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The previous post tells of an ARC I recently read: The Wild Vine by Todd Kliman. He just came out with this great YouTube trailer about the book.
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The Wild Vine
This book pushes a number of my buttons. History, Wine, Intrigue, and most of all – the button that gets me started on a rant about how underappreciated Missouri is. In The Wild Vine, Todd Kliman has focused his skills … Continue reading →
Oh, no. Not another one!
If you remember
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I’ve gone a couple of months without any ARCs hitting my desk that grabbed my attention. Now the spring ARC season has begun. This week, not one, but two very promising books arrived. I’m not really too good at getting … Continue reading →
WILLIE MAYS: The Life, The Legend
Ok, Professor Hirsch, I think I’m ready for my final exam. If you leave out the epilogue, the author’s note, the career stats, the citation notes, and the bibliography it’s 532 pages. If you include them, your one page shy … Continue reading →
One Good Dog
I get several ARCs on my desk during the course of a week. The pace is picking up right now because advance readers’ generally come out 3-4 months prior to pub date, and March is a popular month. Day before … Continue reading →
Kevin Connolly Discusses Print Book vs E-Book
About three or four months ago, I received an ARC of a new book that would be coming out in October — Double Take: A Memoir by Kevin Connolly. As the CRM of a Barnes & Noble Bookseller, I get … Continue reading →
I’ve Picked My Book for March
Checking my calendar for authors with March birthdays, yielded interesting names. But the one that really grabbed my attention was Budd Schulberg, March 27th, 1914. I’ve seen “On The Waterfront”, of course. And I’m really not interested in reading screen … Continue reading →
The Oldest Bookstore In the Western World
When we were in Lisbon a few years ago, one of my must-dos was to visit Livraria Bertrand. It was almost a religious experience for me to walk through the door of a bookstore that was established in 1732. Although … Continue reading →
Reading Goal
The other day, all of the calendars in the store went on clearance for $1.00. There is one calendar in particular that I like to get every year. But I’m too cheap to pay even my employee discount price, so … Continue reading →