Times were good for fiction: this was a rich 12 months, with plenty of big names and big ideas – though not always wrapped up in the same package.
The Best Books of 2016 as suggested by The Guardian, how many have you read…?
Category Archives: Books
Christmas Day Book Recommendations 2016
Here are some picks for your special binge reading time this holiday season…
Books on the Subway |Writers Bone
Kehdi walked through the station with purpose, her burgundy booties clicking on the tiles, to a support beam adorned with peeling blue paint, a newly-installed electronic emergency help point, and a plaque with the station’s location listed on its side. She clutched a copy of Maya Angelou’s Mom & Me & Mom in her manicured hand and lifted her smartphone in the other to capture an Instagram-worthy photo of the book with the station sign in the background…
Eat, Pray, Love | Word Wabbit
One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia By Elizabeth Gilbert @2006, 12 hours, 49 minutes. Audible version read by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Back in 2008 a coworker said, “You really gotta read this book!” […]
Book Quiz: Do You Know Who Wrote These Famous Novels?
Can you name the famous authors who wrote these novels? Click the link to find out.
Via http://www.playbuzz.com/briantracey10/do-you-actually-know-who-wrote-these-famous-novels
2016 Longlist Announcement | The Bath Novel Award
THE BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD 2016 LONGLIST.
This year, 715 manuscripts were submitted by unsigned writers across the globe. From an incredibly strong field, 26 novels have been longlisted, with a range of settings from 19th century Castile to future wintry worlds via coastal Devon, Texan creeks and a sewage tunnel beneath Buckingham Palace…
11 Books That Should Be On Your Radar: December 2016 | Writer’s Bone
Every month, the Writer’s Bone crew reviews or previews books we’ve read or want to read. This series may or may not also serve as a confessional for guilty pleasures and hipster novels only the brave would attempt. Here are their December 2016 recommendations…
Candy for Bibliophiles
There is a Word for Buying Books and Not Reading Them…
Collecting books and not reading them is, shall we say, textbook behavior. At least for some of you, and you know who you are. Suffering from the condition of racking up book purchases of $100, $200 or $1,000 without ever bending a spine? There’s a Japanese word for you…
Via http://www.ozy.com/acumen/theres-a-word-for-buying-books-and-not-reading-them
The Greatest Books of All Time | As Voted by 125 Famous Authors
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books asks 125 of modernity’s greatest British and American writers to provide a list, ranked, in order, of what they consider the ten greatest works of fiction of all time– novels, story collections, plays, or poems.
Here is their selection…
Via https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/01/30/writers-top-ten-favorite-books/?platform=hootsuite
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