http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:09 -0700 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:03 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Amazon-and-Publishers-Weekly-name-their-picks-for-Best-Books-of-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The annual end-of-the-year stampede to name and argue over, applaud and jeer, lists of the Best Books of 2009 has officially begun with Amazon and Publishers Weekly naming their best-of picks.Take a gander.Publishers Weekly Top 10 books of... Book lists Best of 2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Amazon-and-Publishers-Weekly-name-their-picks-for-Best-Books-of-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d31-All-work-and-no-play-makes-Michelle-a-dull-girl-by-Jack-Torrance?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner All work and no play makes Michelle a dull girl.All work and no play makes Michelle a dull girl.All work and no play makes Michelle a dull girl. All work and no play makes Michelle a dull girl. All work and no play makes Michelle a dull girl. Al... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:06:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d31-All-work-and-no-play-makes-Michelle-a-dull-girl-by-Jack-Torrance?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Crime-fiction-is-sexist-Absolutely--against-MEN-not-women?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  According to the Telegraph and the Guardian, British author and Literary Review book critic Jessica Mann has announced her intention to stop reviewing crime fiction books.Why? Ms. Mann cites the "sadistic miso... Thinking allowed Crime fiction Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:11:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Crime-fiction-is-sexist-Absolutely--against-MEN-not-women?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d21-10-best-book-club-books-of-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  What makes a good Book Club selection?You'd think a book with great writing alone would do the trick. If it's a novel, some memorable characters and a kicky plot are nice; if it's non-fiction, something that tells a story that draws you in or t... Book lists Lev Grossman Book clubs Best of 2009 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:38:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d21-10-best-book-club-books-of-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Halloween-hijinks-spoof-Stephenie-Meyer-or-Stephen-King-and-win-five-freaky-books?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The fine folk at Hachette Book Group have a nifty Halloween offer for Book Examiner readers: the chance to win a set of five books featuring plenty of sexy, ghostly, serial-killer-y, supernatural fun.The tomes are Kathleen K... Book contests Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:29:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Halloween-hijinks-spoof-Stephenie-Meyer-or-Stephen-King-and-win-five-freaky-books?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Review-Roundup-The-Chimera-Seed-Beg-BorrowSteal-Snobs-Bill-Brysons-latest--more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  Forget the Balloon Boy and his kooky family -- direct your attention to these scintillating tomes of resveratrol gone wrong, families in crisis, the delightful debauchery of the British upper-class, and more. Cast your eye here for even mo... Review roundup Book reviews Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:38:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Review-Roundup-The-Chimera-Seed-Beg-BorrowSteal-Snobs-Bill-Brysons-latest--more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d14-2009-National-Book-Award-finalists-announced-by-the-National-Book-Foundation?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The National Book Foundation has just announced the 2009 National Book Award finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. Take a gander at the chosen ones:FICTIONAmerican Salvage - Bonnie Jo CampbellLet the Grea... National Book Awards Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:02:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d14-2009-National-Book-Award-finalists-announced-by-the-National-Book-Foundation?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Book-avoidance-overcoming-fear-and-loathing-of-a-book-you-dont-want-to-read-but-know-you-should?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  After successfully avoiding Jonathan Franzen's book, The Corrections, for, lo, these 8 long years, I've finally broken down and decided to just read the damn thing.There are several reasons why I've deliberately chosen to neglect this book. The... Thinking allowed The Reading Life Lev Grossman Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:42:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Book-avoidance-overcoming-fear-and-loathing-of-a-book-you-dont-want-to-read-but-know-you-should?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d26-The-top-20-novels-of-the-millennium-so-far-the-Critics-vs-the-Hoi-Polloi?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The venerable book blog, The Millions, conducted an interesting little survey last month. They asked their regular contributors and a flock of nifty writers, editors, and critics (55 in all) to answer this question: "What are the best book... Book lists Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:45:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-top-20-novels-of-the-millennium-so-far-the-Critics-vs-the-Hoi-Polloi?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d8-German-Herta-Muller-becomes-12th-woman-to-win-the-Nobel-Prize-in-Literature?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  German novelist Herta Muller officially joined the ranks of literature's most exclusive club today -- she's been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, only the 12th woman to have been so honored since the Prize was established in 1901.The... Award winners Nobel Prize Herta Muller Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d8-German-Herta-Muller-becomes-12th-woman-to-win-the-Nobel-Prize-in-Literature?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Video-Only-existing-footage-of-Anne-Frank-released-by-Amsterdams-Anne-Frank-House-museum?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has uploaded to YouTube a 21 second clip that contains the only known video footage of Anne Frank.The video, dating from July 22, 1941, shows Anne Frank leaning out a second-story window, watch... authors Anne Frank Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:41:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Video-Only-existing-footage-of-Anne-Frank-released-by-Amsterdams-Anne-Frank-House-museum?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Lizzie-Skurnicks-Shelf-Discovery-and-confessions-of-a-nerdy-and-ungirlish-girlhood?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  I have never read Judy Blume's Forever. I haven't read The Clan of the Cave Bear or Blubber or Fifteen or Tiger Eyes. I did start Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, but I drifted away in the middle for some reason. (Maybe this is why puberty... Young Adult Book reviews Books about books Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:45:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Lizzie-Skurnicks-Shelf-Discovery-and-confessions-of-a-nerdy-and-ungirlish-girlhood?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Review-Roundup-Stitches-The-Lost-Art-of-Gratitude-Wine-Cocktails-freaky-killers-and-more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  This installment of the Review Roundup features some terrified fear, some gentle, brogue-accented humor, some orgasms, and plenty of sugar-laced wine. Sounds like a good time.Featured books for this go-round:Stitches: A Memo... Review roundup Book reviews Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:05:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Review-Roundup-Stitches-The-Lost-Art-of-Gratitude-Wine-Cocktails-freaky-killers-and-more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Reviewerspeak--the-top-20-most-annoying-book-reviewer-cliches-get-a-twin-publisherspeak?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  Remember that rollicking little list of the top 20 most annoying book reviewer clichés? It's funny how, once you see that riveting, unflinching, and compelling checklist of haunting reviewerspeak words, you just ... Book reviews cliches The Excellence in Cliche Usage Awards Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:35:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Reviewerspeak--the-top-20-most-annoying-book-reviewer-cliches-get-a-twin-publisherspeak?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d13-The-nasty-debate-over-the-future-of-fiction?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  All book lovers like a lively literary debate. Next to reading, it’s what we live for – to argue about characters, the merits of various authors, whether certain books are great or god-awful. Clashing intellectual bookish swords is ... Lev Grossman Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:21:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m10d7-The-nasty-debate-over-the-future-of-fiction?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d6-In-defense-of-Lev-Grossman-or-take-your-antiplot-argument-and-shove-it?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  So, last week Mr. Lev Grossman had a piece -- a literary manifesto, really -- in the Wall Street Journal in which he championed the return of the plot in literary novels. He eloquently expounded his belief that plo... Book debates Lev Grossman Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:58:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d6-In-defense-of-Lev-Grossman-or-take-your-antiplot-argument-and-shove-it?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Labor-Day-weekend-lit-fun-10-most-pirated-books-JK-Rowling-interviews-Stephenie-Meyer-and-more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner                A favorite of pirates everywhereKama Sutra the most pirated ebook of 2009? A Truman Capote book signed to none other than Harry Potter? A preview of Return to the Hu... Book news Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:59:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Labor-Day-weekend-lit-fun-10-most-pirated-books-JK-Rowling-interviews-Stephenie-Meyer-and-more?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Video-Watch-five-scenes-from-the-film-adaptation-of-Cormac-McCarthys-The-Road?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  The film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2006 novel, The Road, is making the screening rounds circuit this week. After what has seemed like an interminably long wait, we can finally get a look at Viggo Mortenson, Kodi S... Book to movie The Road Cormac McCarthy Bookish movie clips Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:47:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Video-Watch-five-scenes-from-the-film-adaptation-of-Cormac-McCarthys-The-Road?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d3-The-top-10-most-commonly-abandoned-books-in-hotel-rooms-for-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  This is one of the reasons why I am such a rabid Anglophile -- whoever heard of an American hotel chain keeping meticulous track of all the books that are abandoned in its rooms over the course of a year?The British branch of Travelodge does ju... Book Fun Book lists Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:47:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d3-The-top-10-most-commonly-abandoned-books-in-hotel-rooms-for-2009?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Trailers-for-The-Girl-With-the-Dragon-Tattoo-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats--something-NOT-Dan-Brown?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner  Earlier this week, the English-subtitled version of the Yellow Bird productions movie manifestation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was unleashed for the benefit of we Swedish language-impaired folks. It's a pi... Book to movie Movie trailers Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:01:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Trailers-for-The-Girl-With-the-Dragon-Tattoo-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats--something-NOT-Dan-Brown?cid=exrss-Book-Examiner