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What are the best platforms for social reading? Which, if any, are you using and what are your tips for sharing your reads online? 1. Goodreads This titan of personalised book recommendations uses algorithms created by an engine that "analyses 20 billion data points" and has a very strong social component. Described by its creators as "the Netflix of book recommendations", it also includes quizzes, quotes, its own awards and even a reading challenge. 2. But did Amazon really need to buy Goodreads? 3. The new Penguin Random House platform, launched this Thursday, is conceived as a bunch of online personalised "shops", organised by "streets", where readers can review and display they favourite books in beautifully-presented shelves. 4. 5. Book Reviews. JANUARY MAGAZINE - Book News, Reviews, Author Interviews.
"Patterns" by Kristiina Ehin, recommended by The... The most eagerly awaited fiction of 2015. This year was, by virtually all accounts, a big one for fiction: new novels by Sarah Waters, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Colm Tóibín, Howard Jacobson and Ali Smith, with the final two appearing on the Man Booker shortlist; at the end, the prize was won by Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan in the year that finally allowed American writers into the competition.
There were short-story collections by Hilary Mantel and Rose Tremain, and enormously successful novels in the shape of Jessie Burton’s bestselling debut The Miniaturist and Neel Mukherjee’s second novel The Lives of Others that also found favour with the Booker judges. So what does 2015 have in store? January kicks proceedings off with some pretty compelling narratives. Books Section. Barbara Berman reviews Heather Christle's Heliopause today in Rumpus Poetry. ...more Yumi Sakugawa discusses her latest book, Ikebana, discovering meditation, exploring blank spaces, and drawing a world of sentient oranges and one-eyed monsters. ...more Connor Goodwin reviews The Mountain and the Wall by Alisa Ganieva today in Rumpus Books. ...more I wanted what Ari wanted: affirmation that I could be a good mother while making mistakes and having ugly, difficult thoughts....more Jeff Lennon reviews Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Lighting the Shadow today in Rumpus Poetry. ...more.
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He's a novelist and a poet too. And all of his work in music has been informed by this literary identity. (His first band was The Birthday Party, named after a play by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter.) Books that changed me: Daniel Herborn Daniel Herborn Daniel Herborn is a writer and lawyer who lives in Sydney. Turning Pages: The dominance of Gone Girl in the domestic noir world Jane Sullivan Ever since Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl exploded onto the literary scene with sales in the millions and a high-profile film to follow, and then yet more huge sales, publishers and readers have been on the lookout for something that will have the same magic appeal.
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“We have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims. Our current President is one. We know he’s not even an American,” the audience member said. “We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. TIME - Current & Breaking News. The New Yorker. Books, Readings, and Lectures in New York City. Harper's Magazine. Harper's Magazine. World Edition - The Atlantic. Ben Carson is rising. How long until he falls? How long can Ben Carson last?
If history is any judge, the answer is "not long. " That's what happens to candidates like him: They receive a surge of interest, get subjected to media scrutiny, don't fare too well under that scrutiny, and fade away in short order. One might argue that this is the year that proved historical precedents are meaningless, but that may only apply to Donald Trump, a unique candidate if ever there was one. So while politics is always unpredictable, chances are strong that Ben Carson's elevated status will be temporary. Nevertheless, he deserves some credit for managing to push himself toward the front of the pack without the benefit of a Trump-like wave of news coverage. It's rooted in the fact that he's one of the "outsider" candidates, which proves that no matter how many times candidates tell voters, "Support me because I have no experience in a job like this and barely any idea what it involves," some voters will buy it.
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