What Are You Reading By Joe Preiier
Read more responses and add your thoughts at www ljworld com. Max Mikulecky, photo media major, Lawrence The Devil in the White City Erik Larson. It is about late 1800s Chicago. It's fiction but historically accurate. Jason Peterman, education major, Living Dead in Dallas from The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. It has vampires and werewolves and all this supernatural stuff. It is a lot of fun. Samantha Smithies, fifth grader, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It's about a girl who is 16 and every year they go to the capital to be awarded to be in the hunger games. The point is to be the last one alive.
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Poet's Showcase Seeks Area Poets for Local Readings
Our Poet's Showcase invites area poets to submit work by email with the subject line Poet's Showcase to danderson ljworld.com. Include hometown and contact information for consideration and possible publication.
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Catch-22 author Joseph Heller paths in life and legacy
A portrait of Joseph Heller through two new books on his life and Catch 22. Erica Heller’s memoir Yossarian Slept Here offers intimate family recollections while Tracy Daugherty’s Just One Catch traces Heller’s journey to fame, his wartime service, and his evolving literary reception from the 1960s onward.
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Best Sellers Week Ending August 20
Top titles across independent and chain bookstores include The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind and A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin. Other leading books span Full Black by Brad Thor Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child The Help by Kathryn Stockett Ghost Story by Jim Butcher The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood Victory and Honor by W E B Griffin and William E Butlerworth IV Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson.
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Keith Richards hits platinum as author with Life sales
The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has sold more than 1 million copies of his memoir Life since last fall. Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch called Life one of the best selling rock memoirs of all time and noted Richards earned over 7 million dollars for the book.
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King releases digital exclusive Mile 81 short story
Stephen King returns to e books with Mile 81 a digital only horror tale set at a Maine Turnpike rest stop due Sept 1 priced 2.99 Scribner also includes an excerpt from his upcoming novel 11/22/63 King previously found online success with Riding the Bullet in 2000
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Ray Bradbury birthday tribute recalls his lasting influence
Alice Hoffman reflects on Ray Bradbury’s impact as a writer and mentor. She recalls discovering his books in childhood, the magic they brought to a fractured family, and how his stories inspired her to write. She notes Bradbury’s works, film adaptations, and public projects, celebrating his enduring legacy.
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