I’ve been looking for a couple more “summer fiction” titles to cram in before the Fall gets here. You know the type… beach-worthy titles that just push you through a quick story.
Well, I found them over at BookChase. His latest review sold me Dan Ronco’s two books. Thank goodness for the blogoshpere. I was spending waaaaaaay too much time looking for some good mind candy.
I was cruising through the AL.com Book Forum last night and ran across a new book blog in town, Breaking the Spine. I have to say I enjoyed flipping through all the posts and reading all the questions she poses to her readers. Might be fun to keep up with this one!
Though not a very large event, our young and humble Alabama Book Festival is always an event we travel too. It’s always fun to snap pics of authors you’ve heard of, but never seen. I have yet to meet an author who’s face matched the one I had given them in mind. After scrolling through Kimbooktu’s photos of a Ducth book fetival, I clicked around for a few others…
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Anyone heard of this? Or going? It’s on August 1-2 and sounds really cool and seems like book bargains could be found, especially since they are still in start-up mode. I think it’s only the second year for the Great American Bargain Book Show, which is aimed at libraries and book sellers. It’s also good to see these types of expos down in our corner of the country.
It popped up on my radar because I saw where they are letting librarians in for free. I’m not a librarian. I just like to keep up with all the cool kids! The rest of us have to pay the $60 fee ($50 if you pre-register).
