Some people bet on sports. Apparently some bet on literature. USA Today says:
A surprising number of bettors correctly chose French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio to win the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature — leading the award jury to suspect a leak.
Yes, I know the point of the story is that someone leaked [...]

I’ve been quiet because I’ve actually been in Seattle/Bainbridge Island since last Thursday. For the first few nights we stayed in the guesthouse of NYT bestselling author Susan Wiggs on Bainbridge Island, one of the most stunning places in the U.S. We later ventured over to Seattle and stayed there while taking in [...]

I have been toying with buying the book WHILE THEY SLEPT . It’s one of those “true stories about a shocking crime” delivered in a literary way…or so I’ve read.
This isn’t the first book by Harrison to grab my attention. A few years ago I stumbled across one of her memoirs, [...]

Got this in the mail:

It’s like a textbook for the Brotherhood series. Not sure where to start reading it. Do I skip to the never-before-seen short story? Look up things I want to know? Not sure.

I read reference books but rarely read writing “how to” books. The this is how you must write stuff paralyzes me. The reference books I read deal more with specific subject matters. For example, if I were writing about a trainwreck I’d read a true account of a trainwreck and books about [...]

Just got the very good news that TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT is going back for a second printing…and it hasn’t even officially released yet! Wahoo!!
What does this mean for you? Well, see, this can only be interpreted to mean the anthology is awesome, selling like mad and that you should go [...]

This is the cover for Jayne Ann Krentz’s upcoming book, RUNNING HOT:

Maybe it’s the guy. Dunno. But for some reason this strikes me as a very different kind of Krentz cover.

Sasha mentioned re-reading Karen Robards’ ONE SUMMER. This is one of my all-time favorite romances. Hero Johnny Harris is a felon out on parole and, well, let’s just say this book totally worked for me. Thought I’d go ahead and highlight it here in case anyone missed it.
He was pure, unadulterated [...]

The book JOY OF SEX is being rewritten. I’m guessing this means sex has changed since the 70s…? Kind of seems like a strange idea, but okay.
There’s an article in the Sydney Morning Herald about this. Here’s my favorite line from the interview:
Quilliam noted that some tips from the original had to [...]

The September 19th issue of Entertainment Weekly (Hugh Laurie on the cover) introduced an interesting new and (I think) semi-regular recommendation section by Karen Valby within book review section. Sees she’s going to talk about “froth” novels. She describes it this way:
This goes out to all the ladies out there who [...]