Of Things Gone Astray is a fascinating debut novel by Janina Matthewson. This is such an unusual story, an unusual method of telling it — days later, I am still thinking about it. This is a story about loss – about the things we lose, what they mean to us, and how we replace them. The characters – Delia, Cassie,… Read more
Once I began to read, I began to exist. – Walter Dean Meyers, American author of books for children and young adults Read more
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This came to The Shelves from my cousin, Ann. I love audiobooks and I think this will be particularly good to listen to: Life by Keith Richards: The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and… Read more
Another great new novel – The Whites by Harry Brandt: The electrifying tale of a New York City police detective under siege—by an unsolved murder, by his own dark past, and by a violent stalker seeking revenge. Back in the run-and-gun days of the mid-1990s, when a young Billy Graves worked in the South Bronx as part of an aggressive anti-crime… Read more
“Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die—” – Will Herondale, from the Shadowhunter series by Cassandra Clare Read more
Reading in the sunshine – should only be another 4 or 5 months before I can do that here. Read more
This one sounds interesting – a woman with an unusual background and a husband who may not be trustworthy. Monday’s Lie by Jamie Mason: From the acclaimed author of the “ripping good” (The New York Times) debut novel Three Graves Fullcomes a new thriller about a woman who digs into her unconventional past to confirm what she suspects: her husband isn’t… Read more
This sounds so unusual! Of Things Gone Astray by Janina Matthewson: Here is a quirky and fantastical novel about things lost and things found from a startling new voice in fiction. On a seemingly normal morning in London, a group of people all lose something dear to them, something dear but peculiar: the front of their house, their piano keys, their… Read more
He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your supermarket, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him. What you don’t know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage.… Read more