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Copyright is the right to copy: a rant about infringement
Posted in Asides, tagged copyright, copyright infringement on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What to expect for the rest of 2009
Posted in Asides on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m finding it increasingly harder to locate copies of bestsellers published before 1940 and even more recent titles are getting scarce. Fortunately, some of the great older books are being reissued either in paperback or in digital format.
I’ll be finishing out 2009 with reviews of an assortment of vintage books I have unearthed. Most will [...]
Two ‘38 top books held over on 1939 list
Posted in 1938 Bestselling Novels, 1939 Bestselling Novels, Asides on May 24, 2009 | Comments Off
On the 1939 bestseller list are two titles that were in the top 10 the previous year as well.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier held third place in 1939, up from fourth place on the 1938 bestseller list. The tale of the romantic lass who finds herself playing second fiddle to her husband’s late wife in [...]
Please don’t steal my content
Posted in Asides on May 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I found to my dismay this morning that a blog about weddings has reprinted one of my reviews without permission. I will, of course, be following up to nab the culprit.
I make my book reviews available free via a widget. Get the widget, get the reviews, stay out of trouble.
Copy my work without permission, even [...]
Drop back 100 years tomorrow
Posted in Asides, tagged Mary Roberts Rinehart, Robert Ruark on March 3, 2009 | Comments Off
My plan to review the 1959 bestsellers from 1-10 order ran into a snag. I haven’t gotten to the library to pick up the #10 book on the list.
Tomorrow instead of a review of Robert Ruark’s Poor No More from 50 years ago, I’ll post a review of a 1909 bestseller that I read [...]
Lolita a bestseller in ‘59 as well as ‘58
Posted in Asides, tagged Lolita, Nabokov on February 18, 2009 | Comments Off
Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov was number 8 on the 1959 bestseller list. It had been number 3 for the previous year. My review of the novel is listed under the 1958 bestseller category.
If you look at the bestseller lists of the first half of the twentieth century, you’ll find many instances when a book stayed [...]
My 1947 top picks
Posted in 1947 Bestselling Novels, Asides, My Top Pics on October 13, 2007 | Comments Off
There are many pounds of entertaining reading on the 1947 bestseller list for 21st century readers. Novel buyers that year got plenty for their money. My favorite is the weighty novel of the Confederacy, House Divided by Ben Ames Williams.
Where to Find 1957 Bestsellers
Posted in Asides on August 29, 2007 | Comments Off
If you’re at all like me, the first place you look for books is your public library.
My local library, Kinney Memorial, has On the Beach in its young adult section. Why a tale of nuclear holocaust is considered young adult reading is beyond me. But then The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Moby Dick are in the young [...]
If You’d Rather Watch ‘57 Bestsellers
Posted in 1957 Bestselling Novels, Asides on August 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I mentioned in an earlier post that Of Love Possessed, the top novel in ‘57, was made into a movie. Other top novels of 1957 that got the Hollywood treatment were Peyton Place; Compulsion; Rally Round the Flag, Boys; and On the Beach. (Look at that. All I have to do is think about [...]
My Picks for 1957
Posted in 1957 Bestselling Novels, Asides, My Top Pics on August 28, 2007 | Comments Off
Looking back at the 1957 bestsellers from 60 years later, I rank Compulsion by Meyer Levin and On the Beach by Nevil Shute as the best reading of that year’s top ten.Both these novels are top-notch entertainment on topics that remain timely. Compulsion deals with why smart people commit crimes. On the Beach deals with [...]
