forthcoming titles
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New Fiction Roundup – July 2018
7/3: Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce – In 1940s London, Emmy takes a job at the London Evening Chronicle and ends up not as a journalist but rather as a typist to an advice columnist. When she sees all the letters that go unanswered, she begins responding on her own. 7/10: Clock Dance by… Continue reading
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New Nonfiction Roundup: June 2018
What’s new in June? A bevy of biographies and memoirs, travel guides to places near and far, and so much more! 6/5: Alone Time – Stephanie Rosenbloom. Consider the pleasures of traveling solo through the author’s visits to Paris, Istanbul, Florence and New York. 6/5: Bruce Lee: A Life – Matthew Polly. An authoritative biography of the… Continue reading
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New Fiction Roundup – June 2018
6/5: The Book of M by Peng Shepherd – In a near-future world, people’s shadows begin to disappear. Once their shadow is lost, so too are all their memories. Ory and his wife Max have so far escaped the Forgetting, but when Max’s shadow disappears and she runs away, Ory is determined to follow and… Continue reading
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New Fiction Roundup – May 2018
5/1: The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden – In this gripping historical novel, Iggulden intertwines the story of Dunstan, Abbot of Glastonbury (later Saint Dunstan) with the story of seven tenth-century kings who struggled to unite the disparate Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one unified England. For fans of Bernard Cornwell. Continue reading
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New Fiction Roundup – April 2018
4/3: America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo – When Hero De Vera arrives in the United States, haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents, her aunt and uncle give her a fresh start in the Bay Area and don’t ask about her past. But their daughter, the… Continue reading