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Hello fellow bibliophiles!
It hasn't been a very nice month, has it? Global financial meltdown. Again. London burning. Real life has just been too depressing for words. Thank heavens for books and a bit of escapism. With that in mind, have you seen this year's [[Man Booker Prize 2011|Booker longlist]]? It will get your mind off things for sure. There are some fabulous books on it and we think you should choose at least one and read it. Go on, you know you want to.
If you have a Kindle, you might like to look at Amazon's new social networking platform for the device. You can find it [http://kindle.amazon.com here]. They seem to have launched it without much of a fanfare - or were we simply not paying proper attention? - but you can rate your books, comment on them and find people with similar tastes, if you're one of those sociable reader types.
In [[David by Mary Hoffman|David]], Mary Hoffman imagines the story behind one of the world's best known sculptures, Michelangelo's statue of David. Rich in historical detail, she brings renaissance Florence alive in all its politics, intrigue and culture. As part of her very busy blog tour, Mary [[Mary Hoffman on the inspiration for David|dropped by Bookbag Towers]] to tell us all about how she was inspired to write it.
We've also been talking to several authors. We were shocked [[A Broken Childhood: A True Story of Abuse by Lydia Ola Taiwo|to read]] about how Lydia Ola Taiwo's childhood was literally broken as she moved from a happy foster home to live with her abusive and neglectful bioloigical parents. She's now an amazingly balanced person and we were delighted to take the opportunity to find out how she came through her experiences with so litte bitterness and then delve a little deeper by [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lydia Ola Taiwo|talking to her]].
Jackie Martin's [[Burglar Boy by Jackie Martin|Burglar Boy]] is a positive and uplifting story of a boy with a good heart but in the worst of circumstances. Clear and accessible writing and a message of hope. Jackie was kind enough to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jackie Martin|talk to Bookbag]] and tell us all about writing it.
The [[Chronosphere: Malfunction by Alex Woolf|second volume]] of Alex Woolf's futuristic ''Chronoshpere'' series sees the heroes learn more of where they're spending their time-suspended lives. We were keen to take the opportunity to ask Alex [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf|a few questions]].
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