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Authors I Enjoy, and if there was more than one of me
I thought I’d take a better look at the schedule for Brooklyn Book Festival 2011 taking place Sunday, May 18th at Columbus Park in Brooklyn, New York. I will be focusing on the non comics selections this time. So please … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, brooklyn book festival, journalism, moderators, novels, panels, schedule, talk, writers
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It’s All About Hair Transplants
Novel: PLUGGED Author: Eoin Colfer Publication Date: September 1, 2011 in the US (already out in the UK) Best known for the crazy and wild antics of boy genius ARTEMIS FOWL, as well as what is concidered the sixth book … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, crime drama, dark humor, drama, eoin colfer, noir, plugged, the overlook press
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A French Soiree in NYC
On June 9th, 2011 I went out to Random House’s first “Blogger’s Night Out”” event in celebration of the upcoming book FRENCH LESSON by Ellen Sussman. While I sadly left my camera inside my bag, I hope my words can … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, books, event, fodors, french, french lessons, living language, random house
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Made for Each Other – Having a monster for a boyfriend
High School romances are a tricky practice. Telling quality stories about Highschool romance are an even trickier practice. They’re set-up to be hokey automatically. Looking at any of the best romantic comedy films movies about people in High School and … Continue reading
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Up, Up and Chocolate Covered Banana!
I’ve been a fan of Art Balzatar since some of his earliest work in “The Cray Baby Adventures” and have been happy to follow him through the years with his self published “Patrick the Wolf Boy” (co-created with Franco) and … Continue reading
Dogs ala Steadman
One of the world’s greatest cartoonists, painters and humorists Ralph Steadman has done many types of books. Fiction, children’s stories, guides to wine country, a biography of Sigmund Freud, versions of Alice in Wonderland and of course the seminal work … Continue reading