SAVED BY A SONG: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier | 9781250202116 | 7/6/21 Grammy-nominated folk singer and songwriter Mary Gauthier explores the creativity and redemptive power of song in this part memoir, part break-down of songwriting, part philosophy of art. SAVED BY A SONG takes readers from 12 year old Mary–who was gifted […]
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Extra! Extra!: March 2021 Book News
HERE ARE ALL OF THE HEADLINES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS MONTH. NPR reviews Gretchen Bakke’s THE GRID, Katie Engelhart’s THE INEVITABLE + Elon Green’s LAST CALL. TIME interviews Eliot Higgins about WE ARE BELLINGCAT. Amazon interviews Chris Whitaker. Read an excerpt of Jeff VanderMeer’s HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER. USA Today reviews BLOOD GUN MONEY + SHOOTING […]
Extra! Extra!: September Book News
Here are the headlines you may have missed this month. Check out the trailer for The Comey Rule. Cixin Liu’s THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM will be adapted for Netflix by Games of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss! NPR reviews LUSTER + BEOWULF + SELF PORTRAIT WITH RUSSIAN PIANO + PIRANESI and interviews Claudia Rankine […]
Extra! Extra!: August Book News
Here are the headlines you may have missed this month. DEADLINE announced that Thomas Jane, of The Expanse stardom, will be starring in and executive producing ‘Troppo,’ the series adaption of CRIMSON LAKE by Candice Fox. NPR reviews I HOLD THE WOLF BY THE EARS + TROUBLE THE SAINTS + HARROW THE NINTH. The New […]
Maximum Shelf: PIRANESI (6/24/20)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Susanna Clarke’s intoxicating, hypnotic new novel, PIRANESI. Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder […]
Extra! Extra!: May Book News
Here are the headlines you may have missed this month. The New York Times reviews PHILOSOPHER OF THE HEART + THE CELESTIAL HUNTER + A HIGH FIVE FOR GLENN BURKE + PELOSI + THE BOOK OF V. + THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF DEPRESSION NPR reviews NETWORK EFFECT; Fresh Air interviews John Moe [THE HILARIOUS WORLD […]
Happy #PubDay (2/4/20)
Happy #pubday to the highly anticipated, baseball-loving debut, THE CACTUS LEAGUE by Emily Nemens. A home run of a debut that hits all of the bases, capturing life and the games played on and off the field. 2 starred reviews! “A triumphant debut; enthusiastically recommended for fans of literary fiction and great sports writing.”–Library Journal, […]
Audiobook Excerpt of CHANEL’S RIVIERA
Listen up, audiobook lovers! Check out this exciting audio excerpt from Anne de Courcy’s forthcoming CHANEL’S RIVIERA. More about CHANEL’S RIVIERA: The Cote d’Azur in 1938 was a world of wealth, luxury, and extravagance, inhabited by a sparkling cast of characters including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Joseph P. Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Colette, the […]
Thriller Thursday (12/12/19)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday takes a Halloween night festival and throws in some murder, anonymous threats, an explosion, and a chilling investigation with SHATTER THE NIGHT by Emily Littlejohn. A new addition to the series, Gemma Monroe, a small-town Colorado police detective, is back with even more murder to solve. “Digging into the death of a friend […]
Audio Excerpts for Hot September Titles
Listen up, librarians! Boy, do we have some excellent audiobooks for you! Here are exclusive excerpts from our September favorites: VENDETTA IN DEATH by J.D. Robb, read by Susan Ericksen The predator becomes the prey in the newest thriller featuring homicide detective Eve Dallas. Listen to the audio excerpt here. WHAT ROSE FORGOT by Nevada […]
