Wow, where has the time gone?! This summer has been incredibly busy! I know this is my first post in about a month, and I apologize for the lapse. But here’s some great new titles from this week and last to get us back into the swing of things (click on an image for more [...]
Digging Up The Dead by Michael Kammen
I wanted to like this book, in fact I expected to like this book. I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear bizarre stories of people being dug up and reburied for various reasons? I love sort-of “weird history” books, and this one definitely fit that category. And the actual [...]
I came across this Library Journal article and thought I’d share it to let you know of these great new memoirs:
Down with Summer Reading!: 19 Memoirs for the Recovery Crowd.
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston - Preston and Child up the emotional ante considerably in their 10th thriller featuring brilliant and eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast. Special Agent Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife’s murder, but as he probes the circumstances of her death, he is [...]
Being home sick has its advantages. When I wasn’t passed out in a fever-induced coma this past week, I actually got some recreational reading done. Not much, but I managed to finish a couple of books.
Making Toast - this short memoir-of-sorts is sad and tragic. It doesn’t move quickly, it’s not a story with a [...]
The Spring is heating up with new releases. Among those releasing March 2nd were:
House Rules by Jodi Picoult. Eighteen-year old Jacob Hunt has Asperger’s syndrome, and his devoted single mother, Emma, has built their family’s life around Jacob’s needs, sacrificing her career to act as his caregiver and all but ignoring a younger son, Theo. [...]
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. This one sounds like a real tear-jerker. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved [...]
December already this week! the beginning of a new month brings us more new books, including:
U is for Undertow, the newest installment in Sue Grafton’s mystery series. Somehow, Grafton is still managing to keep these novels fresh and amazing even though she’s on the twenty-first letter of the alphabet! In this one, Kinsey Millhone takes [...]
NPR has two great book articles up right now. The first is The 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009. The holidays are a great time to try out new recipes and learn new techniques, and these books will definitely help you do it! Or, they might make great gifts for the epicureans on your list.
Speaking of [...]
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