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 2008-07-19T14:19:56-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/19/franchising_skinny_bitch.html SKINNY BITCH franchise is expanding - Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin started it all with the original book, SKINNY BITCH (Running Press). That book has sold over a million copies. That success has spawned sequels like SKINNY BITCH IN... 5366903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2008-07-19T14:19:56-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/18/stephenie_meyer_rules.html Amazon.com publishes hourly charts of their best-selling books. I just took a glance and was astonished to see that Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight Saga series rules the Amazon book list these days. She has the top selling book: Breaking... 5353403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ in the Amazone 2008-07-18T15:22:38-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/17/planning_your_day_trip_to_colu.html Are you trying to plan some vacation time that won’t leave you feeling utterly fuelish? Consider a day trip to Columbus. A new book offers some wonderful suggestions about activities and attractions available in the Columbus area. The Insider’s... 5320403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ escapism 2008-07-17T13:22:40-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/16/ann_hagedorn_returns_to_booksc.html 5299903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2008-07-16T17:06:47-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/15/my_economic_stimulus_check_has.html The check really was in the mail. I’m holding it in my trembling hands - 600 big ones - 600 smackeroos - 600 large - 600 bucks - 600 dollars - my economic stimulus gift from Uncle Sam. So, what... 5264903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2008-07-15T14:55:02-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/14/get_your_crime_fiction_story_p.html Jen Marshall over at Vintage Books just dropped me a note about a nifty contest that might be of interest to some readers of this blog. Check this out: “I’m writing to let you know about a fiction contest that... 5232403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ looks good on paper 2008-07-14T12:31:44-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/13/my_interview_with_naomi_klein.html Naomi Klein’s book THE SHOCK DOCTRINE - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Picador) was just published in paperback. I interviewed her for WYSO Public Radio. That conversation aired this morning. If you missed it you can still listen by... 5216903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ audiobook extra 2008-07-13T15:52:45-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/12/deceptively_plagiaristic_cookb.html Do you believe that a watched pot never boils? If you do then you probably aren’t following the boiling mess being stirred up in the courts over some cookbooks which seem to be a wee bit alike. Of course an... 5205303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2008-07-12T07:51:00-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/11/an_interview_with_naomi_klein.html Last week I taped an interview with Naomi Klein. Her book THE SHOCK DOCTRINE - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Picador) was my favorite non-fiction book from last year. It just came out in paperback. I was able to track... 5197403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ audiobook extra 2008-07-11T16:21:16-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/10/for_book_lovers_only.html Do you love books? Can you ever have enough books? Do you just want to keep getting more and more of them so that you can hold them and feel the way the pages turn and caress them and... 5176303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2008-07-10T19:55:59-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/09/if_laura_bush_wasnt_already_sm.html Is nothing sacred? Maureen Dowd wrote an opinion piece in today’s edition of the New York Times about a new book that already has the blogs buzzing. The book won’t be out until September but the heat is rising... 5145203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ politicked 2008-07-09T17:13:59-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/08/remembering_thomas_disch.html Science fiction writer Thomas Disch has died. Here’s his obit from the LA Times: Thomas M. Disch, 68; prolific science- fiction author By Jocelyn Y. Stewart Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 8, 2008 “Even in the genre of... 5104803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2008-07-08T11:21:50-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/07/prosecuting_president_bush_for.html Last month I attended the Book Expo America conference in Los Angeles. I heard many people talking about it; the man who wrote the definitive book about Charlie Manson has written a controversial new book. Some people said that the... 5082403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2008-07-07T13:11:49-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/06/among_wild_raspberries.html The last of the beautiful black raspberries quiver pendulously on their canes. The sun shimmers upon these last precious morsels. Such sweetness! Picking the fruit gives me time to reflect. The raspberry harvest is a lot like life. There are... 5066703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ secret passions 2008-07-06T14:33:57-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2008/07/05/see_you_at_cityfolk.html The Cityfolk Festival is underway and I’m keeping my fingers crossed in the hope that it will not rain. If you are at the Cityfolk Festival this evening (Saturday) stop by the Dance Pavilion. I’ll be there to introduce the... 5058103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ memories of Dayton 2008-07-05T14:37:26-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com