http://blog.mawbooks.com Maw Books - book reviews, book recommendations, book lists, online bookstore and more! Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:15:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I read The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway after reading Wendy's review over at Caribousmom and I'm glad that I trusted her review because The Cellist of Sarajevo is the type of book that I really like. And I really liked this one. Let me tell you a sad ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/22/the-cellist-of-sarajevo-by-steven-galloway/ Thanks to everybody who entered my giveaway to win two free books: Angela Ashes and 'Tis by Frank McCourt. Using random.org the two winners are: Janssen of Everyday Reading and Peng Congratulations! Email me at natasha (at) mawbooks (dot) com and I'll mail out your books as soon as ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/22/frank-mccourt-giveaway-winners/ The New York Times Bestseller List July 20th, 2008 Hardcover Fiction TRIBUTE, by Nora Roberts. A former child star returns to Virginia to rehabilitate the farm owned by her grandmother, an actress who died mysteriously. FEARLESS FOURTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum and her boyfriend Joe Morelli become involved when his cousin’s bank robbery ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/20/new-york-times-bestsellers-july-20th/ I started Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney at about midnight last night when I should have been going to sleep, but man, I devoured this book! I read it straight through and had to stop only to wipe away the tears from my eyes as I ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/20/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-a-novel-in-cartoons-by-jeff-kinney/ My library copy of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been in my house for at least four months. I've been wanting to read it for so long after hearing about it from just about everybody. After I checked it out, it just sat. ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/19/half-of-a-yellow-sun-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/ How come I can't find this new movie trailer of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer on YouTube anywhere? This trailer does showa lot, but I think it's better then the first. My husband and I both agree that Twilight has a "Smallville-ish" feel to it. If you watch Smallville (which ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/18/the-new-twilight-movie-trailer/ In my recent book review of Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo I mentioned how she deals with death. If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson is another book that deals with this subject matter but this one for teenagers. I don't want to give to ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/18/if-you-come-softly-by-jacqueline-woodson/ Wow. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos was some really nice escapism literature for me. I've been reading a lot of war torn, depressing literature lately (and seriously, when am I not?) and this one was a nice change. Love Walked In will take you ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/17/love-walked-in-by-marisa-de-los-santos/ Can you believe that TWO of the winners of The Host by Stephenie Meyer and a bunch of other goodies in my huge giveaway did NOT claim their prize? You would think that they would have checked my post where I announced the winners or have checked their emails. ... http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/16/two-new-winners-of-the-host-by-stephenie-meyer/ Well, I thought since most of my readers are Stephenie Meyer fans I would post the latest Twilight teaser trailer that aired on Entertainment Tonight. But you've already seen this a million times over already haven't you? What do you think? http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/07/15/new-twilight-scenes-from-entertainment-tonight/