October 15, 2010
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Here's another list we got from our 10th Anniversary Contest. These were some of the most unexpected selections you submitted as your "favorite discussion books". And these were surprising to say the least.
Perhaps each on it's own not sooo strange - but all together - you'll admit - definitely strange!
October 15, 2010
Posted by jordana
For today's round of If You Ask Me, we have Will, Carli, Georina, and Alia.
October 15, 2010
Posted by Anonymous
Keep up with the
Seattle7Writers.org collective as they complete their
Novel Live project. Yes, 36 authors, working in two-hour shifts, have written a novel that will raise money for literacy programs and become an eBook soon...How cool!!
The
10 Best Dressed authors, featuring, of course, the dapper Tom Wolfe...
October 15, 2010, 401 voters
I am in San Francisco for Bouchercon, the world mystery convention. I love this event because it gives me a chance to see --- and talk to --- lots of readers. Of course, the fact that it’s in San Francisco, which is one of my favorite cities, is pretty grand, too.
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October 17-23 is Teen Read Week, the Young Adult Library Services Association’s yearly campaign to encourage teens to drop what they’re doing and pick up a book. The theme of this year’s Teen Read Week is “Books with Beat @ Your Library,” and the goal is to get as many teens as possible to step outside their literary comfort zone and explore things like poetry, audiobooks, books about music, “on the beat” crime novels, “beatdown” books about the pressures of school and problems with bullies, and tons of other cool topics.
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October 14, 2010
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As most of you know, we're celebrating our 10th Anniversary here at RGG! And as part of that we ran a contest all summer where we asked you to send us your favorite discussion books of all time. We had over 12,000 responses which we scoured to pick out the 10 most popular titles. Without further ado, here they are:
October 2010
Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules and level of audience participation may change, but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.
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Named in honor of mystery fiction reviewer and Deadly Pleasures contributor Barry Gardner, the winners of the Barry Awards are selected each year by the magazine’s subscribers and online visitors.
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