Yesterday I went to visit friends who are staying here on the Outer Banks. They had celebrated Christmas here and thus all their presents were under the tree. Soooo, I being a book voyeur started taking toll of what was there thinking that books tell so much about a person. I am sure you have done this. I was trying to match the gifts with the recipient.
It's just about 7AM the morning after Christmas and folks already are headed to the after-Christmas sales. I find it very interesting that bookstores stay open late for the on-sale dates of Harry Potter, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton's books, but I cannot recall any opening early for the release of a book. What book would you get up at dawn to go by at 50-60% off? Good question, eh? After all, there are millions of people heading out to buying wrapping paper at 50% off right now. Now that is a concept that completely bypasses me.
As promised in our December 17th Bookreporter.com newsletter, here is my new blog. I was stuck when we were naming this, but I clearly knew it was was going to be musings about books, authors and life, thus this is the title we came up with.
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Coming Soon
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November's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Cross" on Prime Video, "The Day of the Jackal" on Peacock, "Dune: Prophecy" on HBO, and "FX's Say Nothing" on Hulu; the season premieres of STARZ's "Outlander" and Apple TV+'s "Silo"; the series finales of "My Brilliant Friend" on HBO, "Three Women" on STARZ, and "Disclaimer" on Apple TV+; the season finale of "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol" on AMC; the filmsWicked and Small Things Like These in theaters, as well as Debbie Macomber's Joyful Mrs. Miracle on Hallmark Channel; and the DVD releases of It Ends with Us and Someone Like You.