@kimlockhartga@bookstodon well thank you! I have two brick and mortar libraries, two e-libraries, use both Edelweiss and Netgalley, and get email pitches. I could get boxes of print ARCs from publishers like my #ewgc friends but can’t handle that. I want to leave plenty of room in my reading life for serendipity: finding something on the shelves or getting a beguiling recommendation and dropping everything to read that book that is calling to me.
THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE is number 4 in the Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman, coming September 19 from Penguin Random House. This outing with the Fab Four was as poignant as it was fun. Still adoring these characters! Joyce is my fave. #ewgc@ewgc#bookstodon@bookstodon
10 out of 10. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride is my favorite book of 2023 so far. It's a saga, a mystery, & a tale about racism and ableism. From Penguin Random House on August 8. #ewgc@ewgc#bookstodon@bookstodon
The ending of this thriller, about a woman who finds herself alone on a cruise ship, made me simultaneously want to throw my Kindle against the wall and stand up and applaud the writer. Scary and exhausting but provocative. THE LAST ONE by Will Dean drops August 8 from Simon & Schuster. #ewgc@ewgc#bookstodon@bookstodon
Historical novel THE WITCHING TIDE by Margaret Meyer reimagines what living through 17th century witch trials would really be like, as neighbor turns on neighbor amid unhinged religious hysteria. September 5 from Simon & Schuster. #ewgc@ewgc#bookstodon@bookstodon