by Jamie Chavez | Jan 18, 2016 | Books You Might Like
Back in 2012 I wrote an article called “My Favorite Book … This Year.” I do track what I read, and I know my reading tastes well enough that I generally end up with a year’s worth of excellent books. They should all be favorites—but there are always some standouts....
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 5, 2015 | The Book Biz
I’ve had more than one occasion to look up best-seller lists from decades past, often when I’m researching for this blog. I’ve read my share of books (and my mother read a lot before me, so those books were around the house when I was growing up), but … I haven’t...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 10, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers, The Writing Craft
I’ve written about David Nicholls before.* If you’ve been around here long, you’ll know I truly loved—loved—One Day, but the fact is, I’ve read all his novels, in order, and I’ve enjoyed them all. In brief, having just reviewed those old articles, here’s what I said:...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 8, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers, Your Editor Says …
I read quite a bit of Shirley Jackson’s fiction in middle and high school—lots of her short stories, and the “fictionalized memoirs” Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons. Since the former begins with a family that has “two children and about five thousand books,”...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 3, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers, Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
One meaning of the word fan, according to my fave dictionary, is “an enthusiastic devotee of a sport (as baseball) or diversion (as ballet) usually as a spectator rather than a participant” and/or “an ardent admirer or champion (as of a person, technique, or...
