Category Archives: What People Are Reading

GoodReads, an Online Literary Salon

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Maureen Flanagan

GoodReads is a niche social sharing site for writers and readers. It’s a place for people who read.  There’s lots of fun features that make this site a great place to hang out. GoodReads has bibliographic records for published works with links … Continue reading →

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County Line

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I stayed up late last night reading Bill Cameron’s excellent noir tale County Line, which relies on his trademarked story within a story structure. The book features his Skin Kadash and Peter McKrall and explains the mysterious history of Ruby … Continue reading →

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The Noirest State: Akashic Books’ New Jersey Noir

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I’m reading New Jersey Noir, the latest in the award-winning series of noir anthologies put out by Akashic Books. I’m a New Jersey native—from New Shrewsbury and later New Brunswick—so I’ve got a special interest in this one. Actually, I’m … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Update V

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Buried Prey John Sandford is another of those stay up later-than-you-should authors and I’m still hooked on his Lucas Davenport series (and now on the spin-off Virgil Flowers books as well). What I like is that Stanford puts us as … Continue reading →

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