The Tenth Parallel

The Tenth Parallel

It seems like anti-Islam sentiment is at an all-time high since the attacks on the World Trade Center. We can disagree on whether a mosque should be built five feet or five miles from the site of the attacks, but it's plain that inter-relgion relations are a hot topic.

One recent book that provides insight and clarity on the issue is Eliza Griswold's The Tenth Parallel, the title of which refers to a line of latitude that is a front line between Christians and Muslims--a place where those populations come into contact with eachother daily.

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Freedom hits #1!

Freedom hits #1!

Congrats to Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, which will hit #1 on the September 19th New York Times  Best Sellers list! And just last week Nora over at EarlyWord pointed out that Mockingjay had more holds than Freedom. So come on librarians, put your book-talking powers to good use and let your patrons know what an amazing book this is!

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Ron Charles gives Freedom to Oprah. Or something.

Ron Charles gives Freedom to Oprah. Or something.

Everyone says that book publishing rides on the backs of quickly melting glaciers. And that soon it will be lying motionless on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean along with the polar bears and unicorns.

Well that is NOT TRUE, because Ron Charles is here with his hip, inpsiring, and Beanie Baby-filled video reviews! Take the review for Freedom. It's AMAZING. My favorite is the sepia-tinted flashback to when the NYT first reviewed the book in the 19th century. Take a moment to watch it.

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Puppies and kittens and a book I (gasp) didn’t love.

Puppies and kittens and a book I (gasp) didn’t love.

I think you all really need to see this picture. These are the lovelys that belong to Melissa Frain, an editor at Tor Books. See, editors are wonderful animal obsessed people just like everyone else! Not that we didn't all expect it.

And second, I finished a book that I didn't totally love. Gasp! Which is unusual for me, because I'm usually so effusive. Earlier today I finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Everyone had been telling me that the author is amazing, and I couldn't call myself a SF/F reader without having read Gaiman.

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HEADS UP!

HEADS UP!

Holy freaking cow. No, really, seriously. There must be some sort of all-powerful Hindu deity up in here granting wishes.


One of my favorite books ever, Lamentation, is available as an ebook for $2.99.


Book three in the series, Antiphon, is out 9/14. And if you ask nicely I MIGHT be able to get you an ARC.


And Ken, if you're reading this, please get me the manuscript for book four. For each minute that I haven't read the manuscript, a puppy loses its wings.

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We Love Lesa.

We Love Lesa.

We love all librarians equally. Except for the ones that we especially love. Like Lesa Holstine? Why? because she knows that the way into our hearts, and an endless supply of galleys, is talking about our books. But she went above and beyond a normal blog post with this amazing video extravaganza.

Thank you, Lesa!

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Sneak Peak at our LJ Fall Announcements Ad!

Sneak Peak at our LJ Fall Announcements Ad!

Remember
when you were eight and you got your mom that amazing Mother's Day gift, which
your dad paid for, and you couldn't wait for her to see, so you gave it to her
four days early? Well this is exactly like that. I (Ben) designed a (possibly)
hilarious full-spread ad for Library
Journal
, and I just can't wait to show it
off.

Oh, and I
still give gifts early. Only I pay for them now. Usually.

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Oops, I did it again.

Oops, I did it again.

So I've been in a bit of a reading frenzy lately. I mean, I'm always reading a lot, but it's been more than usual.

One of the latest books I've read wasn't a Tor book. It wasn't even a Macmillan book. Nope, it was an Orbit book. Oops. But yeah, still fantasy. The book? The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.

"In an increasingly deep Zelaznyesque series of political maneuverings,
Yeine, nearly powerless but fiercely determined, finds potential allies
among her relatives and the gods who are forced to live in Sky as
servants after losing an ancient war." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Winter 2011 Catalogs!

Winter 2011 Catalogs!

Dear Librarian, 

Our Winter 2011 catalogs are now
available here.  
And I know that we’re not supposed to have favorites… But we just couldn’t help
ourselves!  So check out our you-can’t-live-without-these-titles list here.

Enjoy!

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