The Book We're Talking About This Week

June 18, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The Book We're Talking About The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman $25.99, William Morrow Published on June 18th 2013 What is it about? An unnamed 7 year old lives down the lane from the Hempstocks, three generations of women who run a farm in rural England. When supernatural things start to occur, the narrator realizes that the Hempstocks are not what they seem - and are the only ones who can help. Why are we talking about it? A new adult Neil Gaiman book, especially one that doesn't belong to an existing series, is a publishing event. His fervent fan base, coupled with his final signing tour of the USA, mean that this book is going to get a lot of attention. Who wrote it? Continue reading... 11 Reasons That Zombies Are Real (NEW BOOK) Female Author Suicide-Themed Fashion Shoot Criticized, Pulled 'We Should Be Talking About Aldous Huxley, NOT George Orwell' Best New Books Out This Week The Book We're Talking About This Week 11 Most Kickass Literary Heroines New York Isn't Book Country Anymore New York Isn't Book Country Anymore 9 Weird Habits Of Famous Writers ANNE MARGARET DANIEL F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is Being Rewritten by Its Characters A new memoir has begun in the Believer magazine, with the first installment just published. It's by Robert Atwan, writing as "Thomas Buchanan." Yes, that Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, Nick's Yale frenemy, Gatsby's nemesis. Continue reading... JEB HARRISON Audiobook Lovers: Meet The Master - Simon Vance Just a minute. You've never heard of Simon Vance? Vance has narrated or co-narrated over 450 titles. If you listen to audiobooks a half dozen times a year, chances are you've heard Simon Vance. Continue reading... K.J. WETHERHOLT The Resurgence of the Short Story: The Smallest of Entryways and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes With the recent prevalence of Kindle, Nook, and other digital reading devices, short fiction has started to return as an acceptable, and salable form, in fact bringing back the form with a power and a popular respectability it has not had for some time. Continue reading... CHRIS KELLY Is Glenn Beck's New Book a Warning About the NSA? The bad guys inThe Eye of Moloch seem to be behind a huge domestic spy program to learn everything about everyone and take away their freedom. If Glenn Beck's against it, it can't be all bad. Continue reading... FOOD RIOT Accidental Food Writing: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Come for the story, stay for the food. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003