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Review: SOUTH OF NOWHERE by Minerva Koenig
I reviewedSouth of Nowhere (Minotaur Books) by Minerva Koenig for Lone Star Literary Life! This is the second in a mystery series and it's an elegantly trippy package. From the review:SPOILER ALERT:...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR July 11-17
Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 11-17, 2016: Special Events:Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 12-15Macondo Writers Workshop, 14-172nd Annual San Antonio Indie Book Fest, July 16Stop...
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Review: THE LAST MADAM by Joy Jones
I reviewedThe Last Madam: A Legend of the Texas Chicken Ranch (Treaty Oak Publishers) by Joy Jones for Lone Star Literary Life. This is a historical novel imagining the life of Edna Arretha Milton, the...
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Book Launch Party!
Congratulations to Dana Glossbrenner on publication of THE LARK (Boldface Books)! We at Boldface Books, an imprint of Bookadelphia, had our first book launch party on Friday, July 15 at The House of...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR July 18-24
Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 18-24, 2016: Special Events:10th Annual Writers' League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine, July 18-22Barrio Writers present a Week-long Writing...
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A Kineño's Journey: On Family, Learning, and Public Service
A Kineño's Journey:On Family, Learning, and Public Service(Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest) byLauro F. Cavazos & Gene P. PreussGenre: Memoir / EducationPublisher: Texas Tech...
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Review: THE DEAD WILL RISE AND SAVE US: STORIES BY PAUL PEDROZA
I reviewedThe Dead Will Rise and Save Us: Stories by Paul Pedroza (Veliz Books) for Lone Star Literary Life. This is Pedroza's versatile and compelling debut collection. From the review:Themes of...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR July 25-31
Bookish events in Texas for the week of July 25-31, 2016: Special Events:Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, July 26-29Writer's Garret 21st Birthday Celebration, Dallas, July 29-31Deep Ellum Lit Hop,...
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Excerpt and Giveaway: THE LARK by Dana Glossbrenner
THE LARKbyDana GlossbrennerGenre: Humorous Literary FictionPublisher: Boldface Books Date of Publication: June 7, 2016Number of Pages: 270Scroll down for Giveaway!You’re never too old to learn—or too...
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Review: THE SEASON by Jonah Lisa Dyer & Stephen Dyer
I reviewedThe Season (Viking) by Jonah Lisa Dyer and Stephen Dyer for Lone Star Literary Life! Imagine the result if Jane Austen were writing in Dallas in 2016. This is my pick, so far, as the best...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 1-7
Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 1-7, 2016: Special Events:Summer Book Arts Studio, Houston, August 2-5Friends of the Plano Library Book Sale, August 5-7WordWyse Exposytion, Southlake,...
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Review: THE HOPEFULS by Jennifer Close
I reviewedThe Hopefuls (Alfred A. Knopf) by Jennifer Close for Lone Star Literary Life! This is a sophisticated, acutely perceptive exploration of the corrosive effects of ambition and jealousy on...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 8-14
Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 8-14, 2016: Special Events:2016 Author Roundup, Fort Worth, August 13186TH ANNUAL 2ND TIME EVER CARNIVAL OF BOOKS!, Austin, August 13Ongoing Exhibits:Xu...
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Review: THE FAR EMPTY by J. Todd Scott
I reviewedThe Far Empty (G.P. Putnam's Sons) by veteran DEA agent J. Todd Scott for Lone Star Literary Life. I call this "border noir." From the review:“The Far Empty is a work of fiction, more or...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 15-21
Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 15-21, 2016: Special Events:Literary Libations Week (a LitCrawl fundraiser), Austin, Houston, & San Antonio, August 15-18Writespace Writers Family...
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Review: A WIFE OF NOBLE CHARACTER by Yvonne Georgina Puig
I reviewedA Wife of Noble Character (Henry Holt) by Yvonne Georgina Puig for Lone Star Literary Life! This debut novel is an update of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, set among the oil-money elite...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 22-28
Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 22-28, 2016: Ongoing Exhibits:Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June...
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Review: GOOD AS GONE by Amy Gentry
I reviewedGood as Gone (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Amy Gentry for Lone Star Literary Life! This is Austinite Gentry's debut novel which challenges the conventions of the thriller genre. From the...
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Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR August 29-September 4
Bookish events in Texas for the week of August 29-September 4, 2016: Ongoing Exhibits:Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin,...
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Review: THE JEALOUS KIND by James Lee Burke
I reviewedThe Jealous Kind (Simon & Schuster) by James Lee Burke for Lone Star Literary Life! This is Burke's second novel in the Holland Family series, a coming-of-age tale set in Houston and...
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