Today's mail brought a package with a little extra something. I was so excited to receive Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter, a highly anticipated novella that I have heard nothing but raves about. And it's from the fabulous Graywolf Press, who never fail to amaze me. And inside the package: BONUS FEATHERS. (That's totally my new band name.) But seriously, the word on this book is that it is tremendous and sad and wonderful and will kill you dead. (If it does indeed kill me dead, you can have my books. No, not you. I meant you. No, you.) … [Read more...]
Here Comes the Fun: Anticipated Books
In between reading books today, I've been poking around a bit in publisher catalogs. Here are several books by authors I love that I just discovered are coming in 2016! Barkskins by Annie Proulx (June 14, 2016) I was recently rewatching an episode of Black Books where Fran listens to the radio to hear the guy with the sexy voice read the shipping news, and I thought, "The Shipping News... I should read that again. I wonder when she'll write another book?" AND HERE IT IS. Basically, what I'm telling you is that I willed this into existence. You're … [Read more...]