New Releases

Posted Oct 14, 2009 by ■ Susan May in Entertainment 3 comments

My ears pricked up when I heard that two authors of books that I immensely enjoyed, have new releases.

Friday October 9th 2009

From the author of The Glass Castle: A Memoir, by Jeannette Walls

A second novel - Half Broke Horses.

1st of November 2009

From Barbara Kinsolver, author of many including Prodigal Summer and The Bean Trees,

A new novel - Lacuna.

With Audrey Niffenegger's (The Time Travellers Wife) recent release of

Her Fearful Symmetry, this Autumn's reading lineup will entertain book lovers with a particularly rich and enjoyable season .

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Oct 16, 2009 by ■ David Silverbergflagged as abuse - show comment
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To add to your list, am reading John Irving's latest and it's fantastic. Highly recommended. Got the media copy and think it's released to the public in a couple weeks.

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Oct 18, 2009 by ■ Susan Mayflagged as abuse - show comment
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The list is growing still. Mitch Albom of Tuesdays With Morrie fame has a new book which was released on September 29th.
Have a Little Faith is a book about a life’s purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man’s journey, but it is everyone’s story.

I've got dibs at the library.
David, is Irving's latest Last Night in Twisted River? It's been years since The World According to Garp, the only one of his that I've read. It might be a good idea to give it another go as I can't even recall anything about it. A Prayer for Owen Meany, I had a hard time getting into. I get annoyed with myself for not finishing a book; which was what eventually happened. I'll probably pick it up when I am more in the mood to give it better attention.
My "To Read" stack is about ready to burst!

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Jan 6, 2010 by ■ Andy Maddenflagged as abuse - show comment
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I loved garp and twisted river. However Irving does seem to use the same themes throughout many of his books. His protagonists are often writers, they worry about their children, their is often a culinary theme, and there is often a disaster involving oral sex. and much marital infidelity, and wrestling. As for Owen Meany, well I just got sick of the nativity play scenes, so I gave up on it, which is unusual for me. I do however intend to read The Cider House Rules but it is not listed in all the libraries in my area, which is strange.

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