AltWeeklies Wire
Why Beach Books Suck ... and How to Avoid Themnew
Forget playing in the surf or baking in the sun. The best thing to do at the beach is to kick back and spend the afternoon lost in a book. But don't make the mistake of buying a novel that has a picture of an actual beach on the cover. Those books are not for you.
Charleston City Paper |
Stephanie Barna |
07-22-2009 |
Books
Tags: beach books, summer reading
This Summer, Read What You Need When the Time is Rightnew
Summer's supposed to be about slowing down, finding some shade and getting lost in the plot of a really good book -- or a deliciously bad one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
06-16-2009 |
Books
Tags: book guides, summer reading
Submerged in Summer Reading: Seasonal Reads by Orlando-Area Scribesnew
Because it's been such a busy season of book releases, we grabbed a handful that had an Orlando connection and set to reading. Lo and behold, there was promise and perfection to be found among the titles.
Orlando Weekly |
Liz Langley, Bob Whitby and Lindy T. Shepherd |
07-24-2008 |
Books
Tags: summer reading, Pioneers, After Hours at the Almost Home, 100 Miles, 78 Days, and One Heck of an Adventure, and the Home Party, Earl Tupper, Hiking the Florida Trail: 1, Photography of Bruce Mozert, Silver Springs: The Underwater, The Fortuneteller’s Lay, The Year of Disappearances, Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Two Pairs of Boots
Flipping Through Mass-market Titles for Summer Readsnew
Teen novels ... celebrity biographies ... murder mysteries sold by the pound ... what goes on inside those lurid covers? We were by turns bemused, appalled, and sometimes even touched, by what we found. Includes reviews of Elton: The Biography, Beautiful Boy, Bratfest at Tiffany's, The Dark Tide, and more.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Staff |
07-21-2008 |
Books
