http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-77115 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Coben Update Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:21:16 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-77115 [...] I haven’t forgotten about my pledge to read a book by Harlan Coben. It’s taking me longer than I planned, but I did take the first step last night: I bought a copy of The Woods. [...] […] I haven’t forgotten about my pledge to read a book by Harlan Coben. It’s taking me longer than I planned, but I did take the first step last night: I bought a copy of The Woods. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-68831 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » We don’t read, we don’t think–what next? Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:47:07 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-68831 [...] On book/daddy, Jerome Weeks takes authors Lisa Abrams and John Heath (Why We Read What We Read) to task for their observations about bestsellers. They say that Americans don’t like to think too deeply about what they read. Weeks says that Abrams and Heath didn’t think too deeply about Americans not thinking too deeply. Whether one agrees with these points or not, whether they are accurate or not, all of them would seem to be pretty much standard-fare intellectual analysis/dismissal of mass-market books. A grad student who spent Christmas vacation working at a Borders could have arrived at the same conclusions. [...] […] On book/daddy, Jerome Weeks takes authors Lisa Abrams and John Heath (Why We Read What We Read) to task for their observations about bestsellers. They say that Americans don’t like to think too deeply about what they read. Weeks says that Abrams and Heath didn’t think too deeply about Americans not thinking too deeply. Whether one agrees with these points or not, whether they are accurate or not, all of them would seem to be pretty much standard-fare intellectual analysis/dismissal of mass-market books. A grad student who spent Christmas vacation working at a Borders could have arrived at the same conclusions. […]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-66341 Ted Bell Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:04:31 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-66341 I"ll take that. Thanks. If you get around to it. I've got 2 coming out next year. NICK OF TIME, a WWII story with pirates and Nazis, YA, from St. Martins and TSAR, Hawke meets Putin. What a biz. I”ll take that. Thanks. If you get around to it. I’ve got 2 coming out next year. NICK OF TIME, a WWII story with pirates and Nazis, YA, from St. Martins and TSAR, Hawke meets Putin. What a biz.

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-66251 Keir Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:10:12 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-66251 Ted, my time for unassigned reading is extremely limited, so I can't make any promises. Fortunately for you, however, <em>Booklist</em> has already had <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=397479" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this to say</a> about Hawke: "Hawke is the kind of character somebody really should put in a movie: he is smart, resourceful, attractive--everything we want in an action hero." Not bad! Ted, my time for unassigned reading is extremely limited, so I can’t make any promises. Fortunately for you, however, Booklist has already had this to say about Hawke: “Hawke is the kind of character somebody really should put in a movie: he is smart, resourceful, attractive–everything we want in an action hero.” Not bad!

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-65986 Ted Bell Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:27:14 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-65986 I'm probably another thriller writer you've never read but I really enjoyed this piece on Coben and would love your take on the Alex Hawke series (HAWKE, ASSASSIN, PIRATE, AND SPY just out in paperback and on the Times list this week. Best, Ted Bell I’m probably another thriller writer you’ve never read but I really enjoyed this piece on Coben and would love your take on the Alex Hawke series (HAWKE, ASSASSIN, PIRATE, AND SPY just out in paperback and on the Times list this week.
Best,
Ted Bell

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-65725 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Cobenmania! Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:57:25 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/08/23/tear-down-that-wall/#comment-65725 [...] It just occurred to me that in my post yesterday about Harlan Coben, I should have made it absolutely clear that, even though I have never read them, Booklist has reviewed and continues to review his books. We’ve even given them starred reviews. Perhaps our ivory tower is made of phenolic resin? [...] […] It just occurred to me that in my post yesterday about Harlan Coben, I should have made it absolutely clear that, even though I have never read them, Booklist has reviewed and continues to review his books. We’ve even given them starred reviews. Perhaps our ivory tower is made of phenolic resin? […]

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