Reading a book? $9.99 or so. Reading a book with a friend? Priceless.
So much of reading is solitary. But the shared reading experience binds us together in many ways, often unexpected.
Here at The Hawaii Project, we have an unsurprising interest in books set in Hawaii, or by authors with a connection to Hawaii.
We recently became aware of two new interesting books by Kauai Bill Fernandez, you may want to check them…
Ancillary Justice was the “it” book of science fiction in 2013. It won the 2014 Hugo, the Nebula, the Arthur C. Clarke, the Locus, and other awards. The list of books that have simultaneously won those awards is the pantheon of science fiction. We’re talking Dune…
I recently reviewed the books I read last year. Some great stuff, but also too much “bookish junk food”. I’m committed to reading better this year.
(btw. I made a music playlist for this book. Salter always makes me think of jazz. Go ahead and…
The irony of building a book discovery web site is that my TBR pile gets increasingly huge (~300 books and counting), while I have increasingly less time to read. Still, this year I spent a lot of time on planes. Handling family obligations, traveling to the Anasazi Southwest (and…
Indie publishing has created a revolution. Hugh Howey became one of the top selling science fiction authors via self-publishing. Author Earnings reports that indie published titles are approaching 45% of all eBook unit sales on Amazon!
Song of the Exile is an extraordinary, powerful, heartbreaking novel. It follows the lives of Keo, a native Hawaiian who burns to play jazz, and Sunny, a Korean/Hawaiian student, as they fall in love, are separated by the tides of World War II, and try to find…
You probably know Pressfield as the author of Gates of Fire. Or maybe The Legend of Bagger Vance. Or maybe The War of Art. All amazing works.
The Knowledge is like no other Pressfield book. Hemingway famously said “Writing is easy. All you…
Few things make better gifts than a thoughtfully chosen, personalized book.
But finding great, unique books has always been a challenge. It’s hard enough to find great books for yourself. Somebody else? Fugetaboutit!
I recently finished The Pigeon Tunnel, the ‘autobiography’ of David Cornwell, aka John Le Carré, the well known writer of espionage novels.