Uprooted by Naomi Novik is the No. 1 pick for the May Library Reads list. The list also includes The Water Knife by Paolo Baciagalupi as well as Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, excerpts of which you can start reading right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Spring/Summer ebook. The rest of the list includes: A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury) A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown) The Knockoff, by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza (Doubleday) Early Warning, by Jane Smiley (Knopf) The Ghost Fields, by Elly Griffiths (HMH) Our Souls at Night, […]
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Gruen’s At The Water’s Edge Leads April Library Reads List, and More
Sara Gruen’s new novel At The Water’s Edge is the No. 1 pick for the April Library Reads list. The list also includes A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley, an excerpt of which you can start reading right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Spring/Summer ebook. The rest of the list includes: The Royal We, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan (Grand Central) The Dream Lover, Elizabeth Berg (Random House) Still The One, Jill Shalvis (Berkley) Inside The O’Briens, Lisa Genova (Gallery) House of Echoes, Brendan Duffy (Ballantine) The Precious One, Marisa de los Santos (William Morrow) The Bone Tree, Greg […]
Briefs: Patterson’s $1.25 Million School Library Donation; Tattered Cover Moves A Location; and More
Following on his recent seven-figure donations to independent bookstores in the US and UK, James Patterson announced a $1.25 million donation to fund grants of $1,000 to $10,000 to school libraries. To be awarded on a rolling basis throughout 2015, the funds can be used for a variety of purposes, including, for example, repairs to a computer system or a school project focused on books and reading.Scholastic Reading Club will administer funding applications to its network of 62,000 schools and 800,000 teachers, and Scholastic will match Patterson’s donation with “bonus points” that teachers can use to acquire books and materials for classroom use. […]
Rachel Joyce Tops March Library Reads List
Rachel Joyce’s THE LOVE SONG OF MISS QUEENIE HENNESSY is the No. 1 pick for the March Library Reads list. The list also includes Ian Caldwell’s THE FIFTH GOSPEL, an excerpt of which you can start reading right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Spring/Summer ebook. The rest of the Library Reads list recommends: Dead Wake, by Erik Larson Prudence, by Gail Carriger The Witch of Painted Sorrows, by MJ Rose Cat Out of Hell, by Lynne Truss Vanishing Girls, by Lauren Oliver Delicious Foods, by James Hannaham The Pocket Wife, by Susan Crawford Where All Light Tends to Go, […]
Alexander Takes Newbery, Santat Wins Caldecott, Woodson Gets King (and Newbery Honor)
The ALA presented their many Youth Media Awards Monday morning on the closing day of their winter meeting in Chicago. The Newbery medal went to THE CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and the Caldecott was awarded to THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE: The Unimaginary Friend written and illustrated by Dan Santat (Little, Brown Children’s). Among other honorees, Jandy Nelson won the Michael L. Printz Award for I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN (Dial Books) and Sharon M. Draper won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.” Nelson’s book was featured prior to publication […]
Hannah Leads February Indie Next List; Tyler Tops Library Reads List
The preview version of the February Indie Next List has The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah as indie booksellers’ No. 1 selection for the month. The rest of the list features: Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler Of Things Gone Astray, by Janina Mathewson Get in Trouble, by Kelly Link Sweetland, by Michael Crummey Leaving Before the Rains Come, by Alexandra Fuller The Jaguar’s Children, by John Vaillant First Frost, by Sarah Addison Allen Wolf Winter, by Cecilia Ekbäck The Swimmer, by Joakim Zander Mort(e), by Robert Repino Migratory […]