Kick off the weekend with these multi-starred nonfiction books! CONSEQUENCE by Eric Fair A B&N Winter 2016 Discover Great New Writers pick! “In this harrowing memoir, Fair, an interrogator at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, expands on his 2007 Washington Post editorial, in which he countered the claim that detainee abuse was a rare, […]
Tag: starred reviews
Teen Talk Thursday (5/19/16 Edition)
Sorry we missed y’all at #ewgcya earlier this week, but we loved seeing some of you at School Library Journal‘s Day of Dialog. We’re especially happy that some of our favorite YA titles of the year are available this month for you to put in the hot little hands of your patrons! IF I WAS YOUR […]
Thriller Thursday (5/19/16 Edition)
These new #ThrillerThursday mysteries will have you raving (in a good way): BOAR ISLAND by Nevada Barr In her 19th adventure, Anna Pigeon has taken over as acting chief ranger at Acadia National Park in Maine, where she must help her friend’s daughter, who is an unfortunate victim of cyber-bullying and stalking. “As in the […]
Happy #BookBday (5/10/16 Edition)
Happy #BookBday to these all-star titles: AMP’D by Ken Pisani A sharp and hilarious debut novel about a man who returns to his boyhood home after his arm is amputated and falls in love with a voice on the radio. “Complete with painfully wry observations and delightfully caustic wit, this novel is a gritty exploration […]
New Nonfiction – May 2016
ONEIDA: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table by Ellen Wayland-Smith THREE STARRED REVIEWS! “This compelling narrative seamlessly threads the unlikely alliance between a ‘free love utopia’ and a household brand name. Fans of Joseph Ellis and David McCullough will appreciate this engrossing entry.” — Library Journal, starred review THE FIRE LINE: The Story […]
Thriller Thursday (5/5/16 Edition)
Q: What do you get when you mix three detectives, two lawyers, three cozies, and one obsessed woman? A: Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks! REDEMPTION ROAD by John Hart A May 2016 LibraryReads & Indie Next pick, a PW Best Summer Book of 2016, a SIBA Spring 2016 Okra pick, and two starred reviews! In Hart’s “stellar crime […]
Summer 2016 Indie Love
Terrific news: the ABA just announced their Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce picks, the June 2016 Indie Next list, and the Summer 2016 Kids’ Indie Next List, including these seven Macmillan titles: Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize! Set in the mid-twentieth century and told […]
Happy #BookBday (5/3/16 Edition)
Nothing brightens a dreary day like a brand-new book! Happy #BookBday to: THE SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan A May 2016 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews! This epic novel steeped in American history charts the course of a Kentucky horse breeder, his daughter, and a black man fresh from prison working in […]
Genre-Bending FridayReads
We’re craving some genre-bending reads this weekend these should hit the spot: EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire An April 2016 LibraryReads pick! Bestseller McGuire presents a fresh take on the portal fantasy genre that blends Alice in Wonderland, The Magicians, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. “McGuire’s lyrical prose makes this novella a rich […]
Thriller Thursday (4/28/16 Edition)
Make sure these stellar new mysteries are on your shelves today! MURDER AT THE 42ND STREET LIBRARY by Con Lehane The first book in an amazing new series that features crime at some of America’s most famous institutions of higher reading! Ray Ambler, the curator of the library’s crime fiction collection, joins forces with NYPD […]
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