Happy Halloween!
First things first, I need to remind everyone who is a Book Addicts Book Group member that you only have until Sunday 2nd November, to vote for the books you want to read with the group next year. So get voting people if you want to be heard.
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Richard and Judy’s New Position more ratings bad news
Ok, this is not a site about TV shows, nor is it a site about Richard and Judy, but I do have an interest in the show where it concerns books and the book club, so I have been monitoring the ratings.
Here’s the latest:
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s new chatshow on digital channel Watch has [...]
Oprah endorses Amazon Kindle… but when will the Kindle be available outside the US?
Published all over the Amazon site today was the announcement that they are probably laughing all the way to the bank about and why not!
“Someone” sent Oprah an Amazon Kindle as gift and guess what, she loves it, and has given it her blessing. I guess that means tears before bedtime for the Sony Reader [...]
Amazon UK Kindle - not till after Christmas
No UK Kindle before Christmas
Well this is a blow, but as per my previous post, not very surprising as I knew they would have problems here with the sheer number of WiFi carriers (not a problem in the US as there is only one apparently)
This is the latest from the Frankfurt Bookfair:
Amazon will not launch [...]
Mudbound - Hillary Jordan: book review
Mudbound is about people, relationships, and racism set in a 1940s Mississippi backdrop. If you have read any American history or any fiction based in the South during this time period, then some of the issues in this book will be quite familiar to you. I appreciate that not everyone will be aware of [...]
Richard and Judy - the ratings are in
As reported in the Telegraph yesterday, the ratings for the debut show of the new program, Richard and Judy’s New Position, was only 100,000 viewers. This is indeed a far cry from the 1.5 million viewers who tuned into Channel 4 to watch their farewell show in August.
Their latest chat show, Richard and Judy’s New [...]
Richard and Judy launch new look book club with site not found
So Richard and Judy’s New Position is now well and truly launched, with the first book being reviewed last night and no doubt 100s of enthusiastic book lovers rushing to their book club site to talk about it… but uh oh, now, yes right now is the time when they decide to do a little [...]
Book Addicts News
The latest newsletter is now available. Inside this month’s newsletter are the details of the three books we are discussing this month with the Paranormal Social Club:
Information about the November and December groups can be found in the newsletter and on the forum and we are also starting a new strand to the book [...]
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Ian Rankin talks to crime writer Anne Perry about guilt, murder, and expiation. This is a clip from the UK TV series 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts'.
James Lee Burke discusses his new novel of short stories, Jesus Out to Sea, and the effect of Hurricane Katrina on his writing.
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Planned books:
- The Becoming by Jeanne Stein
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
- The Stars My Destination (Gollancz S.F.) by Alfred Bester
- Sister of the Dead (Noble Dead Saga 3) by Barb Hendee
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman
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Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera) by Jim Butcher
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Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Recent books:
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- Small Favour by Jim Butcher
- The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
- Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer




























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