This shortened holiday week (for some) is packed with some exciting book releases, including:
Stitches by David Small, a memoir in graphic novel form. Baltimore County Librarian Lisa Wisotzki called the book “dark and hard and depressing…it tears your heart out,” saying it was a “gateway book to graphic novels.” I caught a brief glimpse [...]
Among tomorrow’s releases are three stellar-looking books covering a diverse selection of interests and topics:
Soul of a Dog by Jon Katz. Who doesn’t love a good dog story? Well here you get several. With his signature wisdom, humor, and clarity, Katz relates the stories of the animals he lives with on Bedlam Farm and [...]
I recently finished The Affinity Bridge by George Mann. This is a detective/mystery novel in the vein of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but also involving H.G. Wells-inspired futuristic, yet steam-powered, machines. In Victorian England, a company which makes airships (dirigibles) also makes automatons (robots). When one of the ships, piloted by an automaton, crashes, [...]
This week’s New and Upcoming column features some debut authors whose books are being added to our collection.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. I have seen some powerful reviews for this book, and have added it to my ever-growing list of books to read. The story begins in the year [...]
This week I notice a lot of books with strong settings are being added to the collection. They look thick and rich, like excellent chocolate cake, and make me want to plunge in and be drawn into their worlds.
Firstly, we’re adding Mrs. Somebody Somebody, a collection of stories set in Lowell Massachusetts by Tracy Winn, [...]
Mary Ann Shaffer’s first and only novel, takes place in London in 1946 just after the end of WWII. She wrote it with her niece, children’s author, Annie Barrows, when Shaffer’s health became too poor to complete it herself. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a charming and touching novel. The book [...]
Mary Boulton has killed her husband and is on the run. This story, set in 1903, follows the widow’s brutal journey through the cold wilderness of woods, mountains, and the occasional town or encampment as she flees from her pursuers. Through her own fractured thoughts as well as her encounters with an eclectic cast of [...]
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