Janet Reid, Literary Agent

It's time for the list of things that just knocked my sox off this year! First up is THE MOST DANGEROUS BOOK: The Battle for James Joy...

I  love  micropresses! I'm particularly thrilled when they are dedicated to publishing great crime novels.  This week I heard the news...

I wanted to love this movie cause I love the author and her agent, and her book to film agent. My heart was in my throat when I sat down...

I recently had lunch with an estimable editor of YA fiction. We bonded over meatloaf. He said "I like books that tug on your heartstr...

COLD STORAGE, ALASKA by John Straley Soho (Feb 2014) Edna Whelaby, while sitting on the examining table, had once told Miles that she...

THE GIRL WHO CRIED WOLF by Robert Ferrigno e-book original, 2013, $2.99 "From deep in the shadowy world of environmental extremism...

Gentle readers, Rosanne Cash.

I've read 58 books this year that were not client books or manuscripts on submission.  I keep a list of those books at LibraryThing in ...

 This image is from one of my favorite books of all time DANCERS AMONG US by Jordan Matter

Here's  a video that will charm and delight you.  No, it's not kittens or puppies. Not even sharks.  It's books. It's...

Congratulations   Diana Nyad  the first person to successfully swim with us from Havana to Florida. You reminded us: ...

  Dancers Among Us goes around the USA in Ninety Seconds from Jordan Matter on Vimeo . I wondered what this guy was doing when I saw...

If you have not yet discovered Keigo Higashino, you're in for a delightful surprise. I am a rabid fan. You will be too. With th...

 "Imagine everything you love of the world taken from you. Now imagine it being taken from your child." Read the entire essay he...

You don't need to be a die-hard fan of GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell to enjoy this book.  It's an amazing narrati...

You think this is about one thing , but it's really about something else. Read it. Prepare to not be able to do much of anything els...

MATTERHORN by Karl Marlantes. I bought it because I read a review on Shelf Awareness that I blogged about. It took me a while to find 2...

Dear Chuck Hogan: Every single washable item in my apartment is clean, and I have you to thank for it. It all started a couple weeks ag...

"If he wanted, he could fire his .45 and nothing or nobody in the world would hear other than some deer or raccoons.  Least of all Tina...