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IN THE REALM: 13 Book Suggestions for Halloween
Posted by Amy Steele in Books on October 30, 2014
Each scary in their own way. some thrillers, some nonfiction, some memoirs and a few classics that totally creep me out. I read Stephen King’s Pet Sematary one summer and was afraid of things jumping out of bushes for a long while after finishing it.
1. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
2. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
3. Montana by Gwen Florio
4. Biohazard by Ken Alibek
5. Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
6. There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron
7. The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
9. The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark
10. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
11. Stiff: the curious lives of cadavers by Mary Roach
12. Threats by Amelia Gray
13. Working Stiff by Judy Melinek
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Entertainment Realm’s 20 Picks for Best Fiction of 2012 [11-20]
Posted by Amy Steele in Books on December 20, 2012
Making lists of my favorite books, music, films proves challenging every year. Thus I’m making a list of 20. To put it in perspective, I’ve read 90 books at this writing. I have a few in progress. Here are the one’s that I keep thinking about and recommending to others [If I reviewed it, I linked to the review]:
11. Make It Stay by Joan Frank [Permanent Press]
12. Divorce Islamic Style by Amara Lakhous [Europa]
13. The Lion is In by Delia Ephron [Blue Rider Press]
14. Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi [Tin House Books]
15. The News from Spain by Joan Wickersham [Knopf]
16. Hemingway’s Girl by Erika Robuck [NAL, 2012]
17. Threats by Amelia Gray [Farrar, Straus and Giroux]
18. MISS FULLER by April Bernard [SteerForth Press]
19. Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara [Viking]
20. An Unattended Death by Victoria Jenkins [The Permanent Press]
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BOOKS: Best of 2012 So Far
Posted by Amy Steele in Books on September 10, 2012
[these are listed in the order that I’ve read them]
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery [Riverhead, 2012]
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margo Livesey [HarperCollins, 2012]
Stay Awake: stories by Dan Chaon [Ballantine/Random House, 2012]
Charlotte au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood by Charlotte Silver [2012]
Make It Stay by Joan Frank [Permanent Press, 2012]
Divorce Islamic Style by Amara Lakhous [Europa, April 2012]
The Lion is In by Delia Ephron [March 2012]
Guts by Kristen Johnston [March 2012]
Threats by Amelia Gray [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012]
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green [Dutton, 2012]
Dirt by David Vann [Harper, April 2012]
I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern [IT Books, 2012]
Lizz Free or Die by Lizz Winstead [Riverhead Books, 2012]
MISS FULLER by April Bernard [SteerForth Press, 2012]
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian [Doubleday, 2012]
The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus [Knopf, 2012]
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz [Riverhead, 2012]
The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields [Pamela Dorman, 2012]
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covering mostly music and books. focus on alternative/indie and women in music, literature and the arts. feminist. vegan. mostly alternative, a bit bohemian. Masters in journalism from Boston University. BA from Simmons College.
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