Don’t You Cry, by Mary Kubica If you enjoyed Kubica’s earlier novel, The Good girl, you’ll want to snatch up this psychological thriller that begins with a roommate gone missing, and leads through a twisty route to a grim discovery about a family. Quinn Collins thinks that she and her roommate, Esther Vaughan, are best friends…Continue reading 5 Novels You’ll Be Hearing About in 2016
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Good News for the Book Business: Print sales on the rise, independent bookstores going strong
Alexandra Alter reports for the New York Times that a surprising thing has happened in the book business over the last couple of years (although perhaps not so surprising to longtime readers and booksellers): the sharp rise in ebook sales generated by early Kindle excitement has leveled off, and readers are returning to print. Alter…Continue reading Good News for the Book Business: Print sales on the rise, independent bookstores going strong
First Lines in Fiction – Black Glass
Black Glass, by Karen Joy Fowler Great First Lines in Fiction First published in 1998, this book of short stories by the author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is just as rich and complex and strange as it was seventeen years ago. If you’ve read it before, it’s worth revisiting, and if you haven’t,…Continue reading First Lines in Fiction – Black Glass
A Journey up the Yangtze River Through Three Gorges Dam
There is the sound of a releasing, water rushing in, and the ship begins to rise. It feels as if we are on an enormous elevator. Despite the early hour, the bridge above us is crowded with onlookers—the usual assortment of crumpled workers and lackluster soldiers, along with lithe elderly people who continue with their…Continue reading A Journey up the Yangtze River Through Three Gorges Dam
Lester the Minimalist 3D-Printed Book Holder – Old School Meets New School
One of my favorite sources for design inspiration is Design Taxi. Today, Design Taxi shared images of Lester, a “3D printed book holder” by designers Ludwig Mattsson and Simon Eriksson (leave it to the Scandinavians to be the arbiters of cool). I was confused by the description at first. Does 3D printed book holder mean…Continue reading Lester the Minimalist 3D-Printed Book Holder – Old School Meets New School