And so Shimmer is officially released. I had a great reading at Davis-Kidd this week. Thanks to everyone who turned out. There are pictures here and here. And I’m off to more bookstores over the next month.

And I did an interview about the book on Live@9, a local morning talk show. See it here.

Also, an interview on KATU, another local morning talk show. See it here.

The Memphis Flyer did a nice story about me, here.

As part of the official launch, there’s a blog tour underway, including reviews of the book from all sorts of reviewers. I’ll link to the reviews as they go up. Thanks to all the bloggers for reading Shimmer.

Some of the reviews and Blog posts so far:

Publisher’s Weekly: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670528.html

BookingMama: http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-shimmer.html

Collected Miscellany: http://collectedmiscellany.com/2009/06/shimmer-by-eric-barnes/

PassionForThePage: http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2009/07/shimmer-by-eric-barnes.html

Starting Fresh: http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/2009/07/shimmer-blog-tour.html

Clark Isaacs:  http://newsblaze.com/story/20090522053819clar.nb/topstory.html

Booksie’s Blog: http://booksiesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/shimmer-by-eric-barnes.html

BooksForFree: http://thisbookforfree.com/?p=1002

Write for a Reader: http://writeforareader.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-tour-review-shimmer.html

Beatrice: http://beatrice.com/wordpress/2009/07/20/eric-barnes-guest-author/

Bookfoolery: http://bookfoolery.blogspot.com/2009/07/shimmer-by-eric-barnes.html

Linus’s Blanket: http://www.linussblanket.com/2009/07/shimmer-by-eric-barnes/

Am I allowed to comment on the reviews? I think I am. What I like most — besides the fact that these people took the time to read and write about my book, which is fantastic — is that, to varying degrees, each reviewer was a little surprised by some aspect of the book. Thrown off by the lack of violence, by the uncertain motivations of the narrator, by the increasingly sad and confused inner life of Robbie.

Thanks to everyone. More to come.

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