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Week of November 16, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 16th include THE WATER DANCER, National Book Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates' dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men and children --- the violent and capricious separation of families --- and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved; INSIDE OUT, actress Demi Moore’s bold memoir that lays bare the trials and traumas of her youth in an effort to better understand herself and her damaged family’s history; TOUCHED BY THE SUN, Carly Simon's loving chronicle of the late friendship that she and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis shared --- an intimate, vulnerable and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between these iconic and starkly different American women; and THE BIG LIE by James Grippando, which finds Miami attorney Jack Swyteck fighting for a “faithless elector,” caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent.

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French Proverb

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

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French Proverb

November 3, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of November 2nd and November 9th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks feature for November, which includes Indie Next, LibraryReads, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club, the Jenna Bush Hager "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, and more.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Aimee Molloy,  whose new psychological thriller, GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL, is a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Sam and Annie are newly married. While Sam, a psychotherapist, works long hours with his patients, he doesn't realize that every word can be clearly heard through a floor vent upstairs. Then Sam goes missing, forcing Annie to try to figure out what happened to him. In the interview, Aimee shares how she shelved another book just as it was due to the publisher, and instead went forth with the plot for this one. It’s a great publishing story! She also talks about her journey to become a novelist and how her own marriage may have accidentally had a part in influencing her work. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.

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Robert Byrne

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

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Robert Byrne

Week of November 9, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 9th include NANAVILLE, a bighearted book of wisdom, wit and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from beloved author Anna Quindlen; THE FALL OF RICHARD NIXON, Tom Brokaw’s up-close and personal account of the fall of an American president; TELL ME A STORY, in which Cassandra King Conroy considers her life and the man she shared it with, paying tribute to her husband, Pat Conroy, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature; A GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY, a riveting work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, who captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling yet affirming story of his family’s ordeal, from blacklisting to vindication; and FOLLOWERS by Megan Angelo, an electrifying story of two ambitious friends and the dark choices they make to become internet famous.

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Week of November 2, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 2nd include OLIVE, AGAIN, in which Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions; EDISON by Edmund Morris, the first major life of Thomas Alva Edison in more than 20 years, which portrays the unknown Edison --- the philosopher, the futurist, the chemist, the botanist, the wartime defense adviser, the founder of nearly 250 companies --- as fully as it deconstructs the Edison of mythological memory; POSTSCRIPT, the long-awaited sequel to Cecelia Ahern's PS, I LOVE YOU, which follows Holly Kennedy as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones; and WHEN TIME STOPPED, a remarkably moving memoir from Ariana Neumann, who dives into the secrets of her father’s past --- years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.

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Miles Kington

Knowledge consists of knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom consists of not putting it in a fruit salad.

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Miles Kington

Rabindranath Tagore

Do not say, "It is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Douglas Coupland

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.

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Douglas Coupland

October 30, 2020

Wait, how did I miss this? The clocks are changing this weekend, and we are getting back the hour that we lost in March. I thought this was happening next weekend. I am sooooo excited! I know, it’s the little things these days.

On Wednesday night, in anticipation of cooler weather and with the promise of frost on tap, I raced around and cut back the limelight hydrangeas, as well as the zinnias that were still in bloom. And one of the four dahlias was harvested as well. Yes, they say they are the size of dinner plates, and they are not wrong. I will plant more next year. Then I grabbed the mums that were on the back patio and moved them to the front porch, along with some other fall plants. There is still more to move around before the typical cold snap of late October/early November rolls in. Also, I was doing most of this as the sun was down after 6:00; I literally was turning on lights to cut the flowers. Ah, for the nights when it was sunny until 9:00.

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