MARCH 2014

Interesting Web Sites

5 Reading Rules For Book Lovers
http://www.readingrainbow.com/blog/2014/03/05/5-reading-rules-book-lovers-ages-book-riots-rebecca-schinsky/

Review for "S"
http://logger.believermag.com/post/79174395499/the-case-of-s-or-the-metatextual-pleasure-of-ergodic

Boy, Snow, Bird ~ Helen Oyeyemi

** OK **

Such a disappointment

A Dance With Dragons ~ George R. R. Martin

**** RECOMMEND ****

No doubt about it ... Martin is a master storyteller!  It took me a whole month to read this but you never want to waver from the task!

FEBRUARY 2014

WEB LINKS

Literary Tourism : A Book Lover's Guide to Road Tripping Up the Californian Coast

http://bookriot.com/2014/02/02/literary-tourism-book-lovers-guide-road-tripping-californias-coast/

SF Bay Area Locations of Literary Importance
http://www.sfchronicle.com/theliterarycity/

Tourist Season ~ Carl Hiaasen

*** LIKE ***

After I'm Gone ~ Laura Lippman

Americanah ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

**** RECOMMEND ****

Winner : National Book Critics Circle 2014

The Son ~ Philipp Meyer

* NO *

JANUARY 2014

WEB LINKS

Most Anticipated: The Great 2014 Book Preview (THE MILLIONS)
http://www.themillions.com/2014/01/most-anticipated-the-great-2014-book-preview.html

Tournament of Books X : The Short List
http://www.themorningnews.org/article/announcing-the-morning-news-tournament-of-books-x

• At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón **
• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton *****
• The Tuner of Silences by Mia Couto x
• The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert x
• How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid ****
• The Dinner by Herman Koch ***
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri ***
• Long Division by Kiese Laymon x-
• The Good Lord Bird by James McBride ***
• Hill William by Scott McClanahan **
• The Son by Philipp Meyer
• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki *****
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell **
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt **
• The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
• [Winner of the Pre-Tournament Playoff Round]

• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson *****
• Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel

BookRiot's breakdown of the ToB
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/16/2014-tournament-books-preview/ 

Goodreads ToB poll
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/48223.2014_Tournament_of_Books_Finalists

The People In The Trees ~ Hanya Yanagihara

*** LIKE ***

Tournament of Books : 2014

Beautiful cover enclosing beautiful writing
Contrast superbly with the ugly fictional memoir

 A piece of tropical fruit,  indulging the senses with its  lush aromas and

imaginary memoir complete with comprehensive footnotes, creates a vivid finely nuanced vision of the island nation and its primitive tribes, evocative in sight and sound,
the jungle closes in around you the deeper you explore this remote tropical island and meet its inhabitants.  Through the eyes of a scientist you explore the culture and customs
tragic consequences devestating behaviour