Letter from the Editor.(Editorial)
For those of you whose journey with Harry Potter is now complete, I
offer my sympathies. I remember as a child finishing the Lord of the
Rings and being reluctant to pick up another book. I enjoyed . . .
Contemporary hardboiled noir.
HARDBOILED FICTION is a catchall term for gritty, bleak portrayals
of an America whose calm surface barely conceals a violent
energy--criminal, sexual, psychological--threatening to erupt at . . .
Have you read? Readers recommend their favorite
books.(Bibliography)(Recommended readings)
READER TO WRITER
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Jim Black lives in Wichita Falls, Texas.
With no formal training--except for a flunked creative writing
course in college--I learned to write by . . .
Between the covers: a different kind of issue
overview.(Bibliography)
COMING OF AGE
EXCELLENT
THE GOD OF ANIMALS
By Aryn Kyle
A 12-year-old girl breaks wild horses. PAGE 30
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EXCELLENT
COAL BLACK HORSE
By Robert Olmstead
A . . .
Letter from the editor.(Letter to the editor)
WE PUBLISHED AN OVERVIEW of Kurt Vonnegut's work in our sixth
issue (Sept/Oct 2003), and a week or two after the magazine came out, I
got a call on my office telephone. I was deep in the throes of . . .
History available now.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
I am a historical fiction buff, and I must have started my
subscription after the January/February 2006 issue with its cover story
on historical fiction. Please make that story available online! I . . .
Psychological mysteries & thrillers.
HE WASN'T the first to publish a psychological novel, but
Thomas Harris didn't leave the genre the way he found it. Since The
Silence of the Lambs (1988), he has wielded immeasurable influence on . . .
U.S. civil rights movement.(what one
book)(Bibliography)(Recommended readings)
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s witnessed great
changes in American society. From Brown v. Board of Education to the
Montgomery bus boycott, the march on Washington, the freedom . . .
Lit at large: current and upcoming books worthy of your
attention.(Bibliography)
COMING IN JULY 2007
MY DREAMS OUT IN THE STREET | KIM ADDONIZIO ... THE TIN ROOF
BLOWDOWN A Dave Robicheaux Novel | JAMES LEE BURKE ... NEW ENGLAND WHITE
| STEPHEN L. CARTER ... A SPY BY NATURE | . . .
Depend on independents.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
I appreciated the Letter from the Editor (May/June 2007) regarding
Pages and independence within the book industry. I was sad to lose Pages
magazine. Imagine my relief when Bookmarks arrived in my . . .
Year in books: a look back at books that captured our
attention.(Bibliography)
THE AWARDS
National Book Award (NONFICTION)
BECOMING A MAN
Half a Life Story
By Paul Monette
In this bittersweet prequel to Borrowed Time, Monette reflects on
growing up in the 1950s, . . .
Great Mysteries volume 2.(Bibliography)
THE MOST COMMON QUESTION Bookmarks readers ask us is, "When
are you going to do Vol. II of 'Great Mysteries?'" And so
we oblige. Way back in our Nov/Dec 2004 issue, we looked at . . .
Elcan Book Group: submitted by Mary Bass from Richardson,
Texas.(book group)(Discussion)
How would you describe your group?
Other than one member, the spouse of an employee, ours is an
eclectic group of coworkers employed by ELCAN, a division of Raytheon
Corporation. We are linked by . . .
Bookmarks selections: staff favorites from among the most highly
rated books in this issue.(Bibliography)
EXCELLENT
A Thousand Splendid Suns
By Khaled Hosseini
Afghan life--from the female perspective.
Charlotte Observer EXCELLENT/CLASSIC
"He surpasses the power and depth of his first novel, . . .
Year in books: a look back at books that captured our
attention.(Bibliography)
1982
THE AWARDS
Nobel Prize for Literature
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ (1928-) Recognized "for his novels and
short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in
a richly . . .
New books guide.(Bibliography)
We read hundreds of book reviews each month to select the works to
include in each issue. We seek a balance among three categories:
highly-rated books that received many reviews, highly-rated books . . .
Now in paperback: previously reviewed, available for
less.(Bibliography)
JULY 2007
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THE LAMBS OF LONDON
By Peter Ackroyd
EXCELLENT
LITERARY -- Charles and Mary Lamb try to validate a . . .
2007 James Beard Foundation Book Awards.
FOR 20 YEARS, the James Beard Foundation has been celebrating
culinary excellence by presenting annual awards in more than a dozen
categories for food and beverage books.
Cookbook of the Year
. . .
Better late than never.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
I have subscribed to Bookmarks for about four years. Unfortunately,
I delayed my renewal for 2006, and because of my procrastination, I
missed out on the Jan/Feb 2006 issue that included reviews of . . .
New books guide.(Bibliography)
We read hundreds of book reviews each month to select the works to
include in each issue. We seek a balance among three categories:
highly-rated books that received many reviews, highly-rated books . . .
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