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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Thriller Thursday (7/23/15 Edition)
A scientist, a dog-loving lawyer and a detective walk into a #ThrillerThursday roundup… THE FLICKER MEN by Ted Kosmatka In this SF thriller, a struggling physicist looking to salvage his career redoes a classic physics experiment and discovers the result has devastating philosophical implications for humanity. It’s also a Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 […]
PW Fall 2015 Announcements
It’s still summer, but Publishers Weekly is looking ahead to Fall 2015. They recently selected their best of the best in a whopping 16 different categories and we’ve gathered all 90(!!!) Macmillan standouts into a handy Edelweiss collection and listed them here for you: Art, Architecture & Photography: People and Places HUMANS OF NEW YORK: […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (7/21/15)
YA librarians, rejoice! We’ve got new Teen reads for you, just in time for today’s Early Word YA Galley Chat! Join us and @earlyword at 5pm EST (hashtag: #ewgcya) to tell us what’s on your TBR pile…and your mind. ABOUT A GIRL by Sarah McCarry Two stars for the third and final book in the […]
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 […]
Sneak Peek: August 2015 Indie Next List
The August 2015 Indie Next list was recently announced and it includes four fabulous Macmillan titles! FISHBOWL by Bradley Somer A goldfish named Ian narrates the linked perspectives of the quirky residents he witnesses in an apartment building as he plunges from the 27th-floor balcony to the pavement. “Touching and well-written.” Kirkus Reviews THE […]
Happy #BookBday (7/14/15 Edition)
Extra special #BookBday wishes for these two debuts: THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET by Natasha Pulley Pulley’s literary historical fantasy about a genius watchmaker who can “remember” the future and uses it to help a 17th century London telegraphist is a Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce pick, a Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 selection, and […]
Thriller Thursday (7/9/15 Edition)
Families in peril and vigilantes on vendettas are just a few of today’s #ThrillerThursday picks: SIGNAL by Patrick Lee A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 pick! THREE stars for Lee’s second techno-thriller starring ex-Special Forces agent Sam Dryden. “Lee’s thriller featuring a loner hero compares to Lee Child’s ‘Jack Reacher’ series but with the […]
Penny, Clifford & Andrews Hit the August 2015 LibraryReads List!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has THREE wonderful books on the August 2015 LibraryReads list! Coming in at #2 is THE NATURE OF THE BEAST by Louise Penny The 11th book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Penny’s Inspector Armand Gamache series already has THREE starred reviews! “A strong sense of place, a multilayered plot, and […]
Stars for THE NATURE OF THE BEAST!
He may be retired to Three Pines, but Chief Inspector Gamache is still very much on the case in Louise Penny’s eleventh novel, THE NATURE OF THE BEAST, which has just received its THIRD starred review! “A strong sense of place, a multilayered plot, and well-crafted (and for Penny’s fans, familiar) characters combine for a […]
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