Bill Bryson’s new book is set to hit shelves this October. It’s centered more on his early life and thoughts and is titled The Life and Time of Thunderbolt Kid.
Man Booker list reveal
Out of the 112 titles under consideration for the Man Booker Prize only 19 make the longlist.
What makes a classic?
Good discussion going on over at Sarah Etc. wondering just how important is the wordsmithing of a book.
You can check out the latest on her blog here.
And you can see the post that started the conversation here.
Area author in B’ham News
Veronica Pike Kennedy wrote a review in Sunday’s Paper of Dennis Love’s My City Was Gone, published by William Morrow, a Harper Collins imprint. The book is about Anniston’s plight with toxic PCB’s and Monsanto over the years.
(Please note: The author used to be a reporter at the News. So don’t be surprised if Love gets some love from the paper.)