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Heavenly Pulp
It’s become a habit, a sleazy late-night habit, when the stars are out and the ladies are tucked away between chenille and damask sheets. But then we’re not dealing with ladies here are we? Broads,...
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2014: My Year in Short Stories
Every year I like to set some reading goals for myself; it’s about the closest thing I come to making New Year’s resolutions. This year I set out to read 75 books (I just barely made it!), start...
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Spot-Lit for January 2015
The new Spot-Lit list of notable new fiction is here. Yes, Spot-Lit posts will appear a little differently this year. We’ll announce here on the blog when a new list is ready and provide a link that...
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Spot-Lit for February 2015
The Notable New Fiction list for February is here. Lots of advance praise for the new offerings by Anne Tyler, Kate Alcott, and Laura Lippman. And February is the month for short stories with stellar...
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Spot-Lit for March 2015
Get the jump on these highly anticipated new releases coming out in March. Click the book cover montage below to read more or to place titles on hold. Notable New Fiction 2015 (to date) | All...
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Science Fiction – No Longer Just For Nerds
I’m in a rut, in a rut, in a rut rut rut root, rutabaga! Ah, blessed escape. As much as I enjoy pulp mysteries, I feel that 2015 needs to be a year of expanded reading interests. Books written in 2015,...
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Terry Pratchett Remembered
There are plenty of opportunities to read about his life, so I thought I’d share how Terry (as I called him in my head) affected me. I was raised on Monty Python. Their brand of humor is somewhat...
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Heartwood 5:2 – The Green Child
Herbert Read’s three-part novel, The Green Child, starts out with a bang. In the first paragraph, a South American dictator’s assassination is revealed to have been faked as he, our protagonist...
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Spot-Lit for April 2015
Every month our fiction buyer scours the new fiction landscape and presents here a curated list of some of the most anticipated new releases based on advance review praise, publisher enthusiasm,...
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Spot-Lit for May 2015
These titles – from established, emerging, and under-the-radar authors – are some of the most anticipated new releases based on a consensus of advance reviews, publisher interest, and bookish social...
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Spot-Lit for June 2015
These titles – from established, emerging, and under-the-radar authors – are some of the most anticipated new releases based on a consensus of advance reviews, publisher interest, and bookish social...
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Go the Distance with Audiobooks
For those of you who don’t keep up with obscure monthly observances, June happens to be National Audiobook Month. This, in my opinion, is excellent timing. What better month to celebrate a form of...
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Jeepers Creepers Where’d You Get Those Peepers?
I once saw something that almost made me go crazy. I was in the ladies changing room at the public pool. I was putting my socks on (I dress and undress in a bathroom stall because like a normal woman,...
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Spot-Lit for July 2015
Many a popular author is back with a new book this July, including To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee! You’ll also find a handful of excellent first novels, and a lively mix of mysteries,...
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Spot-Lit for August 2015
An embarrassment of riches is coming your way in August (and it’s a shame that many worthy contenders had to be left off this list). See in particular The Journey by Sergio Pitol, considered by those...
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Spot-Lit for September 2015
Love-him-or-love-to-hate-him, the “Great American Novelist,” Jonathan Franzen is back with Purity, a novel of family secrets, complex characters and questionable intentions. In other family-centered...
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Crazy Fall Publishing Part 4: September 22nd
What time is it? New book time! Despite the fact that I usually blog about books that are not new and often not even hot, I am making up for lost time this fall. Each week I’m bringing you my totally...
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Crazy Fall Publishing Part 5: September 29th
Hey there. What’s up with me? I’m drowning in new books. NBD! The things I do for you, dear reader. Yep, I’m definitely coveting and eventually reading all these books for you. No need to thank me, but...
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Spot-Lit for October 2015
Click here to see all these titles in the library catalog, read reviews, or place holds. Or click a book cover to enlarge it or to view the covers as a slide show. Filed under: Book Lists, Fiction,...
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OMG Read This! Or, 5 Reasons to Read the Book First
OMG guys, read the book. Then see the movie. Then see the movie again. Then read the book again. Then just basically stalk Matt Damon. Sometimes when I really, truly love something, I have a difficult...
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