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Girl With Dragons & Fires & Hornets, Oh My
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Ima gotta admit–I think the world was a better place before this series of books and movies came out. OK, maybe I should limit it to the movies since I haven't read the books, and obviously that means just the first two since the hornet one is yet t...[Read on] |
Gee Whiz, Women Do Write Good Books
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Unlike the Publishers Weekly year end list which included no women, the NY Times has included a bunch of women on its 10 best list of 2009. In fact, 4 of the 5 fiction books are by women.
Here they are. Full list will appear in the December 13 book r...[Read on] |
E-Readers: Which One to Chose?
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E-readers have been gaining a lot of ground lately and I know they have a lot of benefits: lower cost, eco friendly (less trees), compact, and with wireless downloads possible, the Internet is at your fingertips! There’s no longer a need to feel embarra...[Read on] |
Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female writers in all genres and at all levels--from blockbusters to thought stirrers--have won a generous portion of this year's critical acclaim, sweeping up a large percentage of the major prizes and, partially thanks to a spate of new f...[Read on] |
The Awful Reality of an Athlete’s Wife
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Thinking about getting involved with a sports star? Author’s and former partners of famous athletes, Sherrie Daly and Rosa Blasi, want you to read their books before dating a sports player. The books “Teed Off” and “Jock Itch&rdquo...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009
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The editors of Publishers Weekly have thrown down the gauntlet picking the top 10 books of the year and SURPRISE they are all by guys.
Here’s what Louisa Ermelino said about how they chose the books:
From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out...[Read on] |
Palin, Clinton Comic Sell Out
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Bluewater Productions can hardly believe that their ‘Female Force’ series has done so wellPalin, Clinton Comics | Today 1:00 pm
Sarah Palin is hugely popular among comic-book readers.
Bluewater Productions, a graphic-novel company, yeste...[Read on] |
Not Oprah's Book Club: Along for the Ride
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Talking about this book today. Transcript after the jump!
<p>Hi everybody! I'm Miriam and I'm doing this week's Not Oprah's Book Club. I'm standing in for Courtney because I wanted to talk...[Read on] |
NY Times book review discovers women writers
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Everybody knows that women are the ones that buy books. I’ve heard statistics that say that women buy upwards of 60% of all books. But the NY Times Book Review has always been a boy’s club. Happily, this week the section was actually readable an...[Read on] |
This Just In!: Breaking News with Meg Cabot
| The latest on the Insatiable vampire invasion has been released.
For book previews and other Overbite goodies, please click here.
Overbite (the sequel to Insatiable), is scheduled to come out July 5. Is anyone else counting down the days?
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The Elle Power List – 2010
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For the second year in a row, Elle Magazine asked Nikki Finke to put together a list of the most powerful women in Hollywood.
Personally, I liked the days when the list was 1-100 and it was straightforward. The list seems to have lost its bite (if it ...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: Library Fines
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Dear Library Fines,
I write to tell you that you scare me. I know I don’t have the best memory. And when I do remember that you are overdue (thank you e-mailed notifications!) I am sometimes too lazy to return the books. Sorry.
But back to why you s...[Read on] |
Diablo Cody gets new gig
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Seems that Diablo Cody is continuing to beat the odds. Even though the Jennifer’s Body box office was weak she seems to have gotten her next gig. Let’s also keep in mind that Toni Collette won a surprise best actress Emmy on Sunday night for the U...[Read on] |
Molly Haskell’s Feminist Take on Gone with the Wind
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Molly Haskell is the shit when it comes to writing about women’s films with a feminist perspective. There is no one better. Her book From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies is one of the best books about women in film and it...[Read on] |
Author Interview and Contest!: Kimberly Pauley
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To celebrate the soon to be released paperback copy of Still Sucks to Be Me (coming July 12, 2011) author Kimberly Pauley has stopped by to answer some questions! All hail the awesome that is Kimberly!
Mina is such a fun character, how did you come up wi...[Read on] |
Women are Everywhere: National Book Critics Circle Finalists
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Remember way back in November when Publisher’s Weekly came up with a list of the top 10 books (not best selling books) of the year and not a single one was written by a woman? Lo and behold the National Book Critics Circle disagrees a bit and has nomi...[Read on] |
Book Review: Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox
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Author: Eoin Colfer
Pages: 416
Series: Artemis Fowl #6
Date Started: 8/20/10
Date Finished: 8/24/10
Simple Summary: Artemis has to go back in time to save a lemur he “killed” when he was ten. Surprise! Opal Koboi is back!
Rating: ★★★☆☆ My...[Read on] |
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin and Her Campaign’s “Truth Optional” Mentality
| Courtesy of Howard Books.If being a campaign volunteer for Sarah Palin sounds like an unrewarding way to spend your free time, then you and Frank Bailey have something in common. Because, as he reveals in Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin (Howard Books), be...[Read on] |
Book Review: Artemis Fowl & the Opal Deception
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Author: Eoin Colfer
Pages: 352
Series: Artemis Fowl #4
Date Started: 7/23/10
Date Finished: 7/24/10
Simple Summary: Opal Koboi has returned and Artemis has to get his memories back in order to save the fairy world. DUN DUN DUN!
Rating: ★★★★★ ...[Read on] |
Musical Monday #22: Hall Pass to Hell
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So what’s “Musical Monday”? Just pick the book you’re currently reading (or just finished), then think of a song or album that best matches the book. Even hitting shuffle on your musical player will do the trick. I don’t know about you, but song...[Read on] |
Naomi Wolf to write the history of the vagina
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The New York Observer reports that Naomi Wolf's new book will be "a cultural history of the vagina." Which is funny, because I was totally planning on writing a history of my left tit! (Kidding, kidding.)
Hanne Blank - amazing author of Virgin: The Unt...[Read on] |
Tina Fey: She likes us, she really likes us!
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Today a very special box of books came into our office.We’ve been waiting very patiently for Tina Fey’s new book, Bossypants, and man are we stoked and honored to be mentioned on its pages! I plan on reading the entire book immediately but so ...[Read on] |
A Green Backyard Barbecue
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July 4th is one of my favorite holidays. I like to celebrate with a backyard barbecue (of course) and by giving my husband an extra BIG hug (eight years ago, Ron and I met on Independence Day). This holiday weekend, Ron fired up the Weber. Over the years...[Read on] |
Larsson's 'Hornet Girl' Stirs Summer Book Buzz
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female authors this year have produced something for every type of summer reading, from light, fluffy and popular to feminist tracts and epic literary explorations.
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