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In the Good Old Summertime: Cool Women's Fiction By Neal Wyatt - 06/15/2009
With its long hot days, summer cries out for books to sink into and savor. These six women authors—variously classified as writers of chick lit, romance, and women's fiction—know how to create novels that fit the season perfectly. Their delightful tales seduce readers into setting and scene and sustain interest with characters and dialog that are always as funny as they are charming. More
Romance By Kristin Ramsdell - 06/15/2009
Connections for Every Taste Trilogies, series, and other books linked by character, place, or theme continue to be the romantic rage, and their reach touches every subgenre. Contemporary or historical, sexy or sweet, paranormal or realistic, there's something here for everyone. Whether the stories are officially parts of named series (more often the case now) or stand-alone titles loosely link...
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SF/Fantasy By Jackie Cassada, formerly with Asheville Buncombe Lib. Syst., NC - 06/15/2009
Chadbourn, Mark . Darkest Hour Pyr: Prometheus . (Age of Misrule, Bk. 2). Jun. 2009. c.480p. ISBN 978-1-59102-740-9 . pap. $15.98. FANTASY Modern-day Britain is rocked by the intrusion of mythical creatures that reawaken their old conflicts in the streets of London and Edinburgh and throughout the Isles.
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Summer Mysteries 06/15/2009
Abbott, Megan . Bury Me Deep . S. & S. Jul. 2009. c.240p. ISBN 978-1-4165-9909-8 . pap. $15. M "Get me Bette Davis on the blower, and make it snappy," says the old producer. "This property by Abbott is made-to-order for her: a frail young gal looks like a million bucks (back in the 1930s, when that meant something), but she's stuck out in the boonies, so she marries an older doctor for s...
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Q&A: Stieg Larsson By Wilda Williams - 06/15/2009
When journalist Stieg Larsson died in 2004, he left an impressive record of fighting right-wing extremism in his native Sweden and three crime novels. Although he lived to enjoy the Swedish publication of the first book, the posthumous international success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may have surprised him.
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Mystery By Jo Ann Vicarel - 06/01/2009
No Job for a Woman? The female sleuths this month stand out either for their special expertise or the unusual circumstances of their job. Meet Jersey Barnes, a former CIA agent-turned-bar owner (T. Lynn Ocean's Southern Peril) and Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong (Kathryn Casey's Blood Lines). One of the most unusual gumshoes in mystery fiction is Chinese Mexican Wen Lei Yue (Eric Stone's Shanghai...
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Short Takes: SF/Fantasy 06/01/2009
Can't afford an exotic trip this summer? Embark on a voyage of the imagination with these five fantasies and visit strange fantastical worlds ranging from George Mann's alternate Victorian London to Jacqueline Carey's Renaissance-like Terre d'Ange. Carey, Jacqueline . Naamah's Kiss . Grand Central . Jun.
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In the Bookroom Bette-Lee Fox, Managing Editor, June 24, 2009 Recommending Romance
When it comes to romances, I consider myself fairly well read. In fact, of the RUSA R... More
In the Bookroom Bette-Lee Fox, Managing Editor, March 24, 2009 Romance: E-Ink Inroads
Library Journal’s enterprising and educationally minded romance columnist, Kris... More
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