Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/categories/book-1.php http://thesop.org/categories/book-1.php 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:50:00 GMT The cover of Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs is what drew me in. Then the story successfully takes over. http://thesop.org/story/20120113/miss-peregrins-home-for-peculiar-children-by-ransom-riggs.html http://thesop.org/story/20120113/miss-peregrins-home-for-peculiar-children-by-ransom-riggs.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:38:00 GMT This book holds a special place on my bookshelf. You can always tell a good book by its reaction to the reader. http://thesop.org/story/20120111/the-replacement-by-brenna-yosanoff.html http://thesop.org/story/20120111/the-replacement-by-brenna-yosanoff.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:06:00 GMT With the tablet computer and E-readers now almost a household staple, many authors are using this medium as a opportunity to bypass traditional publication through publishing houses. http://thesop.org/story/20111227/the-soulkeepers-by-gp-ching-book-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20111227/the-soulkeepers-by-gp-ching-book-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:49:00 GMT The title of this novel is what caught my attention. Being a former teenager, and a recovering mall rat, it didnt take much for me to want to read this book. So, I hit up a library and got a copy. http://thesop.org/story/20111219/heaven-looks-a-lot-like-the-mall-book-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20111219/heaven-looks-a-lot-like-the-mall-book-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Wed, 7 Dec 2011 01:50:00 GMT Author and America's Got Talent Quarter Finalist Sati Achath's 'Hollywood Celebrities, Basic Things You've Always Wanted To Know' A Must Read http://thesop.org/story/20111206/author-and-americas-got-talent-quarter-finalist-sati-achaths-hollywood-celebrities-basic-things-youve-always-wanted-to-know-a.html http://thesop.org/story/20111206/author-and-americas-got-talent-quarter-finalist-sati-achaths-hollywood-celebrities-basic-things-youve-always-wanted-to-know-a.html judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:26:00 GMT My brother first picked out Skyship Academy, written by Nick James, for me because the cover image had a steampunk flair to it. http://thesop.org/story/20111202/nick-jamess-skyship-academy.html http://thesop.org/story/20111202/nick-jamess-skyship-academy.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:58:00 GMT Jack Engelhards Escape from Mount Moriah is a tale of survival through the eyes of innocence. http://thesop.org/story/20111122/judyth-piazza-reviews-escape-from-mount-moriah-by-jack-engelhard.html http://thesop.org/story/20111122/judyth-piazza-reviews-escape-from-mount-moriah-by-jack-engelhard.html judy@thesop.org (Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor)) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:19:00 GMT The Titanic is ready to set sail on her maiden voyage under unsavory conditions and the twentieth centuries newest heroine, Elizabeth Brunnette is the only hope to prevent her demise. http://thesop.org/story/20111116/deceit-gives-an-in-depth-look-at-the-power-of-a-woman-at-the-turn-of-the-twentieth-century.html http://thesop.org/story/20111116/deceit-gives-an-in-depth-look-at-the-power-of-a-woman-at-the-turn-of-the-twentieth-century.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:38:00 GMT For quite a few years I couldnt get my hands on an heirloom of a souvenir/ coffee table book, I inherited from a friend (in the late 1980s). Yea, I know, it was lost! It turns out it was underneath some of my teaching ephemera/aids and (haphazardly) stuffed in a remote corner of my closet. http://thesop.org/story/20111111/a-remarkable-artifact-for-jfk-assassination-aficionados-jesse-currys-personal-account-and-files.html http://thesop.org/story/20111111/a-remarkable-artifact-for-jfk-assassination-aficionados-jesse-currys-personal-account-and-files.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:54:00 GMT Society celebrates the rebel in young men but will go to almost any length to quash it in girls. I think the reason is rooted in fear, the same fear of women that motivates many terrorists. http://thesop.org/story/20111024/thanks-to-djelloul-marbrook-for-his-fearlessness-in-these-dark-times.html http://thesop.org/story/20111024/thanks-to-djelloul-marbrook-for-his-fearlessness-in-these-dark-times.html willnixon2001@yahoo.com (Will Nixon) Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:20:00 GMT 'Ideas and Jellyfish' is a new treat for lovers of humor and adventure. http://thesop.org/story/20111016/ideas-and-jellyfish-a-book-of-humor-and-adventure.html http://thesop.org/story/20111016/ideas-and-jellyfish-a-book-of-humor-and-adventure.html dempsey87@yahoo.com (Ernest Dempsey) Sun, 18 Sep 2011 04:24:00 GMT Recently, a friend recommended I check out John Green's An Abundance of Katherines. I had heard of John Green and his brother Hank from the video blog Brotherhood 2.0. http://thesop.org/story/20110917/john-greens-an-abundance-of-katherines.html http://thesop.org/story/20110917/john-greens-an-abundance-of-katherines.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:43:00 GMT Candles by Ernessa T. Carter takes the reader on an awesome and hilarious journey. http://thesop.org/story/20110718/sola-fasehum-reviews-32-candles.html http://thesop.org/story/20110718/sola-fasehum-reviews-32-candles.html contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 7 Jul 2011 19:47:00 GMT The majority of fantasy literature is pretty serious. Fairy tales themselves were there to teach a lesson and keep children on the right path so nothing bad would happen to them. http://thesop.org/story/20110707/the-wee-free-men-by-terry-pratchett-review.html http://thesop.org/story/20110707/the-wee-free-men-by-terry-pratchett-review.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Sat, 7 May 2011 02:59:00 GMT Through a friend of a friend and Facebook, I got to meet Angela Carlie, a fellow author trying to get a book published. Her debut novel, Dream Smashers, is now available in e-book format, and I got to read it. http://thesop.org/story/20110506/dream-smashers-by-angela-carlie.html http://thesop.org/story/20110506/dream-smashers-by-angela-carlie.html crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff )