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advance reader copies, fantasy, goodreads, historical fiction, history, novels, reading, reading for fun, science fiction
Words Without Music, by Philip Glass (left over from previous haul, released April 2015)I remember enjoying the Fresh Air interview with Philip Glass about this book, but I just couldn’t get into the book itself.
The Tiger in the House, by Jacqueline Sheehan (Released March 2017)Took a turn at the end that I wasn’t expecting – threads came together nicely.
A Crown of Wishes, by Roshani Chokshi (released March 28, 2017)I am so in love with this series I can’t even begin to tell you. IT IS AWESOME EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT THAT IS ALL.
Sins of Empire, by Brian McClellan (released March 7, 2017)The Arrangement, by Sarah Dunn (released March 21, 2017)A married couple with a possibly spectrum-y kid decides to try an open marriage for six months, and unsurprisingly, Stuff happens.- The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband, by Julia Quinn (Undated)
- Dark Saturday, by Nicci French (Undated)
I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool, by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella (Undated).303 pages of generic tripe. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness, by Paula Poundstone (May 2017) Definitely brought me some happiness.News of the World, by Paulette Jiles (Undated)Read in entirety during my flight back from the conference. A Western that is both simple and complex simultaneously. Made me well up at the end.- Ascension of Larks, by Rachel Linden (June 20, 2017)
Unraveling (Unblemished, Book 2), by Sara Ella (July 11, 2017)First one was okay, second one is pretty clunky.
The Writing Desk, by Rachel Hauck (July 11, 2017)Kind of heavy-handed with the Christian elements of the story, but a good story nonetheless.
Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler, by Bruce Henderson (July 2017)Completely fascinating story of specially-trained multilingual interrogators in WWII. A local author, too!
The Lost Ones, by Sheena Kamal (July 2017)Darker than I usually like, but featuring a compelling main character. Well done.
- Séance Infernale, by Jonathan Skariton (August 2017)
- Hate to Want You, by Alisha Rai (August 2017)
- Are You Sleeping, by Kathleen Barber (August 1, 2017)
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne (August 2017)
- My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Tallent (August 29, 2017)
- Any Dream Will Do, by Debbie Macomber (August 8, 2017)
- The Cottingley Secret, by Hazel Gaynor (August 2017)
- The Arsonist, by Stephanie Oakes (August 2017)
- The Half-Drowned King, by Linnea Hartsuyker (August 2017)
The People at Number 9, by Felicity Everett (August 8, 2017)Life is too short to read books that don’t engage you.
- The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes, by David Handler (August 2017)
- Pieces of Happiness, by Anne Ostby (August 2017)
The Quiet Child, by John Burley (August 2017)Dark. Plays on the paranoia that can develop from the human brain’s tendency to find patterns.- Unraveling Oliver, by Liz Nugent (August 22, 2017)
- Sip, by Brian Allen Carr (August 2017)
- Rebellion, by Molly Patterson (August 2017)
- A Stranger in the House, by Shari Lapena (August 15, 2017)
- The Blinds, by Adam Sternbergh (August 2017)
- The Daughters of Ireland, by Santa Montefiore (August 2017)
- Dinner at the Center of the Earth, by Nathan Englander (September 2017)
- Right Where You Left Me, by Calla Devlin (September 2017)
- Solar Bones, by Mike McCormack (September 2017)
- The Blind, by A.F. Brady (September 26, 2017)
- The Space Between Words, by Michèle Phoenix (September 5, 2017)
- Keep Her Safe, by Sophie Hannah (September 2017)
- The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld (September 2017)
- The Thing With Feathers, by McCall Hoyle (releases Sept. 5, 2017)
- The Way to London, by Alix Rickloff (September 2017)
- Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years, by David Litt (September 2017)
- Something Like Happy, by Eva Woods (September 5, 2017)
- The Golden House, by Salman Rushdie (September 5, 2017)
- A Casualty of War (Bess Crawford Mystery #9), by Charles Todd (September 2017)
- Fever, by Deon Meyer (September 2017)
- The It Girls, by Karen Harper (October 2017)
- House of Shadows, by Nicola Cornick (October 17, 2017)
- The Rift Frequency (Rift Uprising Trilogy #2), by Amy S. Foster (October 2017)
- The Last Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine (October 2017)
- Bonfire, by Krysten Ritter (November 2017)
- The Gift, by Shelley Shepard Gray (November 2017)
- The Library at the Edge of the World, by Felicity Hayes-McCoy (November 2017)
- The City of Brass, by S. A. Chakraborty (November 2017)
- The Black Painting, by Neil Olson (January 9, 2018)
- Everything Here is Beautiful, by Mira T. Lee (January 16, 2018)
- The Last Suppers, by Mandy Mikulencak (January 2018)
- All Things Bright and Strange, by James Markert (January 30, 2018)
- Tarnished City (Dark Gifts Trilogy #2), by Vic James (February 6, 2018)
- Rosie Colored Glasses, by Brianna Wolfson (February 20, 2018)
- The House of Impossible Beauties, by Joseph Cassara (February 2018)
- Tangerine, by Christine Mangan (March 2018)
DAYS UNTIL I PICK UP THE NEXT BATCH OF ARCS: 226 (ALA Midwinter 2018, Feb. 9-13)