Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 4, 2009, 9:38 am
The Polski Affair, by Leon H. Gildin. Published 2009 by Diamond River Books. Paperback. Click here to buy The Polski Affair via Indiebound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion o...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 3, 2009, 6:22 am
I've got a busy day ahead and I'm not sure there's going to be time for a review today so I'll do a teaser instead. All he has to do is to make a strangling motion, quickly, while the ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 1, 2009, 11:00 pm
Glister volume 1 : Glister and the Haunted Teapot, by Andi Watson. Published August 2007 by Image Comics. Paperback. Click here to buy Glister via Indiebound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Nov 1, 2009, 7:31 am
How great is it to have Daylight Savings Time fall on Halloween? I mean, you get to stay out late because it's not a work/school night, on a night full of fun things to do, and then sleep in an ex...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 30, 2009, 11:00 pm
© Madartists | Dreamstime.comHappy Halloween!! Are you reading anything spooky today? Here are a few of my favorite scary reads, perfect for a day like today: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Rui...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 29, 2009, 11:00 pm
Just two finds this Friday! Just as well, since my TBR pile is out of control and I really don't understand adding piles more books every week. I got My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk, at the Bosto...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 8:00 pm
Whew! I got through quite a bit of my stack of TBR graphic novels today. Books I read: Bombaby, by Anthony Mazzotta, a comic about a young Indian girl about to get married, who may be the incarnation...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 5:00 pm
So, I decided after finishing Klezmer: Tales from the Wild East, by Joann Sfar, that I wanted to take a break from his work (as much as I love it) and dive into Osamu Tezuka's landmark epic Buddha...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 2:00 pm
To celebrate the Read-a-Thon, I'm giving away a whole collection of graphic novels to one lucky winner. Included are the following: Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?, a mini graphic novel ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 11:00 am
Last night I pulled a bunch of small comics and zines together to add to my Read-a-thon pile, and decided to start with those because I could knock them off quickly, then build up to the longer books ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 28, 2009, 8:30 am
So I just settled in for the morning with the stack, and already after a half hour I finished my first book, Scott Dikkers' I Feel Like a Grown-up Now: the fifth 'Jim's Journal' collec...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
I was busy on Saturday, the official Read-a-Thon, but I'm going to put some time aside today- 12 hours to be exact- and do a mini read-a-thon of my own. I'm going to focus on graphic novels f...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 26, 2009, 5:30 am
Stitches, by David Small. Published 2009 by W.W. Norton & Co. Hardcover. Click here to buy Stitches via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of the proceeds. If you&...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 22, 2009, 11:00 pm
You can find more Friday Finds at ShouldbeReading.wordpress.com. Four finds this Friday. The Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge is an anthology of contemporary writers like Gary Shteyngart and ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 21, 2009, 3:03 pm
Lavinia, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published 2009 by Mariner Books. Paperback. Click here to buy Lavinia via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate and receive a portion of the proceeds. I pick...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 20, 2009, 11:56 am
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, by Kathy Griffin. Published 2009 by Ballantine Books. Hardcover. Click here to buy Official Book Club Selection via IndieBound.org. ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 18, 2009, 11:00 pm
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Graphic Adaptation, by Ray Bradbury and Tim Hamilton. Published 2009 by Hill and Wang (Macmillan). Click here to buy Ray Bradbury's Fahreheit 451...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 17, 2009, 11:00 pm
So I've got a few things on my plate this Sunday! Heading to the gym first thing- got to do my usual cardio-and-weights-Sunday-morning-exercise thing. Then I'll have a little downtime this af...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 16, 2009, 11:00 pm
Here are a few books I've seen out in paperback recently, that I reviewed here when they were out in hardback: My Father's Paradise, by Ariel Sabar. One of my absolute favorite reads last yea...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 15, 2009, 11:00 pm
This week's finds includes one classic, one nonfiction memoir and one book club pick. The classic is E.M. Forster's A Passage to India. I remember seeing the movie a long time ago and since I...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 15, 2009, 9:42 am
We’re moving in a couple weeks (the first time since I was 9 years old), and I’ve been going through my library of 3000+ books, choosing the books that I could bear to part with and NOT have to pa...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 14, 2009, 11:36 am
The Children's Book, by A.S. Byatt. Published 2009 by Random House. Click here to buy The Children's Book via IndieBound.org. I'm an IndieBound affiliate. Shortlisted for the 2009 Man Bo...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 13, 2009, 1:30 pm
Going Away Shoes, stories by Jill McCorkle. Published 2009 by Algonquin. Click here to buy Going Away Shoes via IndieBound.org. I am IndieBound affiliate and purchases help me run Boston Bibliophile....
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 12, 2009, 8:40 am
Amy at My Friend Amy is hosting a Fall Festival Recipe Exchange starting today; you can read about it here and then leave a link to your recipe here. Thanks to Amy for hosting this fun- and delicious...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 10, 2009, 11:00 pm
So my life has changed- I've come into the possession of a netbook, one of those miniature laptops that weighs as much as a kitten and can be used for email and word processing. I have a laptop th...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 8, 2009, 11:00 pm
Some fun finds this week. I picked up German for Travelers, by Norah Labiner, from the sale table at work. It's a novel about a family mystery and a trip back to Germany by descendants of a famou...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 7, 2009, 5:13 am
Today I'm featuring a guest post by Boston internet and media attorney Jeffrey Hermes, of the firm Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor and Spearing, P.C., who will answer some frequently-asked questions...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 6, 2009, 5:19 pm
Congratulations to Hilary Mantel, for her 2009 Man Booker Prize win for Wolf Hall!
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 6, 2009, 11:00 am
As some of you may know, I'm a big fan of the Man Booker Prize, an award given every year for the best fiction published in English by an author from Great Britain, the Commonwealth countries and ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 5, 2009, 12:02 pm
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about books on your wishlist… Last week we talked about keeping a wishlist. Why not pull out that list and show us some of the books you’ve been eyeing...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 3, 2009, 11:00 pm
Today's my sixth wedding anniversary! My husband and I went out to dinner on Friday night to celebrate in style, and tonight we'll have a quiet dinner at home and exchange gifts. Yay! The rai...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 3, 2009, 9:44 am
So I hear that October is National Reading Group Month! Are you in a book club? I love being in a book club because it encourages me to read outside my comfort zone and gives me the opportunity to t...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 1, 2009, 11:00 pm
Three finds this week- three great finds. I got Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, a long but incredibly interesting-looking historical fiction that was shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize, ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 1, 2009, 10:33 am
The Puzzle King, by Betsy Carter. Published 2009 by Algonquin. Click here to buy The Puzzle King from your favorite indie bookstore. Betsy Carter's latest novel, The Puzzle King, is based in par...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Oct 1, 2009, 5:40 am
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about your wishlist… Do you keep a book wishlist, either on paper, Amazon/etc, or via a book database site (Shelfari, GoodReads, LibraryThing)? If y...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 30, 2009, 10:43 am
How to Paint a Dead Man, by Sarah Hall. Published 2009 by HarperCollins. Click here to buy How to Paint a Dead Man from your favorite indie bookseller. How to Paint a Dead Man, the latest novel by e...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 29, 2009, 11:27 am
Okay, so I didn't really get it together to do a big series of posts- or even a big post- about Banned Books Week, which is this week, but here's a little meme to highlight some of the most-ch...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
Last week's post on genre and literary awards garnered some great comments, a great response and even some attention elsewhere, so I want to revisit the issue with a guest post from Mr. Boston Bib...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 26, 2009, 11:00 pm
Read more Sunday Salon posts here. Yesterday was my favorite library book sale of the year- the only one I actually put on my calendar. I'm talking, of course, about the town of Arlington's R...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 24, 2009, 11:00 pm
Five new additions to the home library this week! The Angelic Way: Angels Through the Ages and Their Meaning for Us, by Rami Shapiro, came unexpectedly in the mail. It looks to be an interesting book...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 24, 2009, 10:53 am
... I hope everyone reads it. So the other day I promised a little recap of the books of hers that I've read. Where I've blogged a full review ... definitely shook me up. Alias Grace is wi...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 24, 2009, 6:54 am
What’s the saddest book you’ve read recently? The saddest book I've read recently is probably Steve Luxenberg's Annie's Ghosts, about the research he did into the history of mental he...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 23, 2009, 11:11 am
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood. Published 2004 by Anchor Books. Click here to buy Oryx and Crake from your favorite indie bookseller. As a companion to yesterday's review of The Year of the ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 22, 2009, 11:25 am
The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood. Published 2009 by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Click here to buy The Year of the Flood from your favorite indie bookstore. The Year of the Flood, the latest li...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 21, 2009, 9:24 am
Today's edition of Shelf Awareness included a reference to an article published in the Guardian, a U.K. daily, about science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson in which he accused the Man Booker ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 20, 2009, 7:51 am
Happy Sunday! After a busy week of BBAW and other things, it's nice to relax a little. Today I'll be going to the gym and later to the Boston Comic-Con, which should be a fun little festival ...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 17, 2009, 11:00 pm
Two Friday Finds this week- a copy of Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky came from Book Club Girl. Thank you! I read this book years ago in college, and thought it was absolute magic. I can't wa...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 17, 2009, 7:25 am
Today for Book Blogger Appreciation Week, book bloggers are encouraged to write about a book we discovered because of a book blog- a book we loved, hopefully!- and write a little about the blog on whi...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 15, 2009, 11:00 pm
We're supposed to keep our answers brief- five words or less. Ha. To see links to other bloggers' responses, you can go to BookBloggerAppreciationWeek.com. Do you snack while you read? If so,...
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Marie C. posted an article on The Boston Bibliophile - Sep 14, 2009, 11:00 pm
Today is the day for Book Blogger Appreciation Week blogger interviews. Here on Boston Bibliophile, I'm featuring my interview with Jenn of the great lit fic blog Bibliolatry. If you haven't b...
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