Book Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Posted on Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Whenever a film is made of a book I cringe a little. I have very seldom seen a film that is as good as, let alone better than, the original book. I have taken to avoiding film adaptations of books, and whenever a new movie in this genre appears I resolutely look away, or in [...]
continue readingTreasure Hunting for Rare Books
Posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2011
My grandmother was an antique dealer who often enlisted my help as a child to run estate sales. As an eleven-year-old adventure seeking literary snob, I was convinced there was a tremendous fortune to be had discovering rare, signed first editions in Oklahoma City basements. The biggest find, which I still have, was a mint [...]
continue readingBook review: Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
Posted on Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Esi Edugyan is a renowned Canadian author of Ghanaian descent. Her newest novel Half-Blood Blues was published earlier this year and has found itself on the short lists of many celebrated awards from the Man Booker Prize to the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and it walked away with one of Canada’s leading literary [...]
continue readingHow to Write a Novel
Posted on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Have you ever considered becoming a novelist? Write a great story and the money can come flooding in, although it usually takes years of practice! It can be a lonely profession with little guidance offered, so here are a few tips on how to write a novel like the most popular writers in romantic, horror, [...]
continue readingFree books friday week 2 – Alice in wonderland by Lewis Caroll
Posted on Friday, January 14th, 2011
In this week’s Free Book Friday, we focus on one of the most influential classic novels in the fantasy genre: Alice in wonderland (or in full: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). This 1865 novel, written by English Author Lewis Caroll, is listed in the public domain, which means that the book is freely available to the [...]
continue readingFree books friday!
Posted on Friday, January 7th, 2011
Isn’t friday the perfect day to start reading a book? It absolutely is, especially if it’s a free book! That’s why we want to start a new concept here on Frontlist – Every friday we will introduce you to a website where you can order or download free books online. This can range from free [...]
continue readingAmazon launches Kindle for the Web
Posted on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Amazon recently introduced a beta version of ‘Kindle for the web’, which allows you to read and share book samples or first chapters through your web browser.
continue readingBook review: The Pawn by Steven James
Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
In today’s book review we are talking about The Pawn, a book written by Steven James. The pawn is a Psychological thriller and the first of a planned trilogy, called ‘The Patrick Bowers Files’. Special Agent Patrick Bowers is the main character in this book. He’s an FBI agent specialized in environmental criminology, tracking lawbreakers [...]
continue readingBook review: Freedom, a novel by Jonathan Franzen
Posted on Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Starred Review from Publishers Weekly – Nine years after winning the National Book Award, Franzen’s The Corrections consistently appears on “Best of the Decade” lists and continues to enjoy a popularity that borders on the epochal, so much so that the first question facing Franzen’s feverishly awaited follow-up is whether it can find its own [...]
continue readingBook review: The Passage
Posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Passage, a novel by Justin Cronin – The Passage is not just another ‘vampire’ thriller. In fact, you don’t have to be a fan of vampire fiction to love this remarkable tale. Cronin is a master story teller and brings depth and vitality to this captivating epic about a virus that nearly destroys the [...]
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