Worth a look if you like "non mainstream" (i.e., not listed on every got-durn "bestseller" list) books: ForeWord Magazine.. It's an online magazine about independently published books, and I see at least one or two profiled on there that I'd like to check out.
(Yes, I will admit to generally having something against bestsellers. The recent "modern" novels I've read - including some rather popular ones - have been such morasses of human dysfunction that they left me somewhat depressed. Call me a Pollyanna but I'd rather read books about people I'd aspire to be like, not want to run away from if they existed in real life.)
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Oh you are so singing my song. I have the toughest time reading "best sellers". I'm so sick of mean women and weak men. It's even harder forme because I spend Your Tax Dollars on this junk.
Give Marissa de los Santos a read. Her language is so beautiful and she doesn't hate the world. She believes in people.
Agreed! I read to relax and learn, life has enough problems already...I don't need to wallow in fictional ones in my downtime...
--- Grace in MA
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