Library Love Fest

Check out these books blooming in Spring 2021

Check out these upcoming Spring 2021 reads:

• Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler
• Pops by Craig Melvin
• Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
• Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
• Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang
• My Remarkable Journey by Katherine Johnson with Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore
• Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
• Love in Color by Bolu Babalola
• Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson
• The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin
• American Portrait by PBS
• Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
• Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson
• World Travel by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever
• Foregone by Russell Banks
• Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
• When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
• Life on the Line by Emma Goldberg
• Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver
• The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
• An Unlikely Spy by Rebecca Starford
• How to Survive America by D.L. Hughley
• The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud
• Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
• The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
• Find You First by Linwood Barclay
• The Anatomy of Desire by L.R. Dorn
• How Lucky by Will Leitch
• Girl in the Walls by A.J. Gnuse
• Perversion of Justice by Julie K. Brown
• The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon
• All the Children Are Home by Patry Francis
• How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordan
• The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian
• The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
• The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea
• How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina
• Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
• Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff

More Spring titles:

• The Godmothers by Camille Aubray
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson
• Permission to Dream by Chris Gardner with Mim Eichler-Rivas
• We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile
• The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken
• Stargazer by Anne Hillerman
• Sensational by Kim Todd
• I'm Waiting for You by Kim Bo-Young
• Man Enough by Justin Baldoni
• Anywhere for You by Abbie Greaves
• The Light of Days by Judy Batalion
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
• Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
• The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
• Downeast by Gigi Georges
• The Radio Operator by Ulla Lenze
• Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
• Cack-Handed by Gina Yashere
• The Forgotten Orphan by Glynis Peters
• Dust Off the Bones by Paul Howarth
• Hormone Intelligence by Aviva Romm, M.D.
• Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
• Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis
• The Fiancée by Kate White
• The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker

 

The Machine

Attention all you sports fans!  Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with this exciting book by Joe Posnanski.  The Machine, on sale now takes a look at the 1975 Cincinnati Reds.  Considered one of the greatest teams in baseball history, The Machine explores everything the team went through to gain that status...the highs, the lows, the fights and the victories.  

Also, check out this great review from Brad Allen, Adult Services Supervisor for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.  Here is the link:   http://tinyurl.com/yjzkc8q

Many thanks to Brad and everyone at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library!   I hope The Machine brings back fond memories of yesteryear or gives you the motivation to cheer on your favorite team.

Enjoy,

-Bobby
(GO YANKEES!)

Philip Gulley

One of my favorite books to come out of HarperCollins this year is Philip Gulley’s memoir, I Love You, Miss Huddleston.

Mr. Gulley is the bestselling author of the Front Porch Tales and the equally charming Harmony series.
In his latest book (which has one of the best jackets EVER) he delights us with tales of growing up in Indiana in the 1970s.  Think THE WONDER YEARS.  It’s one of the sweetest, funniest books I have read in a long time.

Here’s just one little snippet from the book.  Who wouldn’t want to read more?

“My early Halloweens were perilous affairs. I dressed as a ghost, a bed sheet draped over me. We were too poor to waste a sheet, so my mother never cut holes for my eyes. My brother Glenn was supposed to hold my hand and guide me from house to house, but as soon as we turned the corner and were out of my parents’ eyesight, he would launch out on his own and leave me to my own devices. I would stumble from house to house, tripping over curbs, running into cars, and spilling my candy. The other children would swarm over me, like hyenas on a downed gazelle, fighting over my Tootsie Rolls and Smarties.”   - From I Love You, Miss Huddleston

Do yourself a favor and check out this book.

In the meantime here’s a great video with a voice-over of the author reading an excerpt from the book:

-Virginia

We're Laying Down the Law!

We insist you read The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks  - which is today’s book giveaway!

We will randomly select 25 winners from the entries received. No purchase necessary. The last entry will be accepted 2 days after this posting. Approximate retail value of each prize: $13.99. Estimated total prize value: $349.75. View rules here: Download Librarylovefest-blog-sweepstakes Leave a comment below for your chance to win!

If you’ve never read Judith Ryan Hendricks, you’re in for a real treat with her latest novel, The Laws of Harmony.  If you have read her, then you know why Booklist writes that this author “calls to mind Barbara Kingsolver in her affinity for wise women and the power of close female friendships.”

Her first book, Bread Alone was a Book Sense ’76 pick and really put her on the map. Next came the eagerly awaited and much beloved sequel, The Baker’s Apprentice. (We wrote about Judith in an earlier post. Check it out here.)

Now comes The Laws of Harmony, an emotionally gripping tale of one woman’s struggle to remake herself in the wake of loss and deception.