Books Are My People Weekly Newsletter
out today, paperback releases and more!
Happy Halloween, everyone! My 17-year-old has hockey practice two hours away. Do you think he will go? It is his last Halloween as a child, after all. I’ll see what he decides to do. Check out my Instagram post to see how my chickens carved this pumpkin. (This is the before, FYI).
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Closing in two days: I am still running a giveaway for one copy of All You Have To Do Is Call. I recently interviewed Kerri Maher on Books Are My People. Click here to listen to the episode.
This giveaway will close on November 2nd and I will announce the winner on the original giveaway Instagram post on November 3rd. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
Books Out Today! (I’ve starred the ones I’ve read)
I guess Halloween is not the most popular release day for new books, but fear not, November is right around the corner and there are a ton of books coming out then. Here’s what I’ve got for you this week:
The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse--and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival. I loved this book so much and it’s also peppered with Carey’s drawings. And, breaking news, he will be the next guest on my Books Are My People podcast airing November 6th!
key words: theater, England, stories
A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.
key words: Saigon, 1960’s, history
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years
key words: literary, Native American, siblings.
Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole's core, space and time dissolve, and a white hole is born.
key words: nonfiction, cosmology, physics
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole.
key words: memoir, comedy, entertainment
People to Follow by Olivia Worley
Ten teen influencers come to a remote island to star in a reality show, but when one of them winds up dead, they realize that this time, the price of getting "cancelled" could be their lives.
key words: thriller, suspense, reality show
The Rose Wood Hunt by Mackenzie Reed
A swoony friends-to-rivals-to-lovers romance, and heartbreaking betrayal drive this thrilling debut novel that is perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and Knives Out.
key words: family, thriller, suspense, detective, mystery
Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman
The remarkable, must-read story of Charlie Chaplin's years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman.
key words: history, politics, entertainment
Paperback Releases:
Siblings Henry, Kate, and Martin have converged with their spouses on Henry's house in upstate New York. This is the first Christmas the siblings are without their mother. Fraught with tension and family drama, this novel explores grief and how people redefine their lives after loss.
A previously unpublished novel of the reflections of a deeply scarred and reclusive woman, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love. Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Her only companions are a vase of goldfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who sells her cleaning supplies once a month.
key words: literary, misfit, black humor
Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast, teaching at a parochial school and moonlighting at her family's pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a Protestant barrister who's made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment, Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites.
Links I Like:
An interview with the literary agent who sold Lessons in Chemistry (anyone else watching it?)
A reading list for library lovers.
7 cities around the world famous for their bookstores.
The librarian spreading cheer over TikTok.
Just a quick, ten-minute pumpkin painting. I have the most fun painting when I just don’t care about the result.
I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!