Monthly Archives: June 2007

Tidbits: June 27th 2007

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Thorn

Book News & Reviews Sara’s Holds Shelf reviewed Elizabeth Knox’s Dreamhunter. She recommends it for fans of Philip Pullman, which is enough to get my attention. George R. R. Martin posted an update on his LiveJournal. A Dance with Dragons … Continue reading →

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Book Crush

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Thorn

ISBN: 978-1570615009 Pages: 304 (paperback) Author: Nancy Pearl Most of what I could say about this book is also true of Book Lust, which I reviewed last month – the largest difference being that this covers young adult and children’s … Continue reading →

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Rebecca

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Thorn

ISBN: [Varies by edition] Words: 162,000 Author: Daphne Du Maurier “THE UNSURPASSED MODERN MASTERPIECE OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE,” boasts the cover. Well, I’m not sure about that – the book was published in 1938, and neither romantic nor suspenseful are adjectives … Continue reading →

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The Name of the Wind

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Thorn

“The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One”
ISBN: 978-0756404079 | Pages: 662 (hardcover)
Author: Patrick Rothfuss Continue reading →

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Writing for an audience

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Thorn

It’s cloudy out. I took a picture of them – the clouds, I mean – with my sugar-snap peas in the foreground. It looked good in sepia. My OS X weather widget tells me it’s raining, but my eyes tell … Continue reading →

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Cover deja vu: The Dangers of Stock Photography

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Thorn

Go into any bookstore and you’ll see photos on covers everywhere. I’m not sure whether publishers think photography sells books better or they’re just too cheap to pay an artist, but it seems to be a growing trend in cover … Continue reading →

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Labyrinth

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Thorn

ISBN: 978-0399153440 Pages: 510 (hardcover)
Author: Kate Mosse Continue reading →

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Two weeks of blogging!

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Thorn

Novelish opened on June 2nd, or fifteen days ago. Keeping a blog has been great fun for me – if slightly more effort than I’d anticipated – and I’m starting to make small adjustments: General updates The Read in 2007 … Continue reading →

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Thirteen Moons

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Thorn

ISBN: 0375509321 | Pages: 422 (hardcover)
Author: Charles Frazier Continue reading →

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The Court of Air, Harry Potter, and Other Important Things

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Thorn

It’s been a few days now since I’ve updated Novelish, and that definitely wasn’t intended. Besides the age-old excuse of being busy, the lack of updates is due to my having been stuck on a few of the reviews I’m … Continue reading →

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