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Samuel Butler

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

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Samuel Butler

Louis Kronenberger

The trouble with us in America isn’t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy.

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Louis Kronenberger

English proverb

A stumble may prevent a fall.

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English proverb

G.M. Trevelyan

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

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G.M. Trevelyan

Jean Baptiste Massieu

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

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Jean Baptiste Massieu

Week of September 7, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of September 7th include FULL THROTTLE, a collection of 13 relentless tales of supernatural suspense from Joe Hill, including “In the Tall Grass,” one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King and the basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix; DEATH IN FOCUS by Anne Perry, the start of an all-new mystery series set in pre–World War II Europe, in which an intrepid young photographer carries her dead lover’s final, world-shattering message into the heart of Berlin as Hitler ascends to power; CILKA’S JOURNEY, a novel based on a riveting true story of love and resilience, from the author of the multi-million-copy bestseller THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, Heather Morris; and two books commemorating September 11, 2001 --- FALL AND RISE, Mitchell Zuckoff's mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day that masterfully weaves together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY by Garrett M. Graff, the first comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events.

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Week of August 31, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of August 31st include THE TESTAMENTS, the long-awaited sequel to Margaret Atwood’s classic 1985 novel, THE HANDMAID’S TALE, in which the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results; THE INSTITUTE, Stephen King’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win; Alice Hoffman's THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW --- on the brink of World War II, and with the Nazis tightening their grip on Berlin, a mother’s act of courage and love offers her daughter a chance of survival; NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Kevin Wilson, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability; and YEAR OF THE MONKEY, Patti Smith's profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.

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Leo Buscaglia

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. 

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Leo Buscaglia

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

August 28, 2020

Last night, we hosted a very special and FUN “Bookaccino Live: A Lively Talk About Books” event. To celebrate the 24th anniversary of Bookreporter, nine of our longtime reviewers --- Sarah Rachel Egelman, Harvey Freedenberg, Joe Hartlaub, Ron Kaplan, Eileen Zimmerman Nicol, Ray Palen, Norah Piehl, Stuart Shiffman and Katherine B. Weissman --- shared books with us that they enjoyed reading over the summer. Their selections cover a wide variety of genres, and there may be a few titles here that you didn’t have on your radar that you will want to check out. We had 260 readers in attendance; they were from 37 states…and one lived in Argentina!

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