http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ Book Nook provides readers with insights into the world of books. Vick Mickunas takes you into the center of the publishing world with the latest book buzz, book reviews, and exclusive chats with authors..Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News. Find things to do In a hurry? ActiveDayton.com's twice-a-week e-mail newsletter lets you know the top five things to do in the area twice a week. Sign up en-us somatomes@gmail.com 2009-11-03T11:14:10-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/03/at_long_last_sarah_palins_conc.html While we count the days until Palinmania erupts with the approaching publication date for Sarah Palin’s memoir “Going Rogue” have you ever wondered what she would have said if John McCain had allowed her to give speech a year ago... 15521903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ politicked 2009-11-03T11:14:10-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/02/whats_the_deal_with_issue_3.html Over the last several hours I have been sitting here trying to write a book review. But the phone keeps ringing. Most of the calls are robo-calls. I have had 8 calls so far today from machines that are encouraging... 15509003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2009-11-02T15:02:16-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/01/how_to_talk_about_books_you_ha.html my jack-o-lantern When I hosted a book show on WYSO I interviewed authors about their work. Hour long interviews. There was no faking it. You read the books. Hard to have an hour long conversation by faking it. What did... 15500303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2009-11-01T18:58:30-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/31/drunk.html time for pumpkin beer Halloween is here. I am not much of a party guy but since it is a Saturday I plan to attend a costume party tonight. Saturday and Halloween are a potent combination. Watch out tonight for... 15489303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-10-31T15:09:21-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/30/sex_drugs_gefilte_fish.html 15483703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2009-10-30T21:37:00-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/29/do_you_believe_in_a_higher_pow.html what do you believe in? A new book just landed on my desk. “Good Without God - What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe” (Morrow) was written by Greg M. Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard University. This book has... 15454403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2009-10-29T10:38:48-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/28/can_marijuana_save_california.html leaving no stone unturned in California.. California was the first state to legalize the use of medical marijuana. Now legislators in California are giving some thought to passing a bill that would make marijuana legal in California as a taxable... 15436203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-10-28T10:32:04-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/27/what_ever_became_of_george_w_b.html The former president has been keeping a low profile since leaving office nine months ago. He is reportedly working on a book about the toughest decisions that he had to make while he was president. Usually former presidents hit the... 15422303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ scribbles and scraps 2009-10-27T12:19:30-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/26/limbaughs_flawed_rush_to_judgm.html what a Rush… Journalists are expected to verify facts. They need to determine if a balloon really has a child on board. When journalists rush forward without first checking their facts they can endure some embarrassment. Or not. Is Rush... 15402503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2009-10-26T10:50:12-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/25/a_haunting_halloween_read.html demonic doings “The Gates” by John Connolly, (Atria Books, 296 pages, $24). Young Samuel Johnson decided to get an early start on Halloween. On the evening of Oct. 28, Samuel and his faithful little dachshund, Boswell, rang the doorbell at... 15395903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-10-25T12:12:13-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/24/booksellers_want_target_walmar.html A savage pricing war between Amazon.com, Target, and Wal-Mart has a consortium of smaller booksellers up in arms. According to the Bloomberg News: “Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — The American Booksellers Association asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate “predatory”... 15388503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2009-10-24T10:03:27-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/23/looking_back_at_the_market_cra.html The historian and biographer Ron Chernow has an op-ed piece today in the New York Times. I have had the pleasure of a couple of interviews with Chernow and I found him to be a very thoughtful fellow. Highly intelligent.... 15372603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-10-23T12:49:05-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/22/the_odd_couplesarah_palin_and.html Oprah Winfrey has the power to sell a lot of books on her TV show. Sarah Palin’s memoir, “Going Rogue” will be published next month. Winfrey has announced that Palin will appear on Oprah on November 16. This is a... 15353803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2009-10-22T12:09:10-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/21/sarah_palinan_american_nightma.html (New York Daily News) Check this out- click HERE: Vick Mickunas... 15343303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2009-10-21T17:26:39-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/10/21/nookcom_versus_amazoncom_the_e.html 15333203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ in the Amazone 2009-10-21T10:42:37-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com