Sandie Kirkland

I loved Mother Mary Come To me. I hope you enjoy all your reads

I’m about to do a reread after fifty years. When I read it in college, it was my introduction to magic realism and I was blown away. It will be interesting to see my reaction now

That was my first novel by Kitamura. I think I’ve read all her books now

One of her best!

Who else is reading Tom’s Crossing by Mark Danielewski? I’m a few hundred pages in and loving it so far

Love Clair North!

This Is How You Lose The Time War is excellent. Enjoy!

I’m reading Blood Child by Octavia Butler which is an anthology. After each story or essay, she does an afterword that explains how she came to write the story. It’s the best Butler I’ve read

My current fantasy read is Empire In Black And Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s an interesting concept and I’m enjoying it quite a lot

Who else has read Alchemised by SenLinYu? I was riveted by this story and can hardly believe it was a debut novel. Amazing accomplishment!

I just finished A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing today by Eimear McBride and I’m gutted. Written in stream of consciousness format, it tells the story of an Irish girl’s life. It won the Woman’s Prize for Literature. I also loved her novel, The Lesser Bohemians, and can’t wait to read her new novel

I agree about challenging our genre boundaries. I’m only about a third done with this one. I’m interested to see how she wraps things up

Intuition by Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman, author of the novel "Intuition," talks about the pressure that scientists in the book face in order to fund their important research projects at their independent science labs.  The full interview from a 2006 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts.  Photo: allegragoodman.com.

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Pub Talk with Alex Craig Meet the new publisher at Australia’s largest indie, Allen & Unwin.

"...as a publisher, u keep publishing lit fiction because you’re always an optimist. And you keep publishing those voices because you believe in them." Nice interview with Alex, who I've always had a lot of time for - made my first ever agent sale to her!
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I’m reading an anthology of Atwood’s essays on science fiction. It’s interesting to read about what she was thinking as she wrote Handmaid’s Tale and Orynx And Crate

I really want to start this series. I’ve bought the first two, now I need to move them up the queue

Define your taste in books with 8 authors:

Salman Rushdie
Maggie O’Farrell
Sebastian Barry
Marlon James
B.S.Byatt
Robert Jackson Bennett
Ann Patchett
Eimear McBride

Define your taste in books with 8 authors:

• Fredrik Backman
• Ann Patchett
• Lee Child
• T.J. Klune
• Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Stieg Larsson
• Ocean Vuong
• Robert Dugoni

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She’s definitely an author who is becoming a’must read’ for me!

I picked it up. Thanks!

I’m reading The River Swimmer byJim Harrison. I really love his clear prose and how he captures the everyday lives of his characters. I wish his career had been more popular. I’ve read about four of his books and loved every one

Am I the only one who doesn’t like reading books featuring Christmas? Or Halloween books in October?

I read many of his books years ago. Such great humor along with the mystery

I finished Endling by Maria Reva today. I’ve now read seven of the thirteen Booker nominees for this year and Endling has been my favorite. I loved the look into the Ukrainan culture, the strong women, the exploration of relationships and the topic of snail extinction fighting

I liked Flesh much more than I expected. For me , the middle of the novel covering his marriage was the strongest part

For me, it’s the names of characters

This one is high on my TBR list!

I bought a ton of books today before Prime Days. Lots of titles I didn’t expect to see

I’ve heard nothing but good about this title. I’ve loved her other books

I just started Endling today. Fifty pages in. I really like the feel of the writing and dialogue. Also, the story feels fresh. A scientist whose mission is saving snails and the ‘find a bride’ businesses in Ukraine