Hey, Habbers: April 20, 2007
How do you know you're a Habitual Reader? Do you "buy your handbags based on what size book they will carry?" Do the "stains on your books include toothpaste?" Tell us now, or read more great entries from fellow Habbers. This week, we're featuring two sections of the Habitual Reader that you might not have noticed: Survivor: Book Island and Table for Four. Also, our Spotlight is on the book everyone, including Oprah, is talking about: Cormac McCarthy's The Road.
And we'll be back with another exclusive Author Tale next week, so keep sending your favorite author-encounter stories to authortales@habitualreader.com.
Until then, read on!  The Parrot |
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SPOTLIGHT: The Road
 Bestseller... Oprah's Book Club pick... Pulitzer Prize winner...
Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road has garnered a lot of attention in the past month.
In last week's featured review, Habber Joe Hartlaub praised The Road as "a first class example of the power and beauty of the written word when wielded by the hand of a master." What do you think? Write your own review now! |
Featured "Survivor: Book Island"
Patrick Calhoun's Picks
Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
Collected Works by Flannery O'Connor
Powerbook by Jeanette Winterston
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Featured "Table for Four"
Maria Hudgins's Picks
 Truman Capote
I love the precision of his writing. It's so clean!
Agatha ChristieShe'd probably be too shy to talk much, but I'd love to ask her how she did it.
Edgar Allan Poe
I'd like to find out what was bugging him.
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