http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page All about books - in Atlanta and everywhere else en-us pkloer@ajc.com 2008-02-29T07:33:42-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/29/a_new_home_for_the_book_blog.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Loyal readers: Starting Monday March 3, The Book Page is moving. It’s now going to be a part of our Atlanta Arts blog. Here is the link. And here is it typed out: http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/. Once I get set up there,... 1967902@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-29T07:33:42-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/28/ick_ick_ick.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page My great thanks to fellow AJC scribe Chandler Brown, who read “Betrayed: The True Story of Lisa Lynette Clark” so that I would not have to. Clark, in case you’ve been immersed in re-reading Marquez lately and not following... 1936402@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-28T06:56:29-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/27/the_world_according_to_felicia.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Anticipation for “The Wire” finale is reaching “Sopranos” proportions with fans. Omar’s dead. And now the question is who’s next, if anyone. Felicia “Snoop” Pearson has a bright life ahead when the HBO show ends. She’s in Atlanta to... 1905102@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-27T07:40:08-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/26/song_yet_sung_at_margaret_mitc.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page I love Atlanta. There is no other place on the planet that could welcome author James McBride, who’s in town to read and sign his new novel about slavery, “Song Yet Sung,” and do so at the Margaret Mitchell... 1876102@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-26T07:31:08-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/25/garry_wills_and_the_gospels.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page In just the second paragraph of his new book “What the Gospels Meant,” noted Bibllical scholar Garry Wills is going to turn off a number of Christians. The Gospels, he writes, “are not historically true as that term would... 1805002@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-25T07:48:44-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/22/a_big_sloppy_kiss_for_mary_kay.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page When she sees that headline, she’s gonna say, “Ewwwwww.” But Kathy Trocheck (Mary Kay Andrews) and I go waaaay back as buds, so I can get away with it. Kathy’s much-awaited new novel “Deep Dish” is finally here, and... 1746502@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-22T07:16:45-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/21/black_history_month_not_the_us.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page One of the criticisms of Black History Month is that it sometimes tends to keep teaching about the same people in U.S. history. That’s certainly the case when the discussion turns to literature, as the Official Checklist of Sanctified... 1733802@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-21T06:55:29-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/20/what_is_it_about_gatsby.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Just about everybody acknowledges that “The Great Gatsby” is pretty great. Any time anybody ranks the greatest novels of the 20th century, or the best American novels, it’s near the top of the list. Even teenagers who hate to... 1714802@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-20T07:51:10-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/19/sitdear_good_boy.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Amy Sutherland was researching a book about animal training at a zoo for a possible book, when she came up with a far better idea. Why not take the techniques used to get animals to behave in certain ways,... 1640602@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-19T07:28:09-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/18/gullibles_travels_how_easily_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page In 1922, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Harry Chandler, invited Dr. John Binkley to come to Los Angeles and perform the miracle surgery that had made him famous. Binkley obliged, and worked his magic on a number... 1637302@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-18T06:55:31-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/15/baby_got_books.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Today’s blog is a plug for another blog. A competitor, if you wish to think of it that way, or just another spot where more people like to yammer about books. Baby Got Books is not really an Atlanta book... 1615702@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-15T07:53:36-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/14/real_romance_eye_patches_and_s.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page “If my tongue wasn’t down your throat, it was platonic.” “I’m not partying with your girlfriend, Dad, I don’t care what you say.” “I didn’t realize you only liked me when I’m drunk.” Say what? Those are a few... 1583002@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-14T07:38:15-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/13/secrets_of_the_thin_mint.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page I have been remiss in not announcing a winner for our last contest, which was to come up with an idea to help poor Dan Brown with the long-delayed sequel to “The DaVinci Code.” Fortunately, choosing was easy, as... 1551002@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Contests 2008-02-13T07:01:03-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/12/laughing_at_racism.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Touchy subject time. “A Practical Guide to Racism” is probably the most outrageous collection of horrible stereotypes and ethnic ugliness ever put between covers. It is also a spoof, a parody. A joke. It’s the handiwork of Sam Means,... 1533702@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ News and Reviews 2008-02-12T06:54:45-05:00 http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/entries/2008/02/11/7day_author_forecast_for_feb_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_book_page Hallelujah! I am back from the dead, or at least the bed, as in the place I spent six straight days with a fairly unpleasant case of flu. We’ll get some good topics going this week to make up for... 1522802@http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/book/ Atlanta Events 2008-02-11T10:04:01-05:00