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ISSN No. 1095-3973
Volume 9, Issue 7.
In This Issue:
What's New On The Bookshelves?
Visit our
Book
Review section to see what our reviewers have to say about the
latest books. See our new reviews this month in these genres:
children's, fantasy/SF, mystery/thriller and romance.
What Makes a Hit Song? by Mary Dawson
What makes a hit song?
The answers can be as many and varied as the artists and writers
who combine to create them. Mary examines Lee Ann Rimes' first hit, "Blue"
which was written by Bill Mack for Patsy
Cline over thirty years before. Patsy died before she could record it, and
Mack pulled it out of the vault for the unknown young singer with a big voice.
But what is it
about "Blue" and other hit songs that strike such a chord with a listener? Mary
Dawson the CEO of CQK Music & Records
goes looking for a hit in her latest article, "What Makes a Hit Song?"
Have Case, Will Travel by Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is best known for his novels starring Harry
Bosch. But in his new novel,
The Lincoln Lawyer (Little, Brown), Connelly
dives into the legal thriller genre with a compelling new story
about a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney named Mickey Haller.
Mickey usually represents low-lifes, but in his latest case he defends
a young real estate agent named Louis Roulet. But Roulet's case is far more
complex than it appears at first. And that's when Mickey's real troubles begin.
In this Author Essay, Michael Connelly talks about his inspiration for his
newest character, Mickey Haller.
The Origins of The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
During the Civil War, Carrie McGavock was a lonely Confederate widow who
found her calling when she turned her Tennessee plantation first into a hospital
and then an enormous cemetery when 9,000 soldiers died in one day.
She lost her three children to typhoid and suffered terrible grief. In this
Author Essay, Robert Hicks talks about why he chose this
real historical figure to write about, and how he turned her
extraordinary life story into his bestselling novel,
The Widow of the South (Warner Books).
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