Friday Reads: FSG Stars

Friday Reads: FSG Stars

TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads picks are two Farrar, Straus & Giroux titles that have multiple starred reviews: ONLY THE ANIMALS by Ceridwen Dovey “Named an artist to watch by the Wall Street Journal for her debut novel, BLOOD KIN, Australian storyteller Dovey fulfills her promise with this standout collection of 12 interconnected stories, all told by animals […]

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Friday Reads: PURITY

Friday Reads: PURITY

Excitement is high and buzz is building for our #FridayReads pick, PURITY by Jonathan Franzen. His conversation with Laura Miller at BEA was covered by Vulture, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Associated Press, and USA Today. PURITY is one of Publishers Weekly‘s top ten literary fiction selections for Fall 2015 and has THREE […]

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Friday Reads: Starred Debuts

Friday Reads: Starred Debuts

Happy Friday! Today we’re curling up with two debut novels that have already received several starred reviews: LANDFALLS by Naomi J. Williams “Tracing the movements of France’s ill-fated Lapérouse maritime expedition in the late eighteenth century, Williams’ exceptional debut isn’t your traditional seafaring yarn and is all the stronger and more penetrating for it. Full […]

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Friday Reads: Music Mania

Friday Reads: Music Mania

TGIF, friends! We’re rockin’ out to these #FridayReads: DEAL: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead by Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen Calling all Dead Heads! Bill Kreutzmann, one of the founding members of The Grateful Dead and drummer for every one of their over 2,300 concerts has written an […]

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Friday Reads: Stars Edition

Friday Reads: Stars Edition

TGIF! We’ve got a couple novels with starred reviews to add to your TBR pile this weekend! THE BLONDES by Emily Schultz An epidemic of a rabies-like disease is carried only by blonde women, who all must go to great lengths to conceal their blondness. “A nail-biter that is equal parts suspense, science fiction, and […]

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Friday Reads: Super Sexy Romance Edition!

Friday Reads: Super Sexy Romance Edition!

Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and whether you’re paired up or single and carefree, we’ve got the romance books that will make you feel “happily ever after”: IRRITABLE HEARTS: A PTSD Love Story by Mac McClelland On Sale: February 24, 2015 A fearless memoir by an award-winning journalist exploring her struggle […]

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Friday Reads: Debuts

Friday Reads: Debuts

TGIF!! We’re looking forward to the weekend and dipping into these great debut novels: DISGRUNTLED by Asali Solomon A coming-of-age tale, a portrait of Philadelphia in the late eighties and early nineties, and an examination of the impossible double-binds of race seen through the eyes of eight-year-old Kenya Curtis. “A deft, knowing, bold, and witty […]

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Friday Reads: Creepy Books

Friday Reads: Creepy Books

Halloween is just three weeks away but we’re already in the spirit with these creepy Friday Reads: Talia’s sketching tiny critters with THE BOY WHO DREW MONSTERS This creepy horror novel about a young boy whose drawings of monsters take on a life of their own is the #6 October 2014 LibraryReads pick! “A sterling […]

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Friday Reads: Entangled Edition

Friday Reads: Entangled Edition

Happy Friday, friends! Today we’ve got two Entangled Teen titles waiting for you to download over at Net Galley! LOVE AND OTHER UNKNOWN VARIABLES by Shannon Alexander A love story in the vein of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. High school senior Charlie Hanson is a rising physics star bound for MIT when he falls […]

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Friday Reads: Stars Edition

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 […]

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