And the winner of The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani…..
JJT (follows on Twitter @readsalways)
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas right? Well not for Detective Salazar, he is determined to solve a recent series of murders before he retires. Venture into this dark, gritty novel and see what the buzz is around this PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author!
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And the winner of North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo is…..
Beth V (techeditor) (subscribes to blog)
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Spunky and tough Bostonian Pirio Kasparov thrills in this new mystery novel! If you caught the guest post, you will know that this book is sure to keep audiences on their toes!
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Guest blog: What Makes a Female Protagonist “Strong”?
by Elisabeth Elo, author of North of Boston
We’ve all heard discussions about “strong female protagonists” and how important they are to a book’s success. I confess that the term makes me uneasy. Because if one female protagonist is strong, what are all the others? Are they weak?
In sexist societies, women are routinely separated, classified, and judged. Often they are set in opposition to each other — madonnas vs. prostitutes; working women vs. stay-at-home mothers, and so on. It doesn’t seem right, at this point in history, to divide female fictional characters into groups as well, with one group being privileged over others.
There are about 3.6 billion women living on the earth today, and only a tiny fraction of all the possible stories about them have been told. Why should we waste our time judging how well a female character adheres to a limited number of socially acceptable attributes? Think about it. What could be more backwards-looking and conventional than a writer setting out to create a female character that other people will approve of? It’s even sadder if a writer does this to gain approval for herself.
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