http://blogs.three8six.com/books/ Books editor Karen Gallagher digs out the strange books. en Copyright 2009 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Doc abides. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/09/a-groovy-mystery-man.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/09/a-groovy-mystery-man.html Books Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:12 -0500 From the moment I picked up Deb Olin Unferth's first novel at the McSweeney's table during last year's Miami International Book Festival, I knew it was something wildly different than anything I had ever read. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/09/take-a-short-riveting-trip.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/09/take-a-short-riveting-trip.html Books Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:06:01 -0500 Sand, surf, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll? Yes, please. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/08/sex-drugs-and.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/08/sex-drugs-and.html Books Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:59:21 -0500 Vampire books from Sookie to Twilight take a bite out of reading time http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/08/a-little-vamp-reading.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/08/a-little-vamp-reading.html Books Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:27:05 -0500 The INsideOUT event is a public reception and readings of works-in-progress by teen participants in the "your word" Teen Creative Writing Residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/teen-writers-to-show-off-their-works.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/teen-writers-to-show-off-their-works.html Authors Events Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:21:05 -0500 A decade in the making, the plan for reforming the government of the United States is ready, but the members of Ops Populi know they may have only one chance to put it into action. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/its-a-whole-new-revolution.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/its-a-whole-new-revolution.html Books Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:25:33 -0500 From 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7, the public is invited to INsideOUT at Joan James Harris Theater, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/your-word-teens-expound-on-their-works.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/your-word-teens-expound-on-their-works.html Authors Events Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:56:36 -0500 "My Soul to Take," the first book in Ra­chel Vincent's new Soul Screamers series, is bound to catch the eye of the new-age young adult. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/new-series-to-screamers-about.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/new-series-to-screamers-about.html Books Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:48:43 -0500 Unless you have memorized every word in the English language, it would be helpful to keep a dictionary handy while reading Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's latest thriller "Cemetery Dance." http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/latest-pendergast-thrille-a-delightful-dance-macabre.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/07/latest-pendergast-thrille-a-delightful-dance-macabre.html Books Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:17:28 -0500 Susan Jane Gilman's "Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven" documents the author's real-life backpacking trip with a friend to 1986 Communist China. What starts out as a planned post-graduation journey derails into a potentially life-threatening misadventure that shows just how resilient the two women can be. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/06/heaven-chronicles-2-womens-gripping-trip-from-hell.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/06/heaven-chronicles-2-womens-gripping-trip-from-hell.html Books Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:26:40 -0500 Women can delight in this woman's words http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/06/taking-poetry-by-storm.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/06/taking-poetry-by-storm.html Authors Books Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:38:28 -0500 I used to sneak a flashlight under the covers so I could read way into the night without my parents knowing. Usually my mother would yell down the hallway, "Turn out that flashlight, Karen, and get to sleep." Mega-story I... http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/05/about-karen.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/05/about-karen.html About Karen Tue, 05 May 2009 09:39:48 -0500 "The Brass Button," by Elayne Dion of Port Orange, is a historical adventure that tells of 12-year-old Minta Russell and her family who live on a cotton plantation in Eufaula, Ala., at the outbreak of the Civil War. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/05/the-brass-button-tells-of-turbulence.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/05/the-brass-button-tells-of-turbulence.html Authors Books Fri, 01 May 2009 15:59:35 -0500 Worldwide, fans of William Shakespeare will celebrate his birthday Thursday, April 23. http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/04/the-bard-is-445.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/04/the-bard-is-445.html Authors Events 445th birthday The Bard William Shakespeare Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:06:29 -0500 I came to a quick halt while looking through summer and fall books catalogs from publishers. On page 13 of NAL's Summer 2009 listings were these words http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/04/dust-off-those-philosophical-thoughts.html http://blogs.three8six.com/books/2009/04/dust-off-those-philosophical-thoughts.html Books Ayn Rand books Is Rand Relevant? philosophy We the Living Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:06:43 -0500