Friday, May 25, 2012

The #spbkchat new authors list

This week the chat was about new authors.

Next week we're talking about literary awards, on the eve of the Orange prize being awarded.

The list:

Titles:
Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Cartographer
The World of Jeeves
Tigers and Devils
Dash and Dingo
Siren's Sting
Anna Funder
Foal's Bread
Wolfbreed
Wolf's Cross
Past the Shallows
The Abused Werewolves Rescue Group
The Reformed Vampires Support Group
The Snow Child
The Haven (series)
Guards! Guards!
Shaman Bonds

Authors:
Peter Twohig
Eowyn Ivey
Favel Parrett
Lucy Ellis
Ruthie Knox
P G Wodehouse
Sean Kennedy
Catt Ford
Kerry Greenwood
Laurie R King
Agatha Christie
Andrew Swann
Jeaniene Frost
Catherine Jinks
Terry Pratchett
Simon Green
John Le Carre
Nick Haraway
Susan Kay
Rebecca Ryman
Glen Duncan

Friday, May 18, 2012

The #spbkchat French Polynesia/Oceania list

This week the chat was about literature from French Polynesia/Oceania.

Next week: New authors.

The list:





Titles:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Half Blood Blues
The Mountain
The Fix
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
State of Wonder
Treasure of The Reef
Return to the Reef
Great Expectations
Jack Maggs

Mister Pip
Paris, My Sweet
Parisian Chic
Lunch in Paris
Paris in Love
Unbroken
South Pacific
The Persimmon Tree


Authors:
Esi Edugyan
Drusilla Modjeska
Nick Earls
Jen Campbell
Ann Patchett
Mary Elwyn Bates
Peter Carey
Lloyd Jones
Charles Dickens
Willard Price
Margaret Mead
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
Ines de la Fressange
Eloisa James
Elizabeth Bard
Laura Hillenbrand
James Michener
Bryce Courteney


Links:
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/ourauckland/events/pages/pasifikafestival2012.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sia_Figiel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wendt
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/features/whetu_moana/index.asp
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=French%20Polynesia&rh=n%3A17%2Ck%3AFrench%20Polynesia&page=1

Friday, May 11, 2012

The #spbkchat general chat list

This week we had  a general, all-ranging chat.

Next week: French Polynesia/Oceania

On to the list:

Titles:
My Sister's Keeper
The Fix
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Red House
Liar
How to Ditch Your Fairy
Twilight
Fifty Shades of Grey
Frankenstein
Angelmaker
Team Human
Doc
A Wrinkle in Time
The Hunger Games (series)
Chaos Walking (series)
The Sparrow
Children of God
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Clockwork Prince
The True History of the Kelly Gang
Pandemonium
Delirium (series)
The Fault in Our Stars
Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns
Where the Heart Is
Bitter Greens
Religion for Atheists
The City & The City
State of Wonder
Railsea
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Authors:
Nick Earls
Mark Haddon
Justine Lavaworm
Sarah Rees Brennan
Mary Doria Russell
Madeline L'Engle
Peter Carey
John Green
Pat Rosier
Lauren Oliver
Kate Forsyth
Toni Morrison
Alain de Botton
Jonathon Safron Froer
Lisa Kleypas
Ann Patchett



Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=1
http://justinelarbalestier.com/books/team-human/
http://knowledgelost.org/
http://literary-exploration.com/
http://unconventional2012.wordpress.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/609466-half-stars
http://www.suzs-space.com/
http://bookthingo.com.au/category/vodcasts/
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5218E1E9A00E151
http://www.smashwords.com/

Friday, May 4, 2012

The #spbkchat reinvented classics list

This week we talked about reinvented classics.

Next week - general chat.

On to the list!

Titles:
Game of Thrones (series)
Reformed Vampire Support Group
The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group
True Blood/Southern Vampire Series
Dexter (series)
Sherlock (series)
Everneath
Starcrossed
The Muppets
Goddess Interrupted
A Christmas Carol
Hercules
Xena
Mists of Avalon
Avalon High
Camelot
Mask of Apollo
The Charioteer
The Great Gatsby
An Offer from a Gentleman
Shrek
Dante's Inferno
Lavinia
Ragnorak
The Seventh Swan
Me Before You
The Little Mermaid
The Stone Cage
Tales from the Night Garden
Bitter Greens
Banquo's Son (series)
Malcolm and Juliet
The Swan Maiden
Till We Have Faces
Ember
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Frankenstein
Beauty and the Beast
West Side Story
Grimm (TV series)
Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Where the Wild Things Are
Beauty
Much Ado About Nothing
Dracula
Jane Eyre
The Eyre Affair
Get Over It
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
Romeo & Juliet
Masters of Verona
10 Things I Hate About You
The Taming of the Shrew
Easy A
The Scarlet Letter
The Notebook
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bride and Prejudice
The Jane Austen Book Club
Lost in Austen
Mudbound
Clueless
Emma
Jane Austen Ruined My Life
Prada and Prejudice
Snow White
When She Woke
JackMaggs
Mister Pip
One Thousand Acres
Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Ever After
Mary Bennett

Authors:
Neil Gaiman
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Agatha Christie
Catherine Jinks
Meg Cabot
Mary Renault
A S Byatt
Ursula le Guin
Robin McKinley
Patricia Wrede
Mercedes Lackey
Catherynne Valente
Kate Forsyth
Tania Roxborough
Bernard Beckett
Jules Watson
C S Lewis
Bettie Sharp
Jane Austen
Eloisa James
George Eliot
Sheri S Tepper
Jasper Fforde
Michael Thomas Forde
Shakespeare
David Blixt
Hilary Jordan
Peter Carey
Lloyd Jones
Jane Smiley
Jennifer Paynter

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Hearts
http://www.theintrepidreader.com/2012/04/kate-forsyth-guest-post.html
http://www.theintrepidreader.com/2008/12/master-of-verona-by-david-blixt.html