Friday, January 4, 2013

Publisher's weekly 12/3/12 and 11/19/2012

Fiction
  • The Suitors by David-Weill (spanish?)
  • Shadow on the Crown by Bracewell
  • Dancing to the Flute by Amin
  • The Inbetween People by McEvoy
Romance
  • The One That Got Away by Hunter, K.
  • Flora's Wish by Y'Barbo
African American Literature Book Club look for the 15th anniversary commemorative magazine spring 2013

Book Club:
  • reissues of Evelyn Waugh's 15 fiction books- paperback versions have bound in reading club guides
Technology
  • Ad: Freading eBook service (like overdrive?)
Non-fiction
  • Religion: Gods at War; Not a Fan. both by Idleman, Kyle (are these for teens?)
  • Directors Close Up 2 by Kagan
  • Military mental health care by lawhorne-scott and philpott
  • African american families today: Myths and realities by hattery and smith
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From Atlantic Monthly Gladwell, King, Sedaris, and More: Books to Look Forward to in 2013 By Ashley Fetters Dec 27 2012
  • The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier release date 1/8
  • A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki release date 3/12
  • ? The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer release date 4/9
  • Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris release date 4/23
  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie release date 5/14
  • Simpler: The Future of Government by Cass Sunstein release date 9/9
  • Joyland by Stephen King, only in paperback- release date 6/4
  • Currently untitled by Malcolm Gladwell (foibles of power/ Occupy movement) unknown release date

November 19, 2012


Fiction
  • Long Gone Daddies by Williams (early days rock n roll)
  • Siege 13 by Dobozy (short stories "full of Eastern Europeans involved in events unusual to Western readers..."
  • Teleportation Accident by Beauman (noir thriller?)
  • River Swimmer by Harrison (of Legends of the Fall)
  • City of Angels or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud by Wolf (fictional memoir around the fall of the Berlin Wall that fizzles in the end, but "it's worth it to see Wolf grappling with a past that, far from being dead, is live- like ammunition.")
Mystery/ Thriller
  • Midwife's Tale by Thomas (she's a midwife, she's a detective... starred review)
  • Aloha, Lady Blue by Memminger "deft storytelling, intrigue galore, island splendor...hilarious side characters and stories"
  • Rough Men by Davis
  • Study in Revenge by Shields (starred review, sequal to Truth of All Things)
Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror
  • American Elsewhere by Bennett 
Comics
  • Fear Agent Library, Vol One by Remender, Moore and Opeña
Romance
  • Chocolate Kiss by Florand ("battle of pastries is an erotic subtext for their love affair")
  • Back to You by Kaye (Bad Boys of Red Hook series / UF?)
  • When She Was Wicked by Barton
Non-fiction
  • Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Chu
  • My Beloved World by Sotomayor
  • Who Say's It's a Man's World by Bennington
  • The Chinese Takeout Cookbook by Kuan
Technology
  • Arch-Enemy Entertainment (digital publisher)- look for
    • The big bad wolf
    • Cloud 9 - detention center revolt (YA)
    • Sentences published by DC Vertigo, but by one of the founders of Arch Enemy
    • Look at their use of twitter to market and promote in 2009

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