The Pittsburgh Novel Blog Site

Do you love having your stories anchored to a special place where you have lived, wished you lived, or would just like to visit?

Today I learned about The Pittsburgh Novel, A Reader's Guide to Western Pennsylvania Fiction, 1792-2013.

I've linked to a review of Dennis Palumbo's most recent mystery Night Terrors, which I have also reviewed on Book Keeping.

If you are fascinated or curious about Pittsburgh, you'll want to check out this blog.

This is So Cool!

USA Today has a calendar of new books that are coming out between January and April. Run your cursor over a highlighted day and a list of the titles being released pops up. You can chose the title and see the cover art and author. You can also search a drop down list of authors and another of titles. How much fun to be in the know about new titles!

Check this new resource out HERE! 

For example I discovered that Jodi Picoult has her 18th book out on March 1st called Sing Them Home, where 'she takes on the issue of same sex parenting'. There are books by Alexander McCall Smith, Andre Dubus III, Judi Dench and Martha Grimes. On February 3rd (Thanks, Peevish!), Ms. Grimes new novel Fadeaway Girl, about 12 year old sleuth Emma Graham hits the shelves. This is the fourth in a series begun with Hotel Paradise.

 

Vote for the Oddest Book Title of the Year

Read about this at Boing Boing today. Check it out. A link takes you to The Bookseller (a UK site) where you can vote for your favorite!

If Literary Classics Had Been Titled Today!

Here's an amusing game if a little on the esoteric side for some of us. Check out this post where people are proposing new titles for literary classics via Boing Boing, my favorite site for discovering oddness.