Brooding on Existential Mysteries in Stephen King’s You Like It Darker, by J. Madison Davis Book Reviews [email protected] Mon, 06/24/2024 - 15:20 Photo by Shane LeonardAs I wrote in World Literature Today some years ago, the quality of Stephen King’s writing abilities are all too frequently underestimated because of his popularity and several unfortunate movies made from his work (“Thoughts on a New Grandmaster,” May 2007, 16–19). Some reviewers grudgingly admit that he is a consummate storyteller or praise his grip on the public’s taste, but often even this praise is tempered with reservations about his being a “horror writer.” Judging a book by its genre is all too common, and not just by reviewers and readers—even publishers often present a book according to the category most likely to reinforce customers’ prejudices, not for what it is. King is a legendarily prolific writer and, as he proves with You Like It Darker (Scribner, 2024), an extremely versatile one as well. At first glance, the book seems to be one of those desk-drawer-clearing books that eminent authors produce simply because they can. Short-story collections are not usually high on publishers’ commercial lists except when the author has picked up a Nobel or is practicing authorship in the beyond. Well, if You Like It Darker is one of these, it certainly indicates that there’s a lot of gold left in Mr. King’s bureau. Several of these stories are deeply... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Some years my reading list is more structured and thematically tied than others, some years (particularly when I’m actively researching and writing), my list of recreational reads is embarrassingly thin. This gap year between finishing my first book and starting all-in on my second, I drifted... Continue reading at The Millions
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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December is finally here, the final month in a year in which time has sometimes felt more like a labyrinth than a line through calendar days, a year of sudden twists and turns. And the year to come will be dense with, if not outright defined by, uncertainty. And that is precisely why the things […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in December. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its winSamantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital has rocketed to the top of the UK bestseller chart, becoming the first Booker novel to hit... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Amazon completely revamped its Kindle family in October when it debuted the entirely new Colorsoft ereader along with updated generations of the other three existing models: the standard Kindle, the Paperwhite and the Scribe E Ink tablet. The new Paperwhite has a slightly larger screen, a bigger... Continue reading at Engadget
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I think my colleague Cherlynn Low jinxed us in the last installment with her mention of a slower than usual October. The last week of the month was jam-packed with news, especially from Apple, so we're in for a busy few weeks of reviews to finish out the year. This week, we tested Amazon's... Continue reading at Engadget
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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I work as the bookstore manager for a bookstore in the Hudson Valley and one of the things that means is that I handle not only the ordering of most of our books, but the unboxing of them as well. I get to put hands (or at least eyes) on basically every book that comes […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Roger Allen: Translating Arabic and the Art of Translation, by Jonas Elbousty Interviews [email protected] Mon, 10/14/2024 - 14:56 Roger Allen was the first person to obtain a doctorate in modern Arabic literature at the University of Oxford. After... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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October Prime Day may have come and gone, but you can still save on Lego sets at the moment. While you may think it's early to think about holiday shopping, these kits make amazing presents — for the young and full-grown adults alike. At Engadget, we're most interested in specific sets from... Continue reading at Engadget
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Another October Prime Day is on the books, but all of the deals haven’t disappeared from Amazon’s site just yet. This year’s Fall Prime Day brought a bunch of discounts on smartphones, speakers, wearables, robot vacuums and more tech, and you can still grab some of the sale prices right now even... Continue reading at Engadget
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It was a random day in August when a trade paperback copy of Lonesome Dove showed up in the mail from Simon & Schuster. It didn’t come with a press release or a note, and I’m still not sure who sent it to me (I’ve asked a few S&S publicists and it remains a mystery!), […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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October Prime Day 2024 has given Prime members another opportunity to save one some of our favorite tech and maybe even snag some holiday gifts early and for less. If you checked out Amazon's site yesterday or today, you may have quickly gotten overwhelmed by the volume of deals — we wouldn't... Continue reading at Engadget
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