Yay, new books! You can hear more about some of today's titles on this week's episode of All the Books! as well as sign up for the New Books! newsletter to learn about even more of them! Here's a list of some of the titles out now: The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship by Paul Lisicky Weathering by Lucy Wood What Belongs to You by … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
Yay, Books! – January 15, 2016
In case you hadn't heard, I love books. LOVE THEM. Here are a few book-related things I'm happy about today: The 24 in 48 Readathon: It's happening tomorrow! There are over 350 participants - AMAZING. And there's still time to sign up. I've picked out what I'm going to try to read. But really, whether you read ten books or ten pages, it's all about having fun! I have just been informed that there's a new Helen Phillips coming in 2016! THIS IS SO EXCITING. I loooooooooved The Beautiful Bureaucrat. It's so wonderful and weird. Her new book, Some Possible … [Read more...]
Check Out This Book Cover: Hystopia
I did a little book cover math. (The only kind of math my brain can handle, really.) Hystopia by David Means. Two things: 1. This cover caught my eye immediately and 2. It made me think of Denis Johnson, one of my favorite authors. Both things make me want to read the book immediately. It's out in April from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The description: "At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps, dedicated to maintaining the nation's … [Read more...]
NEW BOOKS: January 11-15, 2016
NEW BOOKS DAY! *runs around* *falls down* You can hear more about some of today's titles on this week's episode of All the Books! as well as sign up for the New Books! newsletter to learn about even more of them! Here's a list of some of the titles out now: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist by Sunil Yapa The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart Eleanor by Jason Gurley Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los … [Read more...]
24 in 48 Readathon: Books? Check!
It's almost time for the first 24 in 48 Readathon of 2016! It's where readers dedicate 24 of the 48 hours in a weekend to reading, and tweet and blog about it, and root each other on while it's happening. I would be lying if I said I don't already spend most of my time reading, but having a dedicated block of time to read and connect with other readers is great. The book community is the BEST and the readathon is tons of fun. It's January 16-17, and there is still time to sign up! I also find it a lot of fun to designate books for the occasion, and I have finally … [Read more...]