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Oceana: A Love Story
A Story of Love, Loss, and Life By CC Lindh CreateSpace, 92 pages, $19.99 Oceana: A Love Story is aptly titled. The main plot focuses on a romantic relationship, but the story includes so many… more →
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Amreekandesi - Masters of America by Atulya Mahajan
wrote 11 hours ago: Given my distaste about the work by Indian authors; Amreekandesi – Masters of Americe by Atuly … more →
Seven Drownings
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wrote 1 day ago: photo courtesy of Michael Kimball by Michael Kimball I’ve never been afraid of water. I’ve been a sw … more →
Unchain My Heart
wrote 3 days ago: Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol by Gyles Brandreth (Touchstone, $16.00, 327 pages) Have … more →
If I Could Turn Back Time
wrote 1 week ago: The Repeat Year: A Novel by Andrea Lochen (Berkley, $16.00, 400 pages) Some things are better the se … more →
Paul Sussman - The Lost Army of Cambyses
wrote 1 week ago: Paul Sussman, The Lost Army of Cambyses Paul Sussman only wrote four novels before he died. I saw Th … more →
Coming Up Next...
wrote 1 week ago: A review of The Repeat Year: A Novel by Andrea Lochen. … more →
Defining Genres
wrote 2 weeks ago: In the last few posts I talked about the literary genre. I find the subject of fiction genres fasci … more →
Arranged by Catherine McKenzie (2012), And Laughter Fell From the Sky by Jyotsna Sreenivasan (2012)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: After taking a months-long hiatus to read mass market romances, none of which sufficiently compelled … more →
Full of Grace
wrote 2 weeks ago: Pictures of You: A Novel by Caroline Leavitt (Algonquin Books, $13.95, 336 pages) There was no cause … more →
Harry Potter popularity
wrote 2 weeks ago: On the charge of commodification (which has been laid against the Harry Potter series), Vandana Saxe … more →
On the Way Home
wrote 2 weeks ago: Pictures of You: A Novel by Caroline Leavitt (Algonquin Books, $13.95, 336 pages) Caroline Leavitt h … more →
Popular fiction is...
wrote 2 weeks ago: I like this quote (the crux of the essay that precedes it): “Popular fiction is not a symptom … more →
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
wrote 3 weeks ago: An easy, engaging read which contains real LOL moments, tear jerking scenes and heart racing charact … more →
The Repeat Year
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Repeat Year is a debut novel by Andrea Lochen about a young woman who has had a terrifically hor … more →
Popular fiction defined - Glover and McCracken
wrote 3 weeks ago: Introducing the concept of ‘popular fiction’ for The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fict … more →
So Laura Has A Girlfriend
wrote 4 weeks ago: Ever since the idea for the novel I’m currently working on first sprung to mind, I’ve been doing a l … more →
Early Taishō Japanese Juvenile Pocket Fiction: Tachikawa Bunko and its Imitators
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wrote 4 weeks ago: [Ed. Note: Today's post comes from Mike Williams, a Japanese Specialist here at the Penn Libraries] … more →
Never Say Goodbye by Rajiv Seth
wrote 4 weeks ago: Never Say Goodbye by Rajiv Seth falls under the popular fiction category and the author is a debut a … more →
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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wrote 1 month ago: Have you heard about the cool girl syndrome? It’s the one that many women suffer from when they firs … more →
