Worth Reading

is now here.

Filed under: readers advisory on May 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

The latest book to be tapped for movie stardom: Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist — “currently at number six on The New York Times bestseller list, 20 years after its first publication” — will be made into a film, directed by Laurence Fishburne and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It’s “the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd […]

Filed under: readers advisory, based on the book, film, movies, spirituality, bestsellers, news on May 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Both tips from RAO:
In Slate, “Procrastination Lit: Great novels about wasting time,” a “small and unnerving category of literature that is not only about procrastination but that, in form and style, enacts the frenetic paralysis of irrational delay,” compiled by Jessica Winter. Books included are three by Thomas Bernhard (In The Lime Works, The Loser […]

Filed under: readers advisory, booklists, fiction, holidays, postmodern on May 19th, 2008 | No Comments »

Shelf Talk at Seattle PL offers an annotated list of about 20 books and movies featuring very bad children. More in the comments.

Filed under: readers advisory, booklists, fiction, paranormal, suspense on May 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

The National Book Critics Circle announced its Spring 2008 Good Reads List this weekend, comprised of 10 fiction, 5 non-fiction, and 5 poetry titles. (More Spring Book recommendations here.)

Filed under: readers advisory, booklists, seasonal previews, best of on May 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

Booktrade announced today that UK newspaper The Times will serialise Patricia Cornwell’s latest novel, The Front, “in its entirety prior to UK publication” on 15 May 2008, starting with the first of ten daily instalments this Monday. The book, the second to feature Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano and only 208 pages, won’t be released […]

Filed under: readers advisory, publishing, crime fiction, series, bestsellers on April 18th, 2008 | No Comments »

Many e-handouts from the Public Library Association meeting that wrapped up last week, most in PDF or .doc format. Topics include Reaching Out to the LGBT Community; Creating Musical Storytimes to Encourage Emergent Literacy; Creating Dynamic Library Atmospheres; The Digital Revolution and Libraries - What’s Next?; Public Libraries as Community Problem Solvers ; Market Driven […]

Filed under: readers advisory, libraries, non-fiction, technology, memoirs, librarianship on April 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

The Reader’s Advisor lists “sure-to-sell” books due out this week.
Fiction titles include Susan Wittig Albert’s latest China Bayles crime novel, Nightshade; Nevada Barr’s latest Anna Pigeon crime novel, Winter Study; Dorothy Cannell’s Goodbye, Ms. Chips, latest in the Ellie Haskell series; Barbara Delinsky’s Suddenly; Eric Jerome Dickey’s Pleasure; Karen Robards’ romantic thriller Guilty; and the […]

Filed under: readers advisory, publishing, bestsellers on March 31st, 2008 | No Comments »

Don’t forget to check out the weekly RA Rundown at The Reader’s Advisor Online Blog. (If you add the weblog to your RSS aggregator, you won’t have to remember.) Here’s this week’s, with news of Wally Lamb’s first new novel in 10 years, problems for print encyclopedias, and of course mashups of the hottest books […]

Filed under: readers advisory, publishing, bestsellers on March 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

In Publisher’s Weekly this week: “Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Christian sex books sell, even when no one is having sex” by Jana Riess: “It’s a truism in publishing that sex sells. What’s unusual in Christian publishing is not that sex sells, but that even books telling people not to have sex sell.”
The article […]

Filed under: readers advisory, booklists, non-fiction, spirituality, memoirs, Christian books on March 7th, 2008 | No Comments »