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"The Cliff House" by Chris Brookmyre - Book Review @wwnorton #TheCliffHouse @cbrookmyre #BookReview

“What happens on Clachan Geal stays on Clachan Geal” Jen – the bride-to-be and a wealthy businesswoman Helena – Jen’s friend, a music teacher and former band guitarist Michelle – Jen’s childhood friend, now a famous pop star Nicolette – Jen’s tennis friend who misrepresents what she does for employment Beattie – the sister of Jen’s first husband who blames Jen for her brother’s death Kennedy –…

[ebookdynasty]

Book Review: "Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden" by Zhuqing Li (@ZhuqingLi1 @wwnorton @EasternRegional)

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden (W.W, Norton & Company, August 2022) by Zhuqing Li As its subtitle suggests, Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden tells the life stories of two sisters separated by China’s Civil War. Written by Zhuqing Li, a professor in East Asian Studies at Brown University, the book illustrates how individual experiences and perspectives can be inevitably and…

[onlythedarkestreads]

5/5 stars

pub date: july 5 2022

“The thing about faces, he's saying, is they're always a lie. Even before they're slathered in makeup. Faces make us

different from each other And we're not- not really. We try so goddamn hard all the time to be different, to be unique. You know what we all just really are? When you strip away the dumb expressions we all practice to try to look a certain way?

Meat.”

Genuine emoji reactions of me reading Hawk Mountain:

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What would you do if you came face to face with your high school bully 15 years later?

While on the beach with his son Anthony, Todd sees an outline of a man approach. To his surprise and dismay it’s Jack, the man who made his last year of high school a living hell.

Jack is seemingly unaware of the impact he had on Todd, and demands they grab a bite and a drink to catch up. But a drink turns into him crashing on their couch to integrating himself into Todd and Anthony’s life. And now that Jack’s here it’s impossible to get him to leave.

This book was so fucking tense, every interaction through the dual timelines of Todd and Jack’s history had my guts roiling and jaw clenching. I’m remiss to say too much because there’s a moment where the story hits a switch, and I honestly could not put it down. Really, I read this in one day.

If you want a thriller with a big heaping pile of gory horror this is for you. I told you this book has an all-timer tone shift. This book gets GROSS.

I want everyone to read this, because I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

Thank you to NetGalley and WW Norton for an ARC of this title.

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ALA Midwinter 2020 photo highlights!

[teddyboysinclair-blog]

TeddyBoy Reviews Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

“In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”  --Terry Pratchett

Read TeddyBoy’s PawReview of Norse Mythology at:  https://wp.me/p8qpby-vI on his web page: teddyboysinclair.com

While TeddyBoy thought Mr. Gaiman wrote an excellent book, he faults the author for leaving out cats.  And, of course, Norwegian Forest Cats descended from the gods.   In fact Balder, the universally-loved god who was killed, rose again from the underworld.  And cats have nine lives, so is there any question that Balder was really a cat and had used up one of his lives?  I think not!

[fredhandbag]

I've heard lots of good reviews from Jaime Lynn Hendricks's previous book and was looking forward to reading this one. - It Could Be Anyone. "A group of friends head to Miami for a wedding of their good friend, Fiona, and their new friend, Trevor. Except none of the group really like Trevor. He really wants to marry into Fiona's family so he found the darkest secrets of the group and blackmailed them all to speak well of him to Fiona. And now at the wedding he's dead...and everyone is a suspect." Trevor dies in the very beginning and the rest of the book we find out why everyone wants him dead. And these characters are all jacked-up. This is the perfect read if you like messed up characters. Hendricks dribbles the stories out a little at a time - just the right amount to hold the reader's interest. There are several red herrings so you'll have a hard time guessing the killer. Fast-paced, entertaining narrative from Hendricks and relatively short chapters (if that's your thing) How well do you really know your closest friends? Nice new thriller from Hendricks. Thanks to @penzlerpub and @netgalley for the advanced copy #itcouldbeanyone #jaimelynnhendricks #penzlerpub #wwnorton #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #readinglife #bookwormlife #sodacityreads #readersofig #bookreview #bookwormlife #suspensebook #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #goodreads #homelibrary #thrillerbooks #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller #characterdrivenbooks #mysterythriller #bookrecs https://www.instagram.com/p/CcNb_aNr7iT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Changing it up, this weekend I’m reading @ghidorahnotweak’s latest, #fourlostcities, which looks so fascinating! I’ve been following their reporting on female Vikings for years and am curious to how to (and why one can) lose an entire city. #arcreads #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #wwnorton https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7Wmp4gKId/?igshid=1hr4m1e17ogyp

[oldenglishpoetry]

Beowulfs, Part II: Heaney, Rebsamen, Liuzza, McNamara, and Alexander. I've read the first three and consider them the best of the whole crop (so far). Rebsamen's is really great verse, and takes much less licence than Heaney's when "filling in the spots". Liuzza's very accurate and the appendices are very helpful. In fact, if you want more comparisons, Liuzza lines up all the major translations in the sea-cliff watchman episode of the poem, from Longfellow to Heaney. #beowulf #beowulfpoem #anglosaxonpoetry #anglosaxon #oldenglishpoetry #oldenglish #alliterativemeter #alliteration #medieval #earlymedieval #medievalpoetry #anonymouspoetry #michaelalexander #seamusheaney #frederickrebsamen #johnmcnamara #liuzza #wwnorton #poetry #poets #poems #epicpoetry #epic #elegiac #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookcollection @w.w.norton @penguinclassics @barnesandnoble (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXOCKyAtYB/?igshid=a3fewvvfiem1

[jvnla]

The best Valentine's Day gift: THE NOT-QUITE STATES OF AMERICA by Doug Mack! Out today from @w.w.norton. . Everyone knows that America is 50 states and...some other stuff. Doug Mack shares his account of traveling more than 31,000 miles to visit the U.S. territories to see how they fit into the American story, past and present. . . . #DougMack #notquitestates #wwnorton #nonfiction #travel #territories #colonialism #history #bookstagram #wethepeople #amreading #puertorico #northernmarianaislands #americansamoa #usvirginislands #guam (at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency)

[lindenwoodhumanities-blog]

Heads up: Undergraduate Best Essay Prize From W.W. Norton!

Call for Submissions

The Norton Writer’s Prize will be awarded annually for an outstanding essay written by an undergraduate. Literacy narratives, literary and other textual analyses, reports, profiles, evaluations, arguments, memoirs, proposals, mixed-genre pieces, and more: any excellent writing done for an undergraduate writing class will be considered. One first-prize winner and two runners-up will be selected in 2018.

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,500. Two runners-up will each receive a cash award of $1,000. The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2018.

Website: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/norton-writers-prize/?mid=145

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You who have loved me: Chéri and The End of Chéri by Colette (A new translation by Rachel Careau)

You who have loved me: Chéri and the End of Chéri by Colette (A new translation by Rachel Careau) @wwnorton

“My poor Chéri . . . It’s strange to think that in our loss—for you of your spent old mistress, for me of my scandalous young lover—we have lost the most honorable thing that we possessed on earth . . .” It might surprise many English speaking readers to learn that writer, journalist and actress Colette was one of the most important literary figures in twentieth-century France, second only to…

[fictionophile]

"The Memory Of Animals" by Claire Fuller - Book Review @wwnorton @ClaireFuller2 #TheMemoryOfAnimals #BookReview #dystopianfiction

First off, I have to say that this book was WAY outside my comfort zone. Dystopian fiction is really not my thing. That being said, I requested to read this one solely based on the author. Claire Fuller’s brilliant “Unsettled Ground” was one of my favourite titles of 2022. As with all of her books, this one was extremely well written with believable characters. The subject matter was all too…

[draconesmundi]

Book Review: Giants, Monsters and Dragons, An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend and Myth by Carol Rose

Giants, Monsters and Dragons is the most comprehensive mythology encyclopaedia I have read, and it is often listed as a source within other mythology encyclopaedias. The selected bibliography has 189 entries in it and is a great jumping board for further research as each cited book seems to be a dictionary or encyclopaedia of a specific region or culture. What Giants, Monsters and Dragons does excellently is combine all the information from these different cultures into one easy to navigate book.

As this is a review I will point out my only two issues with it. Firstly, the mention of dragons from Tolkien’s Legendarium listed as folklore… in a way, they very well may become part of our folklore one day, goodness knows how much a cultural impact Smaug has had in European schools where The Hobbit was required reading. But it feels like they are out of place; dragons from popular culture sitting alongside serpents from Ancient Mesopotamian mythology and 20th century cryptozoology. Furthermore, each of these dragon entries mentions Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings without mentioning his other works, which doesn’t make sense for Ancalagon, Scatha and Glaurung as none of these dragons were in The Hobbit for The Lord of the Rings: I suppose this was to save space, so the author could mention what Tolkien was famous for without dipping too deeply into Legendarium lore.

My other ‘issue’ is not so much an ‘issue’ as a ‘something this book does a little worse than other books’, but for a good reason! To accommodate as much text as possible into the book, the book has long columns of dense text, which is not easy on the eyes. This book is such a valuable resource, and there is no other way to format that much information on the page, but if you are slightly dyslexic you might need a rectangle of coloured plastic to help you navigate the walls of words. For some, this is actually a bonus, as it can add a scholarly vibe to your mythology studies!

The book is insanely easy to navigate despite this, especially due to several navigational appendixes. The first useful navigational tool is the list of entries at the start of the book. This is good if one has read the name of a fantasy creature and just wants to know more as fast as possible; the reader goes to the start of the book, looks down the alphabetical list, then flips to the correct page, which is a little quicker than looking through the main part of the book.

The second navigational tool by far is the first Appendix wherein every animal is sorted by theme; creatures associated with the apocalypse, bear-monsters, wolf-monsters, etc. This section gives you the names of the creatures, then you can find them in the main text to find out more. In the same appendix there are creatures sorted by region and culture, which is very useful if you are trying to write something set in a specific location or inspired by certain people.

The third navigational tool comes in the form of ensuring as many alternative spellings of creature names can be found in the text, so that similar spellings or similar animals have a ‘see also’ redirection to help readers find out more about an animal whose name might be aida or ayida.

This book is wonderful and very comprehensive; it is nigh on unparalleled for a good guide to world mythology, and definitely worth checking out!

List of some dragons in the book:

Links:

WWNorton Publishing: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393322118 ($27.95)

WWNorton Carol Rose: https://wwnorton.com/author/ROSECAROL/carolrose

Google Books: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GKrACS_n86wC&dq=Giants,+Monsters+%26+Dragons,+An+Encyclopedia+of+Folklore,+Legend+and+Myth&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=8Y_gSfCmO9fMlQfkn9DgDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#PPT1,M1

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#TFW you find a book that is 💯 on brand 📚❤️🛋 #books #read #reading #bookish #booklover #booklife #bibliophile #onbrand #thejoyofleavingyourshitallovertheplace #jennifermccartney #selfhelp #nonkonmari #messy #socksunday #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #thecountrymanpress #wwnorton

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PLA Schedule

We are looking forward to the Public Library Association conference in Nashville! Norton will be in booth 1512.

WEDNESDAY, February 26

9:30-10:30am: Booklist Book Buzz featuring Norton, Workman, Macmillan, HarperCollins and PRH in the Davidson Ballroom.

3:30–6:30pm: Exhibits Open. We will have lots of ARCs for you! 

THURSDAY, February 27

9:00am–5:00pm: Exhibits Open

5:15-6:15pm: LibraryReads “Your Evening is Booked” author panel in Room 102.  Authors included are: Odie LIndsey, Brit Bennett, Katherine Center, Leesa Cross-Smith, and Sam Tschida.  RSVP is not required but it’s nice because it helps us know how many ARCs to bring (RSVP here).

FRIDAY, February 28

9:00am–2:00pm: Exhibits Open

10:00-11:30am: Book Buzz Stage in the exhibit hall - come hear about new and forthcoming books for children and teens.

12:30 – 2:00pm: Book Buzz Stage in the exhibit hall - come hear about new and forthcoming books for Adults!         

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David Baker's Whale Fall

David Baker recently released "Whale Fall," an environmental poetry collection published by W. W. Norton & Company. @wwnorton @davidbakerpoet