tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723362443162534552024-03-13T09:38:55.927-07:00WHY FICTIONDaniel A. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869658297531039577noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472336244316253455.post-29283384836494993342014-10-13T13:29:00.000-07:002014-10-13T13:29:02.853-07:00REVIEW: "THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER," BY JASPER FFORDE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In the good old days, magic was indispensable—it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain. But now magic is fading: drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians—but it’s hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. And then the visions start, predicting the death of the world’s last dragon at the hands of an unnamed Dragonslayer. If the visions are true, everything will change for Kazam—and for Jennifer. Because something is coming. Something known as . . . Big Magic.</i></span></span></div>
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I pretty much read everything Patrick Rothfuss (Author of "The Name of the Wind") supports. This book showed up on Pat's Goodreads feed, and thus it was fortold that Dan would pick it up. If you're a fan of this blog, than by all means go check out Pat's blog (http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com) ASAP. You won't regret it; and if you do regret it, then you shouldn't have been a fan of my blog in the first place.</div>
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Anyway, on to the review:</div>
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A lot of folks think whimsy is just for kids. And in a sense, our society has pressured adult literature to become that way. If you want to be noted as a venerable writer, write pain and story sorry. </div>
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I've been trying to read more of said 'adult' literature, but it comes at a price. The price of whimsy and the tax of youth. Reading serious, non-speculative fiction can leave one feeling broken-hearted, helpless, and lonely. With the onset of adult literature comes the feeling (at least for me) of growing old and losing the warm veil of youth. Which is of course the natural progression of life; but that doesn't mean it's fun. </div>
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Luckily, there is a literary medication for those woes. Youth is a state of mind, a vitality, that can benefit any age group. And in this sense, a bit of youthful whimsy a day can keep the gloomy away. </div>
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Stories like "The Last Dragonslayer" are perfect balms for soothing the emotional stretch-marks of growing up. </div>
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Fast-paced, whimsical, and with a nice underlying message, "The Last Dragonslayer," is perfect if you don't want to think to hard, but you still want quality fantastical world-building. The dialogue is often very witty and Fforde's playful turns-of-phrase will have you cackling out loud. </div>
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And if Hasbro doesn't make Quarkbeast plush dolls, than they're missing out on some serious moolah.</div>
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difficult (more like close to impossible) for up-and-coming writers to get
their work seen. Well, Hipso Media Publishing will be opening their doors to all
YA writers who dream of traditional publication, but can’t seem to catch a
break. Writers who have mountainous ideas, along with an actual mountain of
rejection letters. Hipso wants to pick one of those writers, and treat them
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Once the winning
manuscript is picked, Jenny from Supernatural Snark (Owner of Seedlings Design)
will work with the author to create a custom cover that will be sure to shout,
“NEXT BIG YA BOOK”. And then she’ll do a featured post on Supernatural Snark, to
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">-Happy Shark Week, Everyone-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />Sometimes Random House does these really funny Tweet challenges where the have a theme and challenge you to have some pun with book titles.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /> For example. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />They did #conspiracybooks as the theme and people revised titles to the likes of:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />'Goodnight Moonlanding'<br />'Everything is Illuminati'<br />'Where The Wild Things Are Secretly Held Until Further Notice'</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />And so on.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />So in honor of SHARK WEEK, I thought #sharklit might be in order. Here's what I've come up with so far.....</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />#SHARKLIT</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'Megalodon Quioxte'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">'His Shark Materials'</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'The Adventures of Huckleberry Sharkfinn,' by Shark Twain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'Noah's Shark'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'Great White Oleander'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'The Twibite Saga'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'The Old Man and The Deep Blue Sea'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'Mansfield Shark'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'Wuthering Bites'</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">'Great White Fang'</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I've been Tweeting them out from @hipsomedia (where I work) so if you have any #sharklit ideas to add, please comment below or tweet them to me there! </span></span></div>
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Publisher: Soho Press</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">One of the best books I've ever had the pleasure (and anxiety) of reading.<br /><br />I was lucky enough to come across a galley of this at the BEA. An attractive cover and even more attractive page tips (gold!) caught my attention. The synopsis didn't sound like something I'd normally read, but thanks to my motto this year 'read (live) outside my comfort zone' I dove into this one with open expectations.<br /><br />The introductory letter written by Molly Stern, SVP and Publisher at Hogarth, mentions in its summation 'emotional complexity'. I know trying capture a 500-page masterpiece in any two-word net is usually tough to do but yes; just yes. Emotional complexity.<br /><br />Besides a fantastic premise with VERY believable characters (even the Oasans [i.e. aliens]), this novel whips your emotions around with enough human complication to make you dig your nails into the earth both to keep grounded and to check our planet's temperature. In 'The Book Of Strange New Things,' I felt the boiling mayhem of our planet from light-years away. An impressive tour-de-G-Force by Michel Faber.<br /><br />I try not to talk to much about plot for spoilers sake, so I'll just say that although the story follows an evangelist in space, bringing the word of the Bible to a group of aliens, this book is not particularly religious. Basically, one does not have to be an Christian to find unbelievable meaning from this book. If my last name didn't give it away, I am not Christian; and I promise this book resonated in a big way. This book is about crisis and yearning and faith and the longest-distance relationship ever. It's about freedom and hard choices and... and... ugh, EMOTIONAL COMPLEXITY. Gah, this book squeezed my heart.<br /><br />Anyway, put this book on your TBR list. I'll put in on my TBRR list (to be reread) and lets all hope this makes the bestseller lists; as I think this novel will hit home (whatever solar system that may be in) with a lot of people. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <i>Why</i> so long, you ask? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(I must shake off dumb jokes before getting back into the meat of this blog. Bare with me. They'll stop soon*)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A lot has happened, a lot has <i>not</i> happened, but all in all I'm excited to be back. I'll pepper the upcoming posts with fill-the-time-gap stories, but the main thing that has led me back here were the words 'THE END' on page 572 of a manuscript I didn't think I'd ever finish.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's entitled 'The Inventor In The Sands' and I am so very proud of how it turned out... but I'll get there another day.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First, feature your eyes on the extremely bald saxophone player in the picture above. Bald saxophone players are obviously cool, you might be saying, but why picture one on a blog about books?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well I wouldn't have, if I hadn't lost so much darn hair. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, that stunningly smooth sax-man is your truly. I've spent the last few years focusing on my music career and amazing things gave come out of it. I live in Austin, Texas (the live music capitol of the world) and play out almost every night. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If y'all (I can say that now since I live in Texas) want to hear a tune I wrote/played on for the band WAKING FABLE, here's a link that'll take y'all to it:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, this is just me saying 'hey' after a long hiatus. I have a broken ring finger right now so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll keep this short, but it's good to be back.</span></div>
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This book also reminds me of yet another reason I am so gosh-darn in love with the BEA. When I walked into the BEA I had never heard of "The Prophet" or Michael Koryta, and (just being honest here) I probably never would have purchased it. If I was going to read a thriller I would have asked my father for a recommendation and he would have sent me Dennis Lehane or Lee Child's way. </div>
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I am so glad that I picked this one up, though. The plot itself isn't anything too unheard of: there's a murder, a feuding family, and lessons learned throughout the novel. Sounds kind of standard, right? But Koryta has such a command over his characters that I couldn't help but feel like I knew them. His characters are just so friggin human. They strengths, flaws, mistakes and their motivations of the protagonist brothers are so spot on that one can't help but feel attached to Adam and Kent, cheering when they make good decisions and even cheering when they make a bad decision; because heck, it makes the story all the more realistic. </div>
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So I came away from "Rot and Ruin" with a sense of awe and curiosity, and while I enjoyed the sequel, I just found it rather safe for a novel about a world infested with flesh-eating monsters.</div>
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Maberry still does a fantastic job with getting his world into the reader's head with his swift prose and clear descriptions, but the story was sometimes too clear, if that makes sense. I could see every twist and turn coming (except one) and I just wasn't as enthusiastic about this book. Maybe it was because this was no longer my first book about zombies and the novelty wore off.</div>
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So I hate to say it, because I know it's a huge jinx, but I am on <i>such</i> a book hot streak. First the "Mistborn" trilogy from Brandon Sanderson and now this fantastic coming-of-age novel by Jonathan Maberry.</div>
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I don't know why, but i've kind of steered clear of the zombie craze as of late. I'm big into magic (and there are so many magic-centered books to go around already) so when it comes time to pick a sci-fi/fantasy book, I usually gravitate to something magical. I rarely read fiction about vampires or werewolves, although I know there are some great ones out there, and until this book I had not read one book about zombies. </div>
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It's moments like these that I treasure. Diving into the unexplored (both genre and author) and coming up with a glowing pearl. I really, really liked, "Rot and Ruin". I was prejudiced against zombies because I keep thinking that authors might use them in a way to draw readers in, but might rely only on the inclusion of the creatures, ignoring plot and depth. Maberry does something fantastic. He uses the zombies to examine humanity, and what <i>actual </i>struggles someone might face growing up in a society that had once been overrun by the living dead. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These books are incredible. Seriously. I'm a fan of worldbuilding, and Sanderson's world is so three </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">demential that I found myself in it while dreaming. And I was following all of his magical rules and everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">But she was wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Despite the fact their god is gone, the Mamood refuse to abandon their attack on the planet Soltak and Ella's own so-called friends start to turn against her. And with Soltak dying--its oceans drying up and its plants withering in the ground--Ella and Cailen suspect there's a new enemy at work. As more people die and more water is leached from the planet, they both prepare for something straight from a nightmare. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">The <i>fae</i> are coming.</span></span></div>
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</div>Daniel A. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869658297531039577noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472336244316253455.post-24805319788996927542012-06-28T13:35:00.001-07:002012-06-28T13:35:38.325-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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<i><b>Triangles</b></i></div>
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A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong? <br /><br />In the Bermuda Triangle--a lot. <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life--her father's death years ago, her mother's medical problems, and the loser who's practically stalking her--seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she's gone nuts for more than one reason: that loser's suddenly claiming they're a happy couple... a hot guy is wrapping his arms around her and saying "Happy Anniversary"... and suddenly, she's full of bruises, losing her hair, and getting IV medication. Autumn visits the ship's doctor, hoping for a pill or a shot to make the craziness go away. Instead, she's warned that one of these "alternate realities" could become permanent. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />She just has to ask herself one question--how the hell is she going to get out of this mess?</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Author: Kimberly Ann Miller</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Publisher: Spencer Hill Press (<a href="http://www.spencerhillpress.com/" style="color: #449911; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.spencerhillpress.com</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">ISBN: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">978-1-937053-36-9</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span id="GD__CURSOR"></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A small-potatoes author takes on a
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Although
I was constantly giddy and laughing most of the time, the Book Expo America is
no joke for someone like me. It’s a place where a young writer can get
swallowed up faster than Penguin’s BEA booth during Marie Lu’s signing of “Prodigy.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To
give you a sense of perspective, I waited about an hour and a half to get a
signed copy of “Prodigy.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I
know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And
the glorious BEA only comes once a year, so I knew I couldn’t waste the opportunity.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For
those unfamiliar with the BEA, it’s like Christmas (or a beefed-up Hanukkah if
you’re Jewish, like me), a Barnes and Noble shopping spree, and a trip to
Disneyland all wrapped up in a three-day extravaganza.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Publishers
for all over the world, big and small, come to showcase their upcoming books
for the next year, handing out free advance copies—a lot of them signed by the
authors—to the lucky attendees. By doing this, they hope to drum up some buzz
for their upcoming titles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It’s also a place where all of the literary
bigwigs—on both the creative and business side of books—get together to make
things happen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I’m
not sure I’m even a wig (Although, as you can see from the BEA picture below, I
could probably use a wig.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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L. Armentrout’s signing line was. The same company that publishes “Half-Blood”
publishes my novel, so I have a vested interest in Jennifer’s unbelievable
success.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But
still, I followed my dreams and was lucky enough to find a publisher who
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off every day for many, many years. If you could flip the above photo around,
you would see that I no longer have a butt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My
book “Masters of the Veil” (Which you probably haven’t heard of. Until just now
of course. Huzzah!) was published by the wonderful Spencer Hill Press in March,
and they provided me with my golden ticket.
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So
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wallet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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doubt many of you have heard of Spencer Hill’s superstar, Jennifer L.
Armentrout, bestselling author of “Half-Blood” and “Obsidian.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well
this was the first time I was meeting our wunderauthor in person. Sure I’ve
emailed her and gone to support her on her live Internet chats, but still, I
was nervous.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And
she couldn’t have been nicer. After a big hug we were laughing and joking
around; I even got to poke fun at her newfound fame. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And
I also got to meet the insanely cool Emily White. She wrote a novel called
“Elemental” that you’ve probably also heard of. Emily and myself hung out for
most of the BEA and we were old chums quick enough. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Emily White on right. Lisa Amowitz ((super author
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Everyone
at the SHP booth, including my incomparable editor, Kate Kaynak was too cool
for words. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">(And speaking of family.
My father attended the BEA with me. He’s the REALLY bald one. He took off work
and spent four days in the city with me. My father is my hero and we had the
greatest bonding experience of my lifetime. He was book crazed and ended up
with about 150 galley copies. Like I said, he’s my hero.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So
the real BEA started the next morning and, considering the fact that I was
literally too excited to sleep, I was up bright and early.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There
were 22 bloggers staying at my hotel and I got to have breakfast with most of
them each morning. Some of the bloggers I consider friends (Melissa from “I
Swim For Oceans” and Jenny from “Supernatural Snark”) even showed up from other
hotels to join me in starting the day off with some peppery eggs and frozen
cups of Yoplait. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As
a small potatoes (I guess fingerling potatoes is probably appropriate) author,
I really wanted to try my best to make some connections at the BEA. So
beforehand, I reached out to a few famous authors to see if they want to have
breakfast with me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Okay,
with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">us</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I
really didn’t expect anything, but Dan Wells, the Hugo nominated author of
“Partials” came to breakfast that first morning. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah.
HUGO nominated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He
was awesome. And he wore an awesome hat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Left
to right: Me, Emily White, Dan Wells, Kevin J. Anderson ((who has written over
FORTY bestsellers. Holy crap was that cool)) and Dan’s awesome hat that he wore
to breakfast)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">Oh, and quick side note. Marie Lu responded to my earlier
request and came to breakfast the next morning. I sat next to her and did my
best impression of someone <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i>
star-struck. I even flirted a bit: if drooling incessantly can be considered
flirting. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I’m going to count it :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> So after that first breakfast, we
all entered the palace of literary wonder that was the Jacob K. Javitz center.
This building—a place that is so big that it hosts an annual boat show—was
floor to ceiling with so many books and book related paraphernalia that it made
the Library of Congress look like the clearance rack at Half-Price books. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I
felt like Aladdin going into the cave of wonders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> But the BEA is even better than cave
of wonders, because this cave lets you take the wonders home. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I had a big decision to make: should
I get as many ARCs as I can? Hording up a new collection for the following
year. Or should I try and make connections and broaden my network? Since I
needed to make the most of the opportunity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Over the next three days, I learned
the secret to small-potato networking at the BEA. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Do both. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Standing in long lines for the same
ARC allowed me to make some really great new friends. I stood next to #1 New
York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner for an ARC and chatted with her
for a bit. She asked for my card. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> HUH-WHAT?!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: large;"> I met tons of YA book bloggers,
librarians, distributors and book buyers all by standing in line. We talked
about the book we were waiting for, what the other person did, if this was
their first BEA, and how we felt about eBooks. But </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: large;">we also talked
about hobbies, family, sports, Pokémon, and generally anything to make our wait
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like the people around me were always eager to talk. I had my fancy author
badge on, and people were genuinely curious about my work. And even when they
found out that I was nobody super important, they still were eager to know more
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> How cool is that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Even though I was pretty much a guy
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small doesn’t mean that the author isn’t fantastic. And most importantly, I
learned that you can’t sweet-talk your way to a coveted ARC before it’s put on
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<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'; font-size: 10pt;">(Me
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So my books made it all the way to Texas, and now I will start my long process of giving some of them away! I signed up for Rafflecopter (I'm not computer savvy, but seriously, could Rafflecopter be any easier to use?) and I'll try to do one giveaway a week to spread things out. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Lose yourself in the magic of Watersong, an unforgettable new series about two sisters who nearly lose their lives - and their loves - when they fall under the spell of three beautiful but deadly sirens.</span></div>
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Hey all. So I'm still waiting on my BEA books (MEDIA MAIL TAKES FOREVER!!!! AGGHHH) so I figure I needed a positive monday post to give my my book fix. </div>
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Here's what I love about books:</div>
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You know how most (ok, probably more than most) girls get a shopping high while going in search of new clothes, or shoes? Well I don't get that. Shopping for me is usually a chore. I groan and stamp my feet and buy the first thing that fits. But when it comes to books, I can shop like the best of them.</div>
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I can honestly say that a new book to me is like a new pair of Manolo Blahniks to a shopaholic female. Please don't tell my guy friends that I know what a Manolo Blahnik is. Pretty please.</div>
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I went to three bookstores yesterday. THREE! I don't even need any new books. My review pile is longer than my arm. Both arms. Yet I still went, spending hours looking at the titles. Running my finger over spines. Comparing cover textures and smelling older volumes. But I love it. I ended up buying a David Sedaris book to see what all the fuss is about. </div>
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It seems like whenever I talk to one of the million hipsters in Austin (that's right, the hipster population is somehow bigger than the actual population of 800,000) David Sedaris comes up. And since I've already read Murakami and McCarthy...</div>
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Anyway, I'm going to reflect on that while I wait for my BEA books. Once I get them I'm going to be giving some away, so stay tuned!</div>
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<br />Daniel A. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869658297531039577noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472336244316253455.post-75231689883103558012012-06-12T11:04:00.000-07:002012-06-12T11:04:25.726-07:00<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.<br /><br />For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.<br /><br />Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.<br /><br />But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, now I have to read everything this guy has ever written. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not since the "Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss, has an epic fantasy novel struck me so. I picked this book up because Mr. Rothfuss gave it five stars, so I figured It was worth a shot.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.7;">Wow. Seriously. Wow. First off, Sanderson's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;">worldbuilding</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.7;"> is <i>far</i> too good. It's scary how realistic his systems are: whether they be magical, political, or social. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And make sure to stop back soon. I'm having my books shipped back to Texas and when I get them I'll be doing some great ARC giveaways!</span></div>
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But this book didn't really do that for me. I loved it--don't get me wrong--but it didn't set my tongue on fire with anything in particular. If this were written by any other author, I would have given it an immediate five stars. It has everything I look for in a novel: adventure, mythology, great characters, deep undertones; but since Neil Gaiman is on of my all-time favorites, I have imposed on him the highest standards possible. </div>
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</div>Daniel A. Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869658297531039577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472336244316253455.post-77782813493872641862012-05-14T08:29:00.001-07:002012-05-15T09:49:19.095-07:00<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So last night I was lying on the couch snacking on prunes (Oh lord, I really am the oldest fart of my age!) reading "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman, which is one of his short story anthologies. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think I'm actually obsessed with this guy now. His imagination is unparalleled. I came across a story called "The Sweeper of Dreams" and it did something to me. For the first time in a long...well, ever... I tried to memorize this story verbatim. I think my flatmate (see! Gaiman's got me speaking like an englishman) thought I was a little bit loony. But, so it is. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Only fiction can make me do something like that. </span></div>
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