Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Sunday Salon

Thanks a lot National Book Awards. As if I didn't ALREADY have a bunch of books in my TBR pile. So many great titles in the fiction and young people's fiction category. Read the complete list here.


FICTION
2011 National Book Award Fiction Finalists
Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn
(Bellevue Literary Press)
Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
(Random House)
Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
(Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House)
Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision
(Lookout Books, an imprint of the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones
(Bloomsbury USA)

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE
2011 National Book Award Young People's Literature Finalists
Franny Billingsley, Chime
(Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, Inc. )
Debby Dahl Edwardson, My Name Is Not Easy
(Marshall Cavendish)
Thanhha Lai, Inside Out and Back Again
(Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)
Albert Marrin, Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
(Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)
Lauren Myracle, Shine
(Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)
Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now



Aside from gathering ideas for new reads this week, I also acquired a ticket to hear Stephen King speak in Dallas next month!! He's going to talk about his upcoming release 11/22/63.

I am so excited about this that I just can't stand it. Isn't this the literary equivalent of going to see The Beatles?


Lastly, did you see this literary movie news?
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7 comments:

  1. Harvee16 October, 2011

    I'd like to read them all, especially Lai's book, and The Tiger's Wife as well as the one with Buddha in the title!

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  2. Carrie K.16 October, 2011

    So cool you get to hear King - hope you post about it!

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  3. Alyce16 October, 2011

    That's very neat that you get to see Stephen King speak!

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  4. Gwen16 October, 2011

    I really enjoyed Flesh & Blood So Cheap, so glad that it's a finalist!

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  5. Laurel-Rain Snow16 October, 2011

    Oh, I am really excited about the new Stephen King. That date: 11/22/63, informed many events in the years to come, and changed everything about the life I knew at that time.

    Anyone around on that date can tell you exactly what was happening to them when they heard the news.

    And years later, there were still all the conspiracy theories, etc. I can't wait to read the King book!

    Here's MY SUNDAY SALON POST and
    MY WEBSITE

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  6. Karen Harrington16 October, 2011

    oh yes, I will post about my Stephen King experience. It's like seeing literary royalty, after all. :0

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  7. Elizabeth16 October, 2011

    The fiction books look fantastic.

    I am a follower and an e-mail subscriber.

    THANKS for the great post.

    Elizabeth

    http://silversolara.blogspot.com

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