Football Widows Book Club

Yep, it's National Novel Writing Month... so write away, readers!

National Novel Writing Month Thirty days and nights of literary abandon

Okay, football season....well, it's pretty much HERE. Let's pick a book. Anyone have any thoughts? I've recently read The Help, John Grisham's latest The Confession, a chick lit type book by Michael Lee West as well as the most recent Kathy reichs, Donna Andrews, Tess Gerristen, Janet Evanovich and Karin Slaughgter. I also enjoyed The Poison Tree from Erin Kelly; both of John Verdon's mysteries, anything from Tana French and Claire Dewitt and the City of Dead. Whew.

James Patterson made $84 million last year. Last. year. As in one year. He doesn't even write his own books. And they are terrible. Seriously, this is the year. I have got to get on this crime-vampire-romance genre bandwagon and write something. Apparently it doesn't even have to be good (I'm looking at you too $21 million in one Stephanie Meyer).

The World's Highest-Paid Authors - Forbes The golden era of books is over. Sales of adult hardcovers, the most expensive and lucrative category of books, were down 23 percent in the first half of 2011 after falling 5.1 percent in 2010. Yet the world's top-selling authors -- people like Stephenie Meyer, Stephen King, Janet Evanovich and, esp...

Hey, it's been a while. What's new?

So this article does not reference Kristen Stewart as a possibility but
I know she is on the short list and I HATE it. She is no Lisbeth.

Locating Lisbeth: The Casting Of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' : NPR We ask you to help out with the casting of the American adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Love me some libraries!

Why The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave After Cupcakes Might Be Libraries : NPR Humor us here for a second: Does it seem to anyone else like libraries are poised for their moment of pop-cultural ubiquity?

Finally
finished reading the Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest tonight (the
final book of the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson) and I must say
I'm a bit in love with the books and I can be fully on board w/ a
George Clooney lead in the American film version. Any one else read any of the books (The Girl w/ The Dragon Tattoo or The Girl Who Played w/ Fire)?

Any new news? New book reccomendations?

The OKC Friends of the Library Book Sale this weekend at the fairgrounds

Happy Weekend! Read a good book this weekend. Or watch the Olympics...either way :)

Just read Katherine Heigl signed up to play Stephanie Plum in the movies... thoughts?

Great idea April! Let's start Sense & Sensibility this week. If you're in you're in... and if not we can catch you w/ the next book!