Friday Reads: Literary Gems

Friday Reads: Literary Gems

Happy Friday, friends! We’re celebrating #FridayReads with a couple of literary gems released this week: GOD’S KINGDOM by Howard Frank Mosher An October 2015 Indie Next pick! A young man comes of age—and uncovers his family’s deepest secret in the little known mountains of northern Vermont by the Canadian border. “No Catcher in the Rye […]

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Thriller Thursday (10/8/15 Edition)

Thriller Thursday (10/8/15 Edition)

A couple of cozy mysteries will take the chill off this #ThrillerThursday: THE HAUNTED SEASON by G.M. Malliet In the fifth installment in the series, former-spy-turned-cleric Max Tudor must contend with his new role as a father as well as a murder all too close to home in Nether Monkslip. “As always, the mystery is […]

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Congrats to Nobel Prize Winner Svetlana Alexievich!

Congrats to Nobel Prize Winner Svetlana Alexievich!

Huge congratulations to Svetlana Alexievich, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” — Nobel Prize Press Release On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. VOICES […]

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A WILD SWAN lands on the November 2015 LibraryReads List!

A WILD SWAN lands on the November 2015 LibraryReads List!

FANTASTIC NEWS! A WILD SWAN by Michael Cunningham and illustrated by Yuko Shimizu is the #10 pick on the November 2015 LibraryReads list! In A WILD SWAN, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder are transformed by […]

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Sneak Peek: November 2015 Indie Next List

Sneak Peek: November 2015 Indie Next List

The November 2015 Indie Next list includes two of our favorite fall books! HOME IS BURNING by Dan Marshall A BEA 2015 Editor’s Buzz Panel selection, an ALA Annual “Read ‘n Rave” selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, a Maximum Shelf Awareness selection, and an Entertainment Weekly Fall Books pick! Dave […]

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Happy Belated #BookBday (10/7/15 Edition)

Happy Belated #BookBday (10/7/15 Edition)

Congrats to this bunch of new books that hit the shelves yesterday: THE CLASP by Sloane Crosley Crosley’s “signature wit is sharp as ever” (New York Times Book Review) in her first novel about three friends who reunite for a friend’s wedding in Miami, then end up on a road trip in France in pursuit […]

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For Your Consideration: December 2015 AND January 2016 LibraryReads Titles

For Your Consideration: December 2015 AND January 2016 LibraryReads Titles

The 2015 Favorite of Favorites voting is happening now, but it’s never too early to download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the combined December 2015/January 2016* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due November 20! Click here for the full list of 2016 deadlines. THE THINGS WE KEEP by Sally Hepworth Librarians are gushing over this […]

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Keep Calm and CARRY ON!

Keep Calm and CARRY ON!

FANGIRL fans rejoice! Rainbow Rowell’s CARRY ON, a YA fantasy following the adventures of Simon & Baz, is available today! “It’s a brilliantly addictive, genuinely romantic story about teenagers who can’t be neatly sorted into houses, coping with stress and loss and the confusion of just trying to be who they are. It’s as if […]

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Happy World Teachers’ Day!

Happy World Teachers’ Day!

Happy World Teachers’ Day! In honor of this occasion, former high school English teacher and debut author Erik Fassnacht (A GOOD FAMILY) shares five things his students taught him about writing his first novel. Not on the list: waiting until the day before your deadline to write the whole book! […]

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Oh the Horror!

Oh the Horror!

October? More like Shocktober! Here are new horror novels to get you in the Halloween spirit: FUTURISTIC VIOLENCE AND FANCY SUITS by David Wong Two stars for Wong’s latest SF/horror/humor mash-up in which a barista inherits a fortune from her estranged billionaire father, as well as a high-dollar contract on her head and a prime […]

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