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Rowling to Write New Galbraith Mystery

Publishers Weekly reports that J. K. Rowling has announced she'll pen a second mystery under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. This follow-up to The Cuckoo's Calling will be titled The Silkworm and is due for publication here in the U.S. June 24, according to the book's publisher, Little Brown. Did you read The Cuckoo's Calling? Will you pick up The … Continue reading Rowling to Write New Galbraith Mystery →

THE MARTIAN: Required Reading for Space Travelers

The Martian by Andy Weir Reviewed by Raul This book should serve as a manual for survival on Mars and for any future missions to the Red Planet; it should be required reading for all crew members, administrators and staff of NASA. Weir creates not only a gripping man v. Mars survival story, but he includes … Continue reading THE MARTIAN: Required Reading for Space Travelers →

QUESADILLAS: An Absurdist Tragi-Comedy Whirlwind

Quesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos Reviewed by Ben Translation is a tricky business, especially in the realm of literature and poetry. Not only is there a responsibility to accurately represent the original work, but good translations somehow manage to capture the nuances and style of the original language for the readers to whom it is foreign. … Continue reading QUESADILLAS: An Absurdist Tragi-Comedy Whirlwind →

How To Be Found: Guest Post by Claire Cameron

  ~Post by Claire Cameron, Author of The Bear: A Novel Getting lost in the wilderness is a scary idea: just you, the vast wilderness and…what if your cell phone doesn’t work? Even in our connected world, this still happens. To be human is to get lost. An environmental psychologist, Colin Ellard, in his book You … Continue reading How To Be Found: Guest Post by Claire Cameron →

DARK INVASION: Thrilling, Factual White Knuckle Thriller

Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum Reviewed by Raul In 1915, while Europe was in the throes of the Great War and America was wholly committed to keeping itself neutral, the Imperial German Intelligence services launched a savage and very secret war on American … Continue reading DARK INVASION: Thrilling, Factual White Knuckle Thriller →

Statesman Selects: LITTLE FAILURE by Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart, king of the book trailer, the book blurb, and author of our some of our favorite modern novels, emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1979, when he was seven years old. He recounts his journey from St. Petersburg to Queens to bestseller lists in his new memoir, Little Failure, the … Continue reading Statesman Selects: LITTLE FAILURE by Gary Shteyngart →