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In today's guest post, author Sandra Rodriguez Barron, shares the deeply personal loss that led to her new novel, STAY WITH ME. It's always interesting to learn what drives an author to a story and I always find myself even more compelled to read the book when I know the back story.
Love in the Time of Brain Cancer
Have you noticed that e-Readers are EVERYWHERE you look this season? On TV commercials and in bookstores, of course, but also at gadget stores and home stores and well, really...
Can you believe it is already December? Is it me or do the months and years just fly by? I'm already seeing Christmas decorations decking the halls and starting to hear holiday tunes in stores all over town. 'Tis the season. And in honor of December I thought I'd find you some interesting reads with December in the title:
I felt like doing something alliterative today and "Two" and "Tuesday" just seemed to go together. It's the second day of the week (if you start with Monday that is) and I just felt like giving you two good books to consider for your book club. And of course since yesterday was Cyber Monday, and apparently, according to Amazon, it is now Cyber Week, I thought I would go with a high tech, robotic type theme. So without further ado...
What will they think of next? First there was just plain 'ole Christmas shopping and the obvious after Christmas sales. Then came Black Friday (which still doesn't sound right to me -- it's either depressing and goth sounding, or it's a clear message that I am helping big business make money), and now we have Cyber Monday.
Riddle me this Batman: What happened in Austin that included Frank Miller, Bonnie Brzozowski and the caped crusader? A book club discussion, Fellow Citizens of the World. One that will give you the key to world domination.
Shopping season is starting off with a frenzy this year. The sales are starting earlier and the discounts are getting deeper. But here's a "novel" idea for this year's shopping from Regular Contributor Jamie Layton, manager of Duck's Cottage Coffeeshop and Bookstore.
I was out this weekend with a friend of mine, doing some pre-pre-Holiday shopping and she mentioned that her book club does a Secret Santa type gift swap each year. They set a price limit and the gifts have to be either book or wine related.
One of the women in my book club forwarded the following quote around, saying it was a great quote for any book club:
"In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others."
--Andre Maurois, French author (1885 - 1967)
