I don’t know what it’s like to work in an industry for 20+ years. I don’t know what it’s really like to do a job without email and systems to aid and/or complicate my job.
But I’d like to think that regardless of my age, I would learn to embrace the new especially when it’s clear that it’s becoming “the way” for my industry.
Analysis is important. Getting estimates and comps right, is important. Filling out your title information so they can get into a data feed, CRITICAL.
In honor of Mother’s Day, Jennifer Gilmore picks the worst mothers you’ll find in literature.
This list is definitely not exhaustive. I would have liked to add Margaret White from “Carrie” to this list. Who do you think is missing?
Put a big dent in “Life After Life” this afternoon, but I have to take a break because I’m just so sad about the way this poor girl’s lives are going.
Finished “The Watchman” by Robert Crais. This was a gift from the Boo as his father is a huge fan and it was a deal of the day. I have never heard of this author before, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The Boo thought that this was the very first Crais novel, but he has another series starring Elvis Cole with Joe Pike as a secondary character. In the Joe Pike series, it seems to be the reverse.
I need to read a little bit more to make this statement I’m sure, but since the books are similar and I’ve only read one of each, I think i like Joe Pike more than Jack Reacher as a tough, laconic, detective with a tragic past. I just found Pike to have a little bit more realness to him, and I liked that he was a vegetarian mercenary.
I give this a B+. Looking forward to reading more Crais in the future.
17/50
Up next: “Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson
Wow. Sometimes I forget how many units trade books from trade houses can actually move because I’m so used to academic now.
Pulled a list of juvenile sales from Bookscan. The Hunger Games is in the 4.5 millions, and Bookscan is a smaller number than what has actually sold through. Over 4.5 million books in 18 months…and that’s just the first title in the series, not the entire trilogy or the box sets.
How important is reading in your family?
I am forever grateful that my parents spent the time to read with my brother and I as kids.
Finished “I, Lucifer” by Glen Duncan last night. This was such a well-written book. Even though it wasn’t very long, I found myself slowing down a bit to make sure that I didn’t miss a detail in Lucifer’s retelling of his fall, and the present accounting of his human experience.
I feel like if you’re a fan of Supernatural, you’d probably enjoy this book because some of the major player angels and fallen angels in that show, pop up in this novel. I’d be interested to hear if people felt the personalities matched up at all.
I really enjoyed this book, although it did make me a little depressed about how humanity is described.
Definitely curious to check out some of Duncan’s other works. I give this a solid A.
16/50
Up next: “The Thieves of Book Row” by Travis McDade
So i totally scored on some sweet reads at central book exchange
Super diggin’ that copy of Gray’s Anatomy
S is for Space cover is lovely.
The American Library Association has released its study of the most frequently challenged books of 2012, a list that includes classics and YA touchstones alike. But books have been challenged, bann…
This made me laugh. Love Flavorwire’s book info-lists.
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