Kirkus Reviews knows which books readers are eager to read and are really worth the time. Topping their list of books that are “not just popular but pretty great to boot” is Euny Hong’s THE BIRTH OF KOREAN COOL: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture! The funny, young Korean-American Journalist Hong […]
Thriller Thursday (8/14/14 Edition)
Murder, murder everywhere! Well, maybe just in this week’s #ThrillerThursday picks: THE FROZEN DEAD by Bernard Minier This suspenseful and “compelling” (Booklist, starred & boxed review) murder mystery set in a high-security asylum for the criminally insane and the snowy mountains of the French Pyrénées has two starred reviews and is one of Talia’s favorite […]
Happy Belated #BookBday (8/13/14 Edition)
We purposely waited a day to wish these two beautiful books a happy #BookBday just to keep the party going! SMALL BLESSINGS by Martha Woodroof Readers who loved MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND will adore this inspiring debut of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at a bookshop, and the ten-year old son he never […]
Happy Birthday Macmillan Library!
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of our founding! A lot has happened in the last decade: 2004 – A spunky young lady named Talia starts the department! 2005 – Tom Perrotta keynotes ALA Midwinter in Boston. We sponsor Library Journal’s pre-BEA Day of Dialog for the first time! Macmillan Library moves to the Flatiron […]
While Anne’s Away…
Anne is taking a well-deserved vacation to her hometown of Tucson, AZ for the next week! When she’s not enjoying pool time or preparing for her baby shower, here’s what she’ll be reading: THE UNQUIET DEAD by Ausma Zehanat Khan This haunting debut follows detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty as they investigate the death […]
Happy #BookBday (8/5/14 Edition)
Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! Today we celebrate: DRIVING WITH THE TOP DOWN by Beth Harbison In New York Times bestseller Harbison’s latest novel, two women set out on an antiquing road trip and get more than they bargained for when they pick up a third, stranded woman. “…it’s an enjoyable ride. Readers […]
For Your Consideration: October LibraryReads titles
Download, read, and nominate our favorite titles now for the October 2014* LibraryReads list! *Nominations are due September 1 LILA by Marilynne Robinson Pulitzer Prize-winning author “Robinson has created a tour de force” (Booklist, starred review) with the final volume in her Gilead trilogy, LILA. It’s already received two starred reviews and has a major […]
Friday Reads: Stars Edition
TGIF! We’ve got several novels with starred reviews to add to your TBR pile this weekend! SUMMER OF THE DEAD by Julia Keller In Pulitzer winner Keller’s third Bell Elkins mystery, a spate of violent crime in Acker’s Gap, WV casts suspicion on a struggling young woman’s family. At the same time, Bell must deal […]
Thriller Thursday (7/31/14 Edition)
We’re wishing an early #ThrillerThursday to these mysteries coming out next week since Anne will be on vacation (reading a thriller, naturally): CITY OF GHOSTS by Kelli Stanley In award-winning author Stanley’s latest mystery, P.I. Miranda Corbie is searching for her long-lost mother, but along the way she must expose a Nazi spy and clear […]
Stars for LILA!
If you’re like us, you’ve been eagerly anticipating Marilynne Robinson’s third volume in her Gilead series, LILA, following the Pulitzer Prize–winning GILEAD and National Book Award finalist HOME. This last book in the trilogy revisits beloved characters and tells the backstory of Lila, the young bride of elderly Reverend Ames, first met in GILEAD. Reviews […]
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