Lousy Book Covers
We should say from the start, this is not passing judgment in any way on the books behind these truly awful covers captured for (digital) posterity at the Lousy Book Covers tumblr.
Book Sales Rise but Revenue Down in 2012
The mass-migration to digital books continued in 2012, as sales of printed books fell by £74 million, according to Nielsen BookScan. It was only wildfire sales of EL James’ Fifty Shades trilogy which slowed the rate of decline to 4.6% over 2011 sales of printed books.
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Tolstoy Text in Sneaky Switcheroo
Consider it another front on the battle of the e-readers. An eagle-eyed Barnes & Noble customer in the US spotted a distinctly disturbing change in the text of his digital copy of Tolstoy’s classic War & Peace: several words throughout the book had been replaced, namely the words “kindle” had been replaced by “Nook”.
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Love in a Cold Climate
The book choice for January 2013 is Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford. Love in a Cold Climate focuses on the love life of young heiress Polly Hampton, a friend and neighbor of the Radletts.
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The Sisters Brothers Tops LBG.com Traffic
The Sisters Brothers was the most popular book on LoveliestBookGroup.com in 2012, followed by We Need to Talk About Kevin and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
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A Rising Tide: Waters Reigns in 2012
Sarah Waters’ wonderful 2006 tale of forbidden love in the shadows before and after Blitz Britain, The Night Watch, earned the top spot in the list of favourite titles read this year by the Loveliest Book Group, according to a December 2012 survey of current members.
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The Beautiful and Damned
The book choice for December 2012 is The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end.
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The Parcel Yard
The Parcel Yard has become a staple for our book group, we have been meeting here regularly since June 2013. It is a pub deep in the heart of the recently refurbished King’s Cross Station. Ask for Table 59.
The Talented Mr Ripley
Our book choice for November 2012 is The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. LBG selected Highsmith’s first book, Strangers on a Train for Christmas 2010 and enjoyed her prose, even if the ending disappointed the group. In the first book of the Ripley series, Tom is a 23-year-old living in New York. He comes from a fairly disadvantaged background,
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The Grapes of Wrath
Our book choice for October 2012 is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. it tells the story of the Joad family, a poor tenant farming family from Oklahoma, as they are forced to leave their home during the Great Depression and migrate to California in search of work. The novel is set during the Dust Bowl, a period of
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