Since it’s initial publication by Doubleday in 1950, much has been said and written of Ray Bradbury’s seminal The Martian Chronicles. With little to add to that conversation, this piece instead
The Other Side of the River (Petra Luna #2) Alda P. Dobbs. 2022. [January] 368 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: It was early, dark still, when crashing sounds startled me
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Aspiring “authors” Kendall, 18, and Kylie, 16, arrived for their book signing at Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles, where they posed with the
TRUE WEST: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work, and Times, by Robert Greenfield The first rule of being Bob Dylan’s friend, it’s said, is to not talk about Bob Dylan. A similar
Across traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories, an Indigenous Editors Association aims to shift the Canadian book industry. The IEA, founded on principles of Indigenous governance and place-based knowledge, incorporated in
Posted on November 6, 2022 Elon Musk has taken charge of Twitter and he is ruffling the feathers of the Twitterati. To increase profits for the struggling social network, Musk
Young Andy Malloy is surrounded by tragedy and trouble. His stepmother is dead. His father, accused of her murder, is on the run from a posse led by a brutal
The refugees fleeing the turmoil at the end of the Vietnam war became known as “boat people”. Cecile Pin’s evocative debut, longlisted for the Women’s prize, was inspired by her
Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, a bit early to be subjected to the kinds of DNA analysis that have become so prevalent today. Luckily, the German-speaking world of the
WE WANTED IT to be true that when the pandemic happened and we were kept inside or killed, nature was healing. Rumor spread that elephants fell asleep, boozy on fermented
Introducing his new publishing house, Orville Press, at an event in Milan on February 23, Matteo Codignola, once one of the pillars of the prestigious Adelphi Edizioni, was asked if
Summary: This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Sixteen-year-old Mary
[This article is from The Book Blog contributor Timothy Booksker with photos from Yegor Malinovskii.] Before we get into the physical book, I want to note that this is an
Wrong Place Wrong Time. Gillian McAllister. 2022. 402 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: Jen is glad of the clocks going back tonight. A gained hour, extra time, to be spent
New hardbacks: Dark Metropolis, by Jaclyn Dolamore: If you’re not in a questioning frame of mind and would like an adventure with atmosphere, some chills, and a bit of romance,
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen It should come as no surprise that writers and editors at the Book Review do a lot of outside
Partially narrated in the voice of Kahlo, Francisco de la Mora’s new graphic biography of the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), takes the reader on an irresistible journey through
Posted on January 10, 2023 Prince Harry has topped bestseller lists with his memoir Spare. The book has generated a massive amount of press over the past couple weeks with
ZIGZAG You can’t fake it, the kind of mastery Bill Pronzini shows in all his writing, whatever the genre, whatever the length. And his years of writing Grand Master-level
The first time I understood quite how bad emergency relief can be was in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004. From the dockside, first responders fed
“I have invented a new way of imitating flowers,” Mary Delany, a 72-year-old widow wrote to her niece in 1772 from the grand home where she was a frequent guest, having
