Envy
Registered by princess-peapod of San Luis Obispo, California USA on 12/16/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by princess-peapod from San Luis Obispo, California USA on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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From Publishers Weekly
Style and form are usually the least of prolific bestselling romance/thriller writer Brown's concerns, but in her latest effort she takes on an unusual challenge, setting out to craft a novel within a novel within a novel. The onion begins to peel when editor Maris Matherly-Reed plucks a prologue from the slush pile and finds herself hooked by the steamy prose. The author has furthermore titillated her by breaking the rules: no SASE, no cover letter. Maris knows only that his initials are P.M.E. and he lives on St. Anne Island in Georgia. (How does she know P.M.E. is a man? She... knows.) Gutsy, idealistic, deliciously sexy, Maris is married to philandering sociopath Noah Reed, who runs Matherly Press with Maris and her father, Daniel, last of the silver-maned gentleman publishers. As for P(arker) M(ackensie) E(vans), he's a bitter, wheelchair-bound, first-time novelist or is he? Is he using Maris to avenge himself against Noah, or does he love her madly or can the answer be all of the above? Cutting back and forth between the bernovel and Parker's autobiographical novel about a purloined novel, Brown stages one dramatic scene after another. The narrative voices don't change much (although the typefaces do), but Brown's loyal legions frankly won't give a damn.
"Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack." --Virginia Woolf
~Walter Sickers
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From Publishers Weekly
Style and form are usually the least of prolific bestselling romance/thriller writer Brown's concerns, but in her latest effort she takes on an unusual challenge, setting out to craft a novel within a novel within a novel. The onion begins to peel when editor Maris Matherly-Reed plucks a prologue from the slush pile and finds herself hooked by the steamy prose. The author has furthermore titillated her by breaking the rules: no SASE, no cover letter. Maris knows only that his initials are P.M.E. and he lives on St. Anne Island in Georgia. (How does she know P.M.E. is a man? She... knows.) Gutsy, idealistic, deliciously sexy, Maris is married to philandering sociopath Noah Reed, who runs Matherly Press with Maris and her father, Daniel, last of the silver-maned gentleman publishers. As for P(arker) M(ackensie) E(vans), he's a bitter, wheelchair-bound, first-time novelist or is he? Is he using Maris to avenge himself against Noah, or does he love her madly or can the answer be all of the above? Cutting back and forth between the bernovel and Parker's autobiographical novel about a purloined novel, Brown stages one dramatic scene after another. The narrative voices don't change much (although the typefaces do), but Brown's loyal legions frankly won't give a damn.
"Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack." --Virginia Woolf
Journal Entry 2 by princess-peapod at Avila Beach Post Office in Avila Beach, California USA on Friday, December 19, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (12/19/2008 UTC) at Avila Beach Post Office in Avila Beach, California USA
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"A book is a mysterious object, I said, and once it floats out into the world, anything can happen. All kinds of mischief can be caused, and there's not a damned thing you can do about it. For better or worse, it's completely out of your control."
Paul Auster
"A book is a mysterious object, I said, and once it floats out into the world, anything can happen. All kinds of mischief can be caused, and there's not a damned thing you can do about it. For better or worse, it's completely out of your control."
Paul Auster
Took from Joe Momma's bookcrossing zone.
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Adding to 30 books in 30 days box o' books (by trekwoman)
Adding to 30 books in 30 days box o' books (by trekwoman)
Journal Entry 5 by trekwoman from -- Somewhere In The State --, California USA on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I know I've not read this book. Thanks for including it with the rest in our 30Days box.
Update: I'll be reading this and sending it svoight, winner of my Change is Good! Book Contest.
Update: I'll be reading this and sending it svoight, winner of my Change is Good! Book Contest.
Journal Entry 6 by trekwoman from -- Somewhere In The State --, California USA on Thursday, September 24, 2009
Well, this one has it all: liars, schemes, cheaters, crusty Southern types and hardbitten New York bitches. Actually, it all was a bit much for my taste. I hated the husband, loathed the Daddy's Girl Done Wrong storyline, and I wanted to punch Maris for being such a dipstick.
Journal Entry 7 by trekwoman at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, September 26, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/26/2009 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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[R: Change is Good! draw winner] Mailing today to svoight. Enjoy!
[R: Change is Good! draw winner] Mailing today to svoight. Enjoy!
Thanks for sending this book to me for winning your Change is Good drawing, I look foward to reading it and passing it on!
Journal Entry 9 by bookstogive at Little Free Library #6127 - 411 Beach Dr. in Springville, Tennessee USA on Friday, December 18, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (12/18/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library #6127 - 411 Beach Dr. in Springville, Tennessee USA
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