Books Are My People Weekly Newsletter
out today, paperback releases and more!
I am back from Dallas! We had such a fun trip! Delicious food, entertaining hockey and wonderful weather! Here is a photo of the smokers from the very famous Terry Black’s BBQ. We also squeezed in a visit to The Sixth Floor Museum where JFK was assassinated. Check out my Instagram post for more info on my visit.
I read a little bit on the plane, but there was hardly any other downtime. After landing and picking up our foster dog from boarding, we realized we could make it to a dinner party we were invited to, which was a nice bonus on a whirlwind of a weekend.
Today at 10:30 am PT I will be going live on Instagram with Annie Sullivan of SoThis. We will each be recommending two fun and entertaining vacation reads.
And now, it’s time for the books! Remember, book publishing winds down during December. It’s the calm before the storm that is January, which is why it’s a great time to read backlist! Publisher’s Weekly only lists four books coming out today. Compare that to thirty titles the week before. I’m doing the best I can with what I’ve got over here!
Out Today:
The Complications On Going Insane In America by Emmett Rensin
The Complications is an intimate portrait of what it's like to live with schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type as well as a biting, revelatory critique of America's mental health culture.
key words: mental health, American, history, hospitals, medication
So Not Meant To Be by Meghan Quinn
Ha! Friends with JP Cane? That's laughable. So you can imagine how horrified Kelsey is when she not only has to fly out to San Francisco with JP for work, but stay in the same penthouse during the trip. They'll be sharing the same air, twenty-four-seven, as full-fledged working roommates. Tack on his polished good looks and Kelsey's suddenly staring down the barrel of a seductive temptation that makes it hard to sleep.
key words: workplace, romance, San Francisco
Paperback Releases:
A Life In Light by Mary Pipher
In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher-as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North-taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope, and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in women, trauma, and the effect of our culture on our mental health, she looks inward in A Life in Light to what shaped her as a woman, one who has experienced darkness throughout her life but was always drawn to the light.
No One Left To Come Looking For You by Sam Lipsyte
Jack S. is a young New Jersey rock musician. Just a few days before his band's biggest gig, their lead singer goes missing with Jack's prized bass, presumably to hock it to feed his junk habit. Jack's search for his buddy uncovers a sinister entanglement of crimes tied to local real estate barons looking to remake New York City--and who might also be connected to the recent death of Jack's punk rock mentor. Along the way, Jack encounters a cast of colorful characters, including a bewitching, quick-witted scenester who favors dressing in a nurse's outfit, a monstrous hired killer with a devotion to both figure skating and edged weapons, a deranged if prophetic postwar novelist, and a tough-talking cop who fancies himself a retro-cool icon of the homicide squad but is harboring a surprising secret.
Set a trap... See who comes.
Under the direction of the Special Activities Center in the Operations Directorate of the CIA, over three hundred highly trained agents operate in the darkest shadows of the country's covert wars. Plucked from the highest echelons of America's special mission units, these individuals go through rigorous training by the Agency to perfect the arts of assassination, sabotage, infiltration, and guerrilla warfare.
According to the United States government, this Ground Branch of the CIA does not exist. But when diplomacy and military intervention fails, the President of the United States calls upon it to solve America's most dangerous crises.
July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best days are behind him. The fight for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe has begun.
Heading ever deeper into enemy territory toward Crécy, this band of brothers knows they are off to fight a battle that will forge nations, and shape the very fabric of human lives. But first they must survive a bloody war in which rules are abandoned and chivalry itself is slaughtered.
Since I can’t wow you with a huge range of books this week, I’m sharing some art! It may not look like much, but this piece took hours to make! It’s a monoprint based on a photo I took of old Sake drums in a park in Tokyo. I completed a few different versions with different colors, but this one is my favorite.
This method really tried my patience! Especially since good results are not a guarantee. But I kind of like the weather look of the piece.
Now, tell me about your holiday plans!!
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