can be purchased at www.amazon.com . . .
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July 16, 2008 01:35 PM EDT --
It seems as though each time you check his website, Ian McEwan has collected another award, and with the success of Atonement he has to be considered one of the great living novelists in English. Although . . .
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March 18, 2009 07:22 AM EDT --
I picked up this book because at this point I'm grasping at straws. I really wanted to find out what the deal was with successful relationships and why I can't seem to make it work. . . .
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July 22, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Want to become a book reviewer? Bright Ideas by Bestselling Authors is offering free copies of upcoming books to members interested in writing book reviews!
Request a copy by sending a message . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:02 AM EST --
I have never been really crazy about legal thrillers. The ones that I did read tended to be a little too boring for my taste and with so many suspense and thriller books on the market nowadays, . . .
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September 19, 2008 09:05 AM EDT --
Last night St. Scholastica College in Duluth MN hosted an event in memory of Carol Bly and in praise of her posthumous novel, Shelter Half. Carol, who died in December of 2007, was a native of Duluth . . .
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April 13, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
I really wa nted to read a book that I could write a positive review of. Before I bought The Birth of Venus, I had heard praises sung about it. Following other people's advice I acquired it for . . .
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February 24, 2008 04:44 PM EST --
As most of you know, Aaron Lazar has been a stellar Gatherer since he joined and somehow manages to support and encourage other Gatherers even as he creates one fine mystery after another. I read Tremolo: . . .
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