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 2013-04-29T11:50:37-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/04/29/joe_hills_nos4a2_will_be_one_o.html smokin’ hot! Joe Hill’s latest novel “NOS4A2” was just published. I have read it and I predict that this book will be HUGE. Do you like a good horror novel? Then be sure to check out “NOS4A2.” The book is... 17419375@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2013-04-29T11:50:37-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/04/13/lisa_scottoline_returns_to_day.html Best-selling author Lisa Scottoline’s latest thriller is “Don’t Go” (St. Martin’s). I caught up with Lisa on the telephone last month and taped an interview for WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs. We talked about the successful career that she... 17418991@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2013-04-13T12:40:46-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/04/04/dusty_bakers_hitting_handbook.html The radio is tuned to the Reds game this afternoon. They just ran an ad for a new electronic book by Reds skipper Dusty Baker. “Dusty Baker’s Hitting Handbook” is now available for downloading as an eBook. Batter up! Vick... 17418774@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2013-04-04T12:56:41-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/03/26/edith_hamiltons_mythology_now.html My high school years were a time when I discovered many of the great books. One of my particular favorites was Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology.” Hamilton (1868-1963) wrote one of the most approachable texts for gaining a comprehension of the ancient... 17418556@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ audiobook extra 2013-03-26T12:36:28-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/03/20/100_years_later_here_comes_the.html This week we are marking the 100th anniversary of the great flood of 1913. Tune in for my interview with Geoff Williams this Sunday morning at 11. Geoff has written a book about it: ” WASHED AWAY- How the Great... 17418414@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ memories of Dayton 2013-03-20T13:14:57-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/03/17/remembering_the_great_flood_of.html 100 years ago this week a terrible flood wrought death and destruction across a wide area of the midwest. Dayton was one of the communities that was hit the hardest. Geoff Williams is a Middletown native and he just published... 17418325@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2013-03-17T10:44:15-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/02/19/you_can_listen_to_100_author_i.html Back in 1994 when I first began interviewing authors on the radio the technology was really different. If there was e-mail I didn’t have access to it. The radio station didn’t have a website. If I wanted to tape record... 17417309@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ heard on the radio 2013-02-19T11:12:53-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/02/08/wyso_public_radio_turns_55.html 55 years ago today WYSO-FM in Yellow Springs made their first broadcast. WYSO has grown a lot over the last 55 years. The station has posted a timeline delineating many significant moments in WYSO’s history. You can scroll through the... 17417064@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2013-02-08T10:37:29-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/01/31/a_tale_from_the_trenches.html Over the years I have dealt with a lot of book publicists. And there are as many kinds of publicists as there are kinds of people. They run across the whole range of human possibility. Some are really passionate about... 17416824@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2013-01-31T09:52:07-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/01/29/sharon_shorts_my_one_square_in.html 17416736@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ looks good on paper 2013-01-29T00:38:11-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/01/15/new_dan_brown_novel_is_announc.html code red Today Dan Brown’s publisher Doubleday announced that the author will have a new book out in the spring. Brown’s “Da Vinci Code” blockbuster will always be a hard book to top. His latest effort will be called “Inferno.”... 17416377@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2013-01-15T12:37:20-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2013/01/06/my_favorite_books_from_last_ye.html In case you missed the list of my favorite books from 2012… To see my fiction faves: click HERE To read my non-fiction picks: click HERE... 17416133@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2013-01-06T15:47:32-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/12/26/do_you_have_a_new_ebook_reader.html Lots of eBook readers were given as gifts over the holidays. Did you give anybody an eBook reader as a gift this year? Did you receive one? What kind? What do you think ? Do you like it??... 17415904@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2012-12-26T13:04:47-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/12/10/wyso_is_going_back_to_antioch.html Today, Antioch University has announced the transfer of WYSO from the University to Antioch College. And the press release just went out… click HERE:... 17415520@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2012-12-10T10:38:06-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2012/12/03/have_you_read_any_good_books_l.html Almost every day somebody asks me Vick, have you read any good books, lately? Usually I respond by saying yes, quite a few. There are so many good books to choose from. If I start reading one that isn’t very... 17415379@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2012-12-03T19:16:53-05:00 somatomes@gmail.com