Archive for the ‘fiction new releases’ Category
Friday, July 9th, 2010
“A Fierce Radiance” by Lauren Belfer is classified as historical fiction. But in all fairness, this novel cannot be pigeon holed into the expectations of one category. It combines love with espionage, mystery with idealism and wraps it all in the sweeping tale of Claire Shipley.
Set in NYC just after the Pearl Harbor attack, the book follows the life of photo journalist Claire Shipley. She is assigned to cover a study of a new potentially lifesaving medicine – penicillin – at the Rockefeller Institute. The story intertwines with and changes her life as it builds & destroys relationships.
Although I’m not usually a fan of romance, that particular element in “A Fierce Radiance” was a bonus, not a distraction. A few scenes were more explicit than expected, but given the context of the relationship, it never felt inappropriate. Strong language, which is only an issue for me in excess, was used artfully for emphasis. The mystery/intrigue elements kept the narrative moving at a nice clip. But best of all, the characters were not flat individuals living two dimensional lives. Belfer infuses them with deep personalities and places them squarely into complex situations with no easy or “right” decisions. There are no well orchestrated tidy endings. When you close the back cover you’re left feeling as if you’ve glimpsed into a life that is still burning brightly. And personally, I was glad to have had that glimpse.
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
“32 Candles” was released on June 22. I picked it up this weekend. Review will be up Friday.
He didn’t recognize me. Probably because I was dressed in a large bunny suit, I realized, a little late in the game.
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
07/06/10
The Search (Nora Roberts)
Still Missing (Chevy Stevens)*
The Cookbook Collector (Allegra Goodman)
A Hidden Affair (Pam Jenoff)*
The Island (Elin Hilderbrand)*
It All Began in Monte Carlo (Elizabeth Alder)
Thin Rich Pretty (Beth Harbison)
Undead and Unfinished (Betsy Taylor Series #9) (MaryJanice Davidson)
Silent Scream (Anna Travis Series #5) (Lynda La Plante)
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Shamini Flint)
Red Rain (Bruce Murkoff)
Blood Rites (Dresden Files Series #6) (Jim Butcher)
The Cold Kiss (John Rector)*
Song of Dragons (Annals of Drakis Series #1) (Tracy Hickman)*
Father of the Rain (Lily King)*
As Husbands Go (Susan Isaacs)*
Gateways (Elizabeth A Hull)
Discord’s Apple (Carrie Vaughn)*
Platinum (Aliya S King)
Kings of the North (Cecelia Holland)
Think of a Number (John Verdon)
Primeval (Event Group Series) (David L Goleman)
The Hundred Foot Journey (Richard C Morais)
What Is Left The Daughter (Howard Norman)*
The Bone Fire (Christine Barber)
Everything (Kevin Canty)
The King’s Mistress (Emma Campion)*
Midnight Angels (Lorenzo Carcaterra)
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (Susan Wittig Albert)
Betrayed (Robert K Tanenbaum)
The News Where You Are (Catherine O’Flynn)
The Cabal (David Hagberg)
They’re Watching (Gregg Hurwitz)*
The Drowning River: A Mystery in Florence (Christobel Kent)
Kings of the Earth (Jon Clinch)
Stork Raving Mad (Meg Langslow Series #12) (Donna Andrews)
The Writing Circle (Corinne Demas)
The Fuller Memorandum (Bob Howard – Laundry Series #5) (Charles Stross)
A Dog’s Purpose (W Bruce Cameron)
The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance (Jeanne Kalogridis)
Legacies (Shadow Grail Series #1) (Mercedes Lackey)*
This Must Be The Place (Kate Racculia)*
July 8, 2010
For the King (Catherine Delors)
The Blind Contessa’s New Machine (Carey Wallace)
The Prophecy (Chris Kuzneski)
Paisley Hanover Kisses & Tells (Cameron Tuttle)
Becoming Kate (Dixie Owens)*
July 11, 2010
Burnt Mountain (Anne Rivers Siddons)
July 12, 2010
Wherever You Go (Joan Leegant)
Ghostgirl: Lovesick (Tonya Hurley)
*Added to my TBR list
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I’m about halfway done with “A Fierce Radiance” by Lauren Belfer. It was released on the 15th of this month.
Claire saw her cover story for the magazine taking shape. This was what she was truly here for: not fumbling espionage, but the gift she had for creating evocative images.
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
06/29/2010
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (David Mitchell)
Deadline (Stella Rimington)
Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows (Nick Drake)
Foreign Influence (Brad Thor)
Work Song (Ivan Doig)
A Vintage Affair (Isabel Wolff)*
Kraken (China Mieville)*
In the Name of Honor (Richard North Patterson)
Running Dark (Jamie Freveletti)
Keys to the Repository (Blue Bloods Series) (Melissa de la Cruz)
Inside Out: A Novel (Barry Eisler)
Nights of Villjamur (Mark Charan Newton)*
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives (Lola Shoneyin)
The Whisper (Carla Neggers)
Ice Cold (Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles Series #8) (Tess Gerritsen)
Five Days Apart (Chris Binchy)*
The Exile (Andrew Britton)
The Grave Gourmet (Alexander Campion)
Shoulder Bags and Shootings (Dorothy Howell)
June 30, 2010
A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril? An Alternate History (Peter G. Tsouras)
Forbidden Fruit (Corinna Chapman Series #5) (Kerry Greenwood)
July 1, 2010
The Sleeping Beauty (Five Hundred Kingdoms Series #5) (Mercedes Lackey)
On the Nickel (John Shannon)
Still Waters (Marilyn Todd)
Life, After (Sarah Todd)*
Witchcraft (Jayne Ann Krentz)
The Magician’s Accomplice: A Commander Jana Matinova Investigation (Michael Genelin)
Danger Close (William G. Boykin)
The Eye of the Virgin (Frederick Ramsey)
A Pig of Cold Poison: A Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery (Pat McIntosh)
The Price of Liberty (Kier Graff)
Koko (Peter Straub)
Resolutions (Jane A Adams)
Dying to Know: A Lance Elliott Mystery (Keith McCarthy)
The Mills of God: A Reverend Nick Lawrence Mystery (Deryn Lake)
Late Rain (Lynn Kostoff)
In Concert (Steve Rasnic Tem/Melanie Tem/Howie Michels)
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life (William Nicholson)
Caged (Hilary Norman)
July 5, 2010
Death is Not an Option: Stories (Suzanne Rivecca)*
* Added to my TBR list
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
06/22/2010
Dark Flame (Immortal Series #4) (Alyson Noel)
Silencing Sam: A Novel (Julie Kramer)
Pray For Silence (Kate Burkholder Series #2) (Linda Castillo)
A Night of Long Knives (Rebecca Cantrell)
Mission of Honor (Disciples of Honor #4) (David Weber)
Temperence (Cathy Malkasian)
A Desirable Residence (Madeline Wickham)
Banana Republic: From the Buchanan File (Eric Rauchway)
The Templar (P.C. Doherty)
Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum Series # 16) (Janet Evanovich)
The Omega Point (Whitley Strieber)
In My Father’s House (E. Lynn Harris)
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno (Ellen Bryson)*
Bad Samaritan (Aimee & David Thurlo)
Queen of Secrets (Jenny Meyerhoff)
The Devil Amongst Lawyers (Sharyn McCrumb)
The Dog Park Club (Cynthia Robinson)
Ancestor (Scott Sigler)*
Blood Feud (Alyxander Harvey)
The Wolves of Fairmount Park (Dennis Tafoya)
Mr. Peanut (Adam Ross)
Crashers (Dana Hayes)
Family Ties (Danielle Steele)
The Thrill of Night (James Hayman)
The Palace of Impossible Dreams (Tide Lord Series #3) (Jennifer Fallon)
Go Mutants (Larry Doyle)
Broken (Karin Slaughter)
Take Four (Above the Line Series #4) Karen Kingsbury
Glimpse (Carol Lynch Williams)*
Strong Justice (Jon Land)
Intelligence (Susan Hasler)
Bone Appetit (Carolyn Haines)
The Lovers (Vendela Vida)
32 Candles (Ernessa T. Carter)*
Following Polly (Karen Bergreen)*
Snowbound (Blake Crouch)
Nomansland (Lesley Hauge)*
Beachcombers (Nancy Thayer)
The Amateur Historian: A Thriller (Julian Cole)
June 23, 2010
The Space Between Trees (Katie Williams)*
June 24, 2010
Bliss Remembered (Frank Deford)
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay (Beverly Jensen)
The Liar’s Lullaby (Jo Beckett)*
June 28, 2010
Private (James Patterson)
* Added to my TBR list
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
06/08/2010
Dragon Souls (Jaida Jones/Danielle Bennett)*
Wanted (Pretty Little Liars Series #8) (Sara Shepard)
Stranded (J.T. Dutton)
Taking of Libby, SD (David Housewright)
Raised By Wolves (Jennifer Lynn Barnes)*
Heart to Heart (Lurlene McDaniel)*
Insatiable (Meg Cabot)
How I Made it to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story (Tracy White)
Speak No Evil: A Joe Donovan Thriller (Martyn Waites)
Buy Back (Brian Wiprud)
Dog Blood (David Moody)
Every House Needs a Balcony (Rina Frank)*
Book of Shadows (Alexander Sokoloff)
The Passage (Justin Cronin)*
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse Book 3: Executioner Vol. 3 (Laurell K Hamilton)
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)*
A Colourful Death: A Cornish Mystery (Carola Dunn)
Cut, Paste, Kill: A Lomax and Biggs Mystery (Marshall Karp)
The Secret to Lying (Todd Mitchell)*
Death Echo (Elizabeth Lowell)
The Lion (Nelson DeMille)
The Bohemian Girl (Kenneth Cameron)
Deception (Haunting Emma Series #1) (Lee Nichols)
June 10, 2010
Neighborhood Watch (Cammie McGovern)*
* Added to my TBR list
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
06/01/2010
The Spy (Clive Cussler)
Bullet (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series #19) (Laurell K Hamilton)
Day One (Bill Cameron)
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective (Eric Van Lustbader)
Cum Laude (Cecily von Ziegesar)
The Time Weaver (Shane Abe)*
The Mountain Between Us (Charles Martin)
Zendegi (Greg Egan)
Fade to Midnight (Shannon McKenna)
Silver Guilt (Lina Townsend Series #2) (Judith Cutler)
Mouse and Dragon (Sharon Lee/Steve Miller)
My Name is Memory (Ann Brashares)
The One That I Want (Allison Winn Scotch)
Forbidden Fruit (Corinna Chapman Series #5) (Kerry Greenwood)
Passing Strange (Generation Dead Series #3) (Daniel Waters)
American Music (Jane Mendlesohn)*
The Infinity Gate (Darkglass Mountain #3) Sara Douglass*
The Rule of Nine (Paul Madriani Series #11) (Steve Martini)
The Burning Wire (Lincoln Rhyme Series #9) (Jeffery Deaver)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)*
Beautiful Maria of My Soul (Oscar Hijuelos)
Seven Year Switch (Claire Cook)
The Rebellion of Jane Clark (Sally Gunning)
The Secret Child (Marti Healy)*
Frozen Stiff (Mary Logue)
Available June 5 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Stephanie Meyer)
* Added to my TBR list
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Here’s the weekly comparison of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Top 5 bestsellers in Fiction Hardback.
| Wall Street Journal Top 5 |
New York Times Top 5 |
| Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris |
Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris |
| The Red Pyramid Rick Riordan |
Heart of the Matter Emily Griffin* |
| Heart of the Matter Emily Griffin* |
Fever Dream Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child* + |
| The 9th Judgment James Patterson |
Innocent Scott Turow |
| Innocent Scott Turow |
The 9th Judgment James Patterson |
*New this week
+ #6 on WSJ
Hardback fiction new releases:
05/25/2010
Finding My Place (Traci L. Jones)
The House on Salt Hay Road (Carin Clevidence)
The Terrorist (Peter Steiner)
Blockade Billy (Stephen King)
The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel #4) (Michael Scott)
Sidney Sheldon’s After the Darkness (Sidney Sheldon/Tilly Bagshawe)
Infinity (Chronicles of Nick Series) (Sherrilyn Kenyon)
Elliott Allagash (Simon Rich)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium TrilogySeries #3) (Stieg Larson)
Speak to the Devil (Dave Duncan)
Dangerous (Diana Palmer)
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies (Christie Golden)
The Dragon’s Secret (Donna MacQuigg)
The Poet Prince (Kathleen McGowan)
The Confession of Catherine de Medici (CW Gortner)
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Hardback fiction new releases:
05/18/2010
Amandine (Marlena de Blasi)
Supreme Justice (Phillip Margolin)
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
Frenzy (Dreamhouse Kings Series #6) (Robert Liparulo)
Love Bites (Vampire Kiss Series #7) (Ellen Schreiber)
A Secret Affair (Mary Balogh)
Blood Oath: The President’s Vampire (Christopher Farnsworth)*
61 Hours (Jack Reacher Series #14) (Lee Child)
Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5) (Richelle Mead)
Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport Series #20) (John Sandford)
Should an Eagle Fall (Ken Hodgson)
Tom Wasp and the Newgate Knocker (Amy Myers)
The Dragon’s Secret (Donna MacQuigg)
