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James Rollins's SUBTERRANEAN #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:41pm

Just finished Let the Great World Spin. It was beautiful and moving and real. One of the best I've read in a long time. #Fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:42pm

ABIDE WITH ME by Elizabeth Strout. Gorgeous. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:44pm

"Let's Take The Long Way Home" by Gail Caldwell #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:46pm

RT @laurazigman: "Let's Take The Long Way Home" by Gail Caldwell #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:46pm

RT @Maria_Savva: #FridayReads RT @JenKnox2 ... inspirational story about a teenage runaway, and her... journey toward self-acceptance http://amzn.to/cyzaXw

09/03/2010 - 8:48pm

I finally decided on my #fridayreads and it wasn't even either of the books I took with me to work: WHAT ALICE KNEW by Paula Marantz Cohen

09/03/2010 - 8:49pm

almost forgot #fridayreads, curiosity was piqued so starting on Suzanne Collins trilogy with THE HUNGER GAMES

09/03/2010 - 8:50pm

Spent yesterday curled up w/ @ayeletwaldman's RED HOOK ROAD. Loved it. #fridayreads #carriedoverfromthursday

09/03/2010 - 8:50pm

@SteveLeveen So wonderful to "see" you here! Thanks for supporting #fridayreads.

09/03/2010 - 8:52pm

#fridayreads Fun Home by Alison Bechdel.

09/03/2010 - 8:54pm

RT @Marlborough_Dad: Going to re-read Vanished by @JoeFinder tonight. Yes the whole book. It's that good. #FridayReads #GoodReadDuringHurricaneEarl

09/03/2010 - 8:54pm

http://twitpic.com/2kzeff - My #Fridayreads has changed from Mockingjay to @pattistanger 's Become Your Own Matchmaker

09/03/2010 - 8:56pm

Then We Came to the End- Joshua Ferris. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 8:59pm

RT @Tawania_E: I'm reading DemonFire by Kate Douglas @WolfTales #FridayReads

09/03/2010 - 9:00pm

#FridayReads Finishing up MR PEANUT!

09/03/2010 - 9:06pm

The Late Mrs Fonsell and Emily Hudson RT @bookladysblog: So proud of @thebookmaven and #fridayreads for busting 1K followers

09/03/2010 - 9:13pm
09/03/2010 - 9:14pm

Hope it's not too late. My #fridayreads is CHARLOTTE FIGG TAKES OVER PARADISE by Joyce Magnin Moccero @NetGalley

09/03/2010 - 9:15pm

Starting "Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn. #fridayreads #books

09/03/2010 - 9:16pm

THE #PSYCHOLOGY OF BEAUTY: thrills to the experience of #beauty in #nature and in #art & #emotion. #Fridayreads http://clfd.jp/TW_1047/

09/03/2010 - 9:21pm

My #fridayreads is Kisscut by Karin Slaughter. Whipping through it. Dark, tense thriller with great characters.

09/03/2010 - 9:26pm

Currently #reading CHARLATAN by Pope Brock. It's about conman John R. Brinkley but it's surprisingly slow-going so far #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 9:41pm

finished reread of LIBERATION, moved on to NEVER LET ME GO #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 9:45pm

Before I forget, #fridayreads: POLITE LIES (memoir) & THEN WE CAME TO THE END (Ferris), which is SO funny!

09/03/2010 - 9:53pm

Finished Unbroken by Laura hillenbrand- loved it. My #fridayreads rec is Never Let Me Go. Unbelievable book. Must see before movie is out.

09/03/2010 - 10:03pm

Finally decided on a new read...about to start Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 10:29pm

#fridayreads The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Carie Wallace is ENCHANTING!

09/03/2010 - 10:38pm

Angel With Two Faces by Nicola Upson - mystery set in 30s England with Josephine Tey as a main character. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 10:39pm

I'm #reading The Outer Banks House by Diann Ducharme. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 10:48pm

RT @RachelTachel: Reading The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family. First bio I've enjoyed in years. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 10:54pm

We kind of spaced on #fridayreads. Here's our late addition: CURSED by @nancyholder and @debbieviguie

09/03/2010 - 10:57pm

I'm curled up on the couch with two dogs, a glass of wine & Paul Auster's SUNSET PARK. #fridayreads G'night, all.

09/03/2010 - 10:57pm

digging the #fridayreads tag! I just finished Tasha Alexander's Dangerous to Know (review in the works right now)

09/03/2010 - 10:57pm

@johnnie_cakes LOL, I wish I knew there was a #fridayreads tag going around. I would have tagged my last tweet, haha!

09/03/2010 - 11:00pm

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF #CHEESE: after enjoying countless national cheeses in as many foreign lands~ #Food #Fridayreads http://clfd.jp/TW_1076/

09/03/2010 - 11:15pm

#DEMOCRACY AND #EDUCATION, John Dewey: critique and philosophies espoused by both #Rousseau and #Plato #Fridayreads http://clfd.jp/TW_1077/

09/03/2010 - 11:20pm

RT @Hippiechick68: RT @kbeninato: I got to ask @TheBookMaven a thing or 2 "Friday Reads: Readers Tweet Their Favorite Books" http://huff.to/bo5104 #FridayReads

09/03/2010 - 11:25pm

I just began Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady." First time I've read it. #fridayreads

09/03/2010 - 11:42pm

#fridayreads A ORILLAS DEL RIO PIEDRA ME SENTE Y LLORE - @paulocoelho SNIFF SNIFF ME LO OBSEQUIARON HOY QUE LINDO DETALLE

09/03/2010 - 11:42pm

The Book Studio Blog

September Top 10 Reads Review: "The Tiger" by John Vaillant

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

"The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival"
by John Vaillant  ($26.95, Knopf, 352 pages)
 
Review by Edward Champion
 
Fewer than four hundred tigers now roam the Russian Far East, but one single animal burned bright enough with vengeance to kill a desperate poacher outside a remote village.

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September's Top 10 Reads

Room: A Novel

For many of us in the Western world, September is month that spells a return to school and work after summer weeks of sun and holiday. Sobering, yes -- but just like the morning after New Year's Eve, this sort of wake-up call often involves new resolve. 

Why not resolve, this autumn, to read just a little bit more than you did last year? We've got quite a panoply of titles for you this month, from the much-vaunted novel "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen to a lesser known but well praised nonfiction read called "The Tiger" by John Vaillant. 

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Author Interview

A Conversation with Kenneth C. Davis

A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History

"What more important story is there than people killing other people in the name of religion?"

When Kenneth C. Davis, author of the celebrated "Don't Know Much" books (including "Don't Know Much About History," the 20th-anniversary volume of which will be released later this year), says this during our interview, he isn't talking about any of the occasions that might normally come to mind when you hear "people killing other people in the name of religion." He's talking about the massacre of French Huguenot (Protestant) sailors by a Spanish military commander that took place in Florida 40 years before the Mayflower and its Puritan passengers ever reached American soil. 

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