Two of my favorite books from last year have been nominated for BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR. The first is the moody and lyrical A FIELD OF DARKNESS by Cornelia Read. I read it right after it came out. It's a great book and Cornelia is going to be (hell, already is) a huge talent.
The second is HOLMES ON THE RANGE by Steven Hochensmith. Those who read this blog probably already know I'm a huge fan of Steve. HOLMES ON THE RANGE had be laughing out loud like I've never done before when reading a book. And it's follow up ON THE WRONG TRACK (which I was lucky enough to get in an ARC) is just as fantastic.
I haven't read the others on the list, so I can't comment other than to say they'll have to be pretty damn amazing to be better than these two.
ALSO, Naomi Hirahara's SNAKESKIN SHAMISEN has been nonimated for BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Naomi's Mas Arai series is fantastic. I could not be happier for her.
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CONTEST REMINDER: Win an ARC of THE CLEANER! Read more here.
5 comments:
THANK YOU!!! I am going to an MWA lunch with Steve tomorrow...
Now that's a lunch I wish I could attend...
I read HOLMES ON THE RANGE and loved it. Good stuff.
What do you think about the movie that just came out? Code name: The Cleaner. (grin)
Code name what? Never heard of it ;)... (I just hope the DVD doesn't come out around my release date.
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