Today is a day for reading! Or at least for getting copies of great books to add to your TBR pile.
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson – all you Neal Stephenson fans, prepare to be excited because this is another amazing novel filled with meticulously researched science and speculative futuristic awesomeness. The Earth is destroyed with only a handful of women remaining, and 5,000 years later their progeny set out to reclaim their planet.
The Jesus Cow by Michael Perry – this is Mr. Perry's first adult novel. Known for his humorous non-fiction like Visiting Tom and Population: 485, this novel has the same very funny voice, and explores real questions about faith and love. Harley Jackson, a low-key, bachelor farmer, discovers the face of Jesus imprinted upon the flank of his calf one cold Christmas Eve and must deal with the consequences of sharing it with the world.
Disclaimer by Renée Knight – a remarkable debut in the vein of Before I Go to Sleep and Gone Girl, this is a brilliantly conceived, deeply unsettling psychological thriller about a woman with a terrible secret determined to keep it and the book she is mysteriously sent that could destroy everything in her life.
So many varied and excellent choices to pick from today. Happy Book Birthday to all!
– Annie