Well, new blog and joining my first challenge. The goal is to who can read the most books in August. Check out the sign up at Pizza’s Book Discussion!!!
In other news:
Awards: International Thriller Writers
Recipients of this year’s International Thriller Writers literary awards were named during Thrillerfest in New York City over the weekend. The winners are:
- ThrillerMaster Award: David Morrell, in recognition of his vast body of work and influence in the field of literature.
- Silver Bullet Award: Brad Meltzer, for contributions to the advancement of literacy.
- Silver Bullet Corporate Award: Dollar General Literacy Foundation, for longstanding support of literacy and education.
- Best Thriller of the Year: The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
- Best First Novel: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
- Best Short Story: “The Edge of Seventeen” by Alexandra Sokoloff
And…
Ernest Hemingway with his fourth wife, Mary. A new, ‘restored’ edition of Hemingway’s memoir A Moveable Feast — originally completed for 1964 publication by Mary and an editor — softens the posthumous book’s harsh treatment of Pauline Pfeiffer, Hemingway’s second wife.
Read the rest of the story of Scribner’s reissuing of all of Hemingway’s novels for the 110th anniversary of his birth. The main event of this Hemingway summer is the appearance of what’s being called “the restored edition” of what might just be his greatest book, his memoir, A Moveable Feast.
Finally…
A Hunter S. Thompson finger puppet available here.
