Books Are My People Weekly Newsletter
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Books Are My People: A Podcast Companion Newsletter
Dear Reader,
I'm back home after a fantastic trip up to Northern California. Berkeley, Petaluma, a night at my childhood farm camp in Sonoma County and a few days in San Francisco have left me filled with so much joy catching up with old friends, most of whom I’ve known for over 40 years!! Months / years may go by without seeing one another, but I love how we can just slip right back to where we left off.
Here’s this week’s poll!
Podcast News:
You can click here to listen to the most recent episode of my book recommendation podcast - I’m on summer hiatus, but I’ll be back in August. Until then, you can keep up to date with book releases and bookish news by signing up for my free newsletter right here on Substack! And, if you haven't yet, the greatest gift would be to rate my show, wherever you listen.
Member’s Corner:
**NEW** HAPPENING WEDNESDAY AT 10 am PT: members will be meeting on zoom to share what books we’ve been reading and loving. As always, there will be a book giveaway at the end for members with US mailing addresses. Members can click here to register.
June: Independent Reading Month: read whatever you’d like! We’ll gather over zoom at the end of the month to discuss. (see above)
July: Book to Film Adaptation - We Were Liars by e. lockhart. Order your copy here!
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Today’s New Releases: (I’ve starred the ones I’ve read)
Survival Story - *A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst. This is the true story of a couple in the 70’s who set sail for New Zealand on a handmade boat. When their ship is damaged by a sperm whale, they are stuck out at sea in a thin rubber raft.
From the author of The Anthropologists (which I loved!) : Long Distance by Aysegul Savas - In this short fiction collection, a researcher abroad in Rome eagerly awaits a visit from her long-distance lover, only to find he is not the same man she remembers. An expat meets a childhood friend on a layover and is dismayed by her unexpected contentment. A newly pregnant woman considers the American taboo of sharing the news too soon, but can't resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship.
Succession meets Schitt’s Creek meets speculative: Darling Beasts by Michelle Gable - Gabby, Talia, and Ozzie Gunn, heirs to a media empire, are in trouble. After several bad investments and one major scandal, their father is now trying to restore their family's good name with a senatorial run. Further, Gabby has Portum Bestiae Syndrome--a very expensive condition in which strange symptoms arise and then an exotic animal appears…OMG. This book had me at Portum Bestiae Syndrome.
a summer thriller: The Rabbit Club by Christopher J. Yates - A dangerous secret society at Oxford University, and the first-year Literature student whose life begins to unravel in its shadow.
Paperback Releases:
*The Anthropologists by Aysegul Savas - It’s not surprise this is being released as a paperback the same day that Savas’s new book comes out. Unfolding over a series of apartment viewings, late-night conversations, last rounds of drinks and lazy breakfasts, The Anthropologists is a soulful examination of homebuilding and modern love, written with Aysegül Savas' distinctive elegance, warmth, and humor.
*Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan - When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past in this haunting, propulsive, psychologically keen story about class, trauma, and family secrets.
What are you reading these days?