http://www.louisvillemojo.com/books News from our books & literature Channel http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=82471&blogid=19756 A man with supernatural powers seeking vengeance. An FBI agent investigating the death of a Munchkin in the Land of Oz. A girl who vanishes from a birthday party only to re-appear six years later. One man's investigation into the death of America as Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:37:42 EDT Channel82471 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=82435&blogid=32085 The Kentucky Book Fair is Saturday. So is the Almost Famous Authors Faire . Two book fairs (or faires) on the same day? Somebody might want to check their calendar next year. The 200-writer strong guest list at this year's Kentucky Book Fair will fea Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:05:45 EDT Channel82435 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=82230&blogid=7387 In his upcoming book celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Monarchs, Billy Reed calls the band "Louisville's ambassadors of rock n' roll. The book, which includes a DVD cut into the cover, will retail for $34.95 and be available at local stores sta Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:56 EDT Channel82230 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=82205&blogid=7387 Most of us have a certain picture in our mind of what war is like, though few of us have ever experienced it, except through movies, TV and books. Even in popular culture, it takes a skilled storyteller to describe what combat is really like. A new b Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:38:35 EDT Channel82205 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=82016&blogid=32085 In a deceptively daring and layered new novel, Spenser the private eye meets "Of Mice and Men" on the mean streets of Boston. In "The Professional," the 38th book in the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker, the surprisingly literate detective with no Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:10:56 EDT Channel82016 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=81852&blogid=4433 I've been navigating the path through this book for some time now; it's difficult at times, for me. . . everything hits home in such a dramatic, way. . . as though it were a book of confirmation. [I'm not Catholic LOL]. I've shared this excerpt with Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:00:40 EDT Channel81852 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=81512&blogid=32085 Was it 'Where the Wild Things Are'? Or was it 'Treasure Island'? Maybe 'The White Mountains'? What book got you hooked on reading? First Book, an organization that works to provide new books to children, is sponsoring its annual "What Book Got You Ho Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:43:41 EDT Channel81512 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=81457&blogid=32356 The Almost Famous Authors' faire, being held Nov. 7, 2009 at the historic Galt House Hotel, will showcase authors from around the region and will bring readers and writers together for a day of sharing the love for the written word! Who: AFAF is the Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:54:12 EDT Channel81457 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=81041&blogid=7977 I had a Librarian in Junior High School who brought me into her "office" to scold me for turning down the corners of pages in books I had checked out. She gifted me a bookmark she had made or purchased. I wish I still had it. It was probably returned Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:19:30 EDT Channel81041 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=79775&blogid=31630 What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:57:45 EDT Channel79775 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=79682&blogid=31630 There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smoke able which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like p Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:47:50 EDT Channel79682 http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/blog.cfm?entryid=79490&blogid=22322 I'm not sure I understand this. Why is it that when you write a book, and all of your friends want to be in said novel, that they never buy one. I remember, with my first story, that I had all of my friends telling me that they were going Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:43:44 EDT Channel79490