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- I'm a bookseller at Barnes & Noble and i teach theater. I'm extremely artistic and like various different literary genre's; it waxes and wanes with my moods. But i especially like children's and young adults literature (not just teen vampires).
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What the Dickens
What the Dickens
Gregory Maguire
Just a mere ten minutes ago I finished a book called What the Dickens by Gregory Maguire, acclaimed author of the book Wicked. The book starts during a storm; three small children abandoned with an older cousin as their protective guardian who is seemingly ill qualified. To pass the time till the power comes back on he tells the children a story. A story about a small creature called a skibereen; or to the human world a tooth fairy. The man's story tells of a rog… Continue
Gregory Maguire
Just a mere ten minutes ago I finished a book called What the Dickens by Gregory Maguire, acclaimed author of the book Wicked. The book starts during a storm; three small children abandoned with an older cousin as their protective guardian who is seemingly ill qualified. To pass the time till the power comes back on he tells the children a story. A story about a small creature called a skibereen; or to the human world a tooth fairy. The man's story tells of a rog… Continue
Posted on May 19, 2009 at 4:24pm —
White Tiger
White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
This was my holiday book recommendation for Barnes & Noble and I have been so excited to see a real outpouring of readers on this novel. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is a truly original story of the cast system in India. The main characters desperation and determination will not be satiated by anything but success. A man who is born into a particular cast system in India does not easily pull himself out and up but Balram is no ordinary man and plans to inform a for… Continue
Aravind Adiga
This was my holiday book recommendation for Barnes & Noble and I have been so excited to see a real outpouring of readers on this novel. White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is a truly original story of the cast system in India. The main characters desperation and determination will not be satiated by anything but success. A man who is born into a particular cast system in India does not easily pull himself out and up but Balram is no ordinary man and plans to inform a for… Continue
Posted on May 19, 2009 at 4:23pm —
You Must open the Book
5/19/09
Some people don’t realize that books speak to their readers. They confess themselves and put on shows for us; attempting to entice us to their corner with bright colors of literary plumage dancing and intellectual mating dance.
The bestsellers parade around with their award metals stack mountains high while the stately classics shelve like time honored sentinels. Romance novels display scandalous poses and erotic promises while the science fiction novels boast a more promising tomorrow… Continue
Some people don’t realize that books speak to their readers. They confess themselves and put on shows for us; attempting to entice us to their corner with bright colors of literary plumage dancing and intellectual mating dance.
The bestsellers parade around with their award metals stack mountains high while the stately classics shelve like time honored sentinels. Romance novels display scandalous poses and erotic promises while the science fiction novels boast a more promising tomorrow… Continue
Posted on May 19, 2009 at 4:22pm —
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**10th Anniversary Edition**
"Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying."
Praise for the novels of Bernice L. McFadden:
"Searing and expertly imagined." - Toni Morrison
"Vivid." - The New York Times
"Eloquent..." (McFadden) is a talent worth watching." - The Washington Post
"Sweeping and intense" - Susan Straight author of A Million Nightengales
"This very American story is fascinating; it is also heart-breaking,
thought-provoking, and beautifully written." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of The Scenic Route
In order to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Sugar I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies by Jan 9th, 2010.
Please purchase one for yourself or a friend. And yes, Kindle purchases count!
Best regards
Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
I'd be honored if you'd check out my work at My WebsiteYou can download any or all of my ebooks for free. If you'd care to write a review on any of them, I would be ecstatic. I'd recommend Love Waits to start with. See the review from a member here at Loves Waits Review
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