Let’s start the week with a new book! From the weekend’s mail bag, I’ve got All That Followed by Gabriel Urza: A psychologically twisting novel about a politically-charged act of violence that echoes through a small Spanish town; a dazzling debut in the tradition of Daniel Alarcón and Mohsin Hamid It’s 2004 in Muriga, a quiet town in Spain’s northern Basque… Read more
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” – Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist Read more
When I saw “a novel of the first dog,” I was thinking something totally different – this is Presidential politics season, after all – but this looks really interesting! Set against the most dramatic time in our species’ history, The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog tells the story of one tribe’s struggle for survival and one extraordinary… Read more
This explains a lot, including why I would never want his autograph. What an idiot. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books. – Kanye West Read more
Charlie Hunnam. A little scruffy in this one, but I’d still snuggle up with him for a chapter or two. Read more
This just in from Harper Collins! Waiting for me on my Kindle, Spy Trade by Matthew Dunn: When a mission goes awry in Syria, senior CIA officer Bob Oakland is captured by aspiring members of ISIS, who demand the release of one of their own, Arzam Saud, in U.S. captivity. When their hands are tied by Washington’s refusal to negotiate, the… Read more
Today’s new book is Seriously Wicked by Tina Connelly. I don’t really do much YA, but you never know what will make the reading list on a hot summer afternoon… The hilarious new YA from acclaimed author Tina Connolly. Camellia’s adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom’s a seriously wicked witch. Cam’s used… Read more
In case last week was a little too refined for you… Read more
More new books this week – first up, In Wilderness by Diane Thomas: In the winter of 1966, Katherine Reid moves to an isolated cabin deep in Georgia’s Appalachian Mountains. There, with little more than a sleeping bag, a tin plate, and a loaded gun, she plans to spend her time in peaceful solitude. But one day, Katherine realizes the woods… Read more