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Just a quick reminder that this month we are reading and talking about The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides.  Both fantastic books and both discussions have just started so there’s plenty of time to join in.
In December we can look forward to 1984 by George [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The lovely people at Orion books sent me the following email:
To celebrate the publication of Ian Rankin’s new novel, Doors Open, we’re giving 5 lucky people the chance to win a set of Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus novels – that’s 17 books in total. All the books have been redesigned with brand new covers that [...]

Amazon makes Beedle commitment

Amazon.co.uk has followed its US parent’s lead by committing to supply the Harry Potter spin-off The Tales of Beedle the Bard on the day of publication, as it did previously with the Harry Potter book series.
Amazon will deliver both the standard edition and Amazon’s exclusive Collector’s Edition on its official publication [...]

OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.
Following the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of [...]

New anthology edited by Kim Harrison, due for publication in paperback on June 24th 2008 (US)

Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Harper (June 24, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061161292
ISBN-13: 978-0061161292

Includes short stories by: Keri Arthur, LA Banks, Susan Krinard, Marjorie M Liu

This has got to be one of the best attempts by an author to promote a book! Vampire Lego and a great song by The Limbs - Bad Anna

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The Outlaw Demon Wails is book 6 in the Rachel Morgan Hollows series, published 26th Feb 2008 in the US (hardcover) and 7th April in the UK, (paperback) under the title Where Demons Dare.
Book Description:
To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now [...]

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Small Favor is book ten in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Pre-publication, the author is offering the first four chapters of the book available to read on his website.
Book Description:
No one’s tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For [...]