Labor Day Weekend Reading

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Hip hip hooray, it’s Labor Day! For us (and hopefully you) that means a nice, long, relaxing weekend with plenty of reading time (we’re out tomorrow and Monday).
Here are the books topping our TBR pile:

ON THE EDGE by Edward St. Aubyn
On Sale: October 14, 2014
Shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award, St. Aubyn’s take on one man’s search for enlightenment as a cure to modern malaise is “razor sharp and maniacally clever.”
Publishers Weekly

TEXTS FROM JANE EYRE: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg
On Sale: November 4, 2014
From the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast comes a whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary characters. Check out samples from Jane Eyre, Gilgamesh, and Medea.

THE LAUGHING MONSTERS by Denis Johnson
On Sale: November 4, 2014
A post-9/11 literary spy thriller from the National Book Award–winning author of Tree of Smoke. One of Barbara Hoffert’s Library Journal pre-pub picks!

FROSTFIRE by Amanda Hocking
On Sale: January 6, 2015
New York Times bestselling author Hocking starts a magical new YA series that invites readers back to the beloved world of the Trylle.

THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES by Sally Hepworth
On Sale: February 10, 2015
A novel about three generations of midwives (a woman, her mother, and her grandmother) and the secrets they keep that push them apart and ultimately bind them together. Another one of Barbara Hoffert’s Library Journal pre-pub picks!

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab
On Sale: February 24, 2015
Prepare to be dazzled by a world of parallel Londons—where magic thrives, starves, or lies forgotten, and where power can destroy just as quickly as it can create.

ALL THE OLD KNIVES by Olen Steinhauer
On Sale: March 10, 2015
New York Times bestselling espionage master Steinhauer delivers an intimate, taut thriller about two ex-coworkers—ex-spies and ex-lovers—reuniting one last time.

Happy weekend, happy reading and we’ll see you Tuesday!

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