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October 1, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 66th in a Series (A Little NBA Speculation) 8
by Editor
Chall writes in with this question:
Any National Book Award predictions?
Awards season is upon us. The Booker shortlist is out, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced in the next week or so, and the National Book Award finalists will be named on October 15th. Chall’s question gives us an [...]
August 26, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 65th in a Series (Poetry in the Waning Days of Summer) 3
by Editor
Michael wrote in with this question:
For some reason (an end of summer shortening of attention span, perhaps) I’m in the mood for poetry, so I was wondering if, in the interest of discussing that other form of literature, the crew at The Millions could suggest some favorite poems, poets or poetry collections (the latter would [...]
August 16, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 64th in a Series (Closed Room Mysteries) 6
by C. Max Magee
Judy wrote in with this question:
What is a “closed room mystery?” I came across this term in the blurbs for the ARC of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which I have been assigned to read for a certain project.
I googled the term and got some hints, such as that all the [...]
June 25, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 63rd in a Series (Chicago Stories) 12
by C. Max Magee
Rob writes in with this question:
I’m a seventeen year old who is going to be spending five weeks this summer in Chicago (to be specific – Evanston, since I’ll be part of Northwestern’s summer high school music institute). I’m a life-long New Jerseyan, and have never been in the city of broad shoulders for longer [...]
June 23, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 62nd in a Series (Book Review Aggregators) 5
by C. Max Magee
Margaret wrote in with the question:
Why does there not exist (or if it does exist, why isn’t it easy to find) a website for books analogous to Rotten Tomatoes for movies? Wouldn’t that be one way to drive traffic to newspaper book reviews? (In their online form, at least; that would have the added [...]
June 19, 2008
Ask a Book Question: The 61st in a Series (World War II Books for Younger Readers) 2
by C. Max Magee
We compiled some excellent lists of World War II fiction and non-fiction a while back, but one topic that wasn’t broached during those discussions was books about the war for younger readers. Ryo wrote in with a question that has spurred us to close that gap:
Im a Thirteen Year Old Boy who is interested [...]
