Sign up for World Book Night 2013

It's been a long time since I've written in.  So much has happened that it's best to skip over Hurricane Sandy and two weeks in France.

I did want to spread the word about World Book Night for 2013.  Not only have books been selected but they are accepting applications for givers.  The deadline for giver applications is Jan 25, 2013. Head to WBN USA website to apply. 

Here's the list of the 2013 World Book Night books:
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

David Benioff's  City of Thieves
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

Willa Cather's My Antonia

Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring

Sandra Cicernos' The House on Mango Street (in English and Spanish)

Pablo Coelho's The Alchemist (in English and Spanish)

Vanessa Diffenbaugh's The Language of Flowers

Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time

Tina Fey's Bossypants

Lisa Genova's Still Alice

John Green's Looking for Alaska

John Grisham's Playing for Pizza

Hillary Jordan's Mudbound

Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth

Michael Lewis' Moneyball
J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar
Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress
James Patterson's Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Michael Perry's Population:485

Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens

Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief
Nora Roberts' Montana Sky
Lisa Scottoline's Look Again
David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day
Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexis M. Smith's Glaciers 
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 
Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 
Favorite American Poems in Large Print edited by Paul Negri

I've read a few of the books on the list and plan to read as many of them as I can this 2013.  If these books were chosen to introduce nonreaders to an appreciation and love of reading,  every one of the books must be pretty amazing.  

In the weeks that I haven't been writing, I've been read David Benioff's City of Thieves and Lisa Scottoline's Look Again.  Reviews to follow!