Kittie photos & Overlooked Books for list lovers
GalleyCat is one of my favorite websites. They have all the best news from the Book Publishing Industry. Literary Kittie was so pleased to find their Annual Pet Parade. Send in your photos of your literary pets and next week they’ll start posting them.
Sticking with the GalleyCat theme. I just love a good reading list. The best of this, the best of that. But the notion of Favorite Overlooked Books of 2011 is a must have. Young Bill, please note Habibi is on their list. I would put Cheyenne Madonna by Eddie Chuculate on mine. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word of Mouth got this conversation started. The link should start with QuickTime, give it a minute. Remember libraries also buy all those unsung gems and support authors.
I also think we forget to recommend and talk about books that are not current but we uncover in book piles, sale bins and library shelves throughout the year. Oldies but goodies.
This is your chance to tell what book you think was overlooked by all those reviewers, publishers, booksellers, and award givers.
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I don’t know, Bill. Maybe I should submit my own title? Heh heh. Seriously, though, Kitty, hope you’ve submitted Literary Kittie — she’s the best I’ve seen.
Asked Facebook Friends what book they felt was overlooked this year: Friend Rilla said “Readers ought to make sure not to overlook Oklahoma native Constance Squires’ first novel ALONG THE WATCHTOWER-a feisty, compulsively readable story of a young Army brat coming of age in the 1980′s in Germany and Lawton, OK.”
Actually, that book is on both my and Kitty’s reading list!
Hmmm. I wonder what their criteria is for being “overlooked.” Habibi actually received quite a bit of press, and there was a review in Time magazine. Pretty mainstream coverage.
Perhaps the person who submitted Habibi thinks it should have received even more attention. Of course, I’d all be for that!