Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin.
I actually read this book a couple of months ago, after I saw Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland (highly recommended!) in the theater and was craving more time in Wonderland, or at least more Alice-based entertainment. Benjamin’s book practically leapt off the shelf at me as I was [...]
This week brings us many promising debuts that have me almost as excited as the sunny spring weather!
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes. Marlantes’s epic debut is a dense, vivid narrative spanning many months in the lives of American troops in Vietnam as they trudge across enemy lines. Young marine lieutenant [...]
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 [...]
There is something inside me that is attracted to misfits and oddities. I just finished The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, and while I’m not yet entirely sure what I thought of it, I did enjoy reading about the life of this outcast. I don’t think I found it as convincing and touching as Lori [...]
July 14th brings us a number of great-looking releases:
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin will appeal to foodies as well as to those who just love a good story. In Kigali, Angel runs a bustling business baking cakes for all occasions, but she provides much more than just tasty desserts to those who enter [...]
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 [...]
Lee Child’s new Jack Reacher novel, Gone Tomorrow, is being released tomorrow! This thirteenth in the series is described as a “gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense” (Amazon.com). Early one morning on a nearly empty Manhattan subway car, the former army MP notices a woman passenger he suspects is a suicide bomber. He confronts her, setting [...]
Rose and Ruby are conjoined twins, linked at the head from birth, but they are two very separate people with distinct thoughts and feelings. The Girls is told in the narrative form, with some chapters written by Rose and others by Ruby. It is the story of their lives, an autobiography with two voices and [...]
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