There are books (and pieces of writing, articles, poems, etc.) that make me want to run into the street and grab the nearest person and tell them how much I love that book; this blog will in some part be my street and you, reading it, will be that person.
On a more basic note, I’m a writer and book reviewer in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve worked in publishing for the past 20 years as a proofreader, copyeditor and editor, along with a short hitch from 1995-98 with local alterna-weekly Creative Loafing as music editor.
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Sorry it’s taken me so long to get here but yes I am now enjoying what you are offering. Thanks Gina.
I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the book that the AJC reviewed in its Sunday Arts section about a week ago. I believe it takes place in Appalachia, maybe Ohio/West Virginia. I recycled my paper before I remembered to write it down. I found this site while trying to find it on line.
Thank you,
Hi there — the book is The Evening Hour, by Carter Sickels (Bloomsbury, paperback original, $15). It is set in West Virginia; the author grew up in Ohio. My review is now on this site: Crawling from the Wreckage.
We enjoy your articles in the Sunday AJC. Thanks for bringing good literature to the Atlanta community! So glad to have found your blog! Jan and Bob, Atlanta Vintage Books
Hi Jan and Bob! Thanks for reading my reviews and my blog. I love your store — need to get back out to Brookhaven soon and do some browsing again.