Weekly Book Recap #56

It's been another week of bone-chilling temperatures, but my field trip on Friday definitely was worth braving the cold.  It was 9 degrees when I left my house at 7:00 a.m. (the windchill temperature was below zero) and headed to Simon & Schuster for their Summer 2014 Preview for Educators and Librarians.  A look at their new books which are coming out in the next few months warmed my heart, as did the ARCs I came  away with.

I'm so enthused about these new titles that I am leading off this post with a peek at the ARCs I came home with from Simon & Schuster and their Gallery Books, Touchstone, Howard, Atria, and Scribner imprints.  Special thanks to the wonderful editors and marketing folks who put together the presentations.  They are always informative, personable, and welcoming.
 

Nonfiction . . .

      

Take This Man: A Memoir by Brando Skyhorse; Incognito: Lost and Found at Harvard Divinity School by Andrea Raynor

Fiction . . .

 

   

 

                            

First Row: We Are Called To Rise by Laura McBride, One of Us by Tawni O'Dell, The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell, Henna House by Nomi Eve  Second Row:  After Everything by Suellen Dainty, Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith, Indefensible by Lee Goodman, I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum  Third Row:  We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genvieve Valentine, All We Had by Annie Weatherwax  Fourth Row:  Accidents of Marriage by Randy Susan Meyers (no image available), All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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And here are the books I've finished reading, am currently reading, and bought or picked up from the library, along with what I plan to read next.  I'm sharing my reading updates on the following blogs:

        

 Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer  

Showcase Sunday hosted by Vicky at  Books, Biscuits, and Tea
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Sheila at Book Journey

  

Finished reading . . .

    Home of the Braised by Julie Hyzy

Reading now . . .

        

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd; The Wife, The Maid, and The Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

Borrowed from the library . . .

        

She's Leaving Home by William Shaw,  Benedict Hall by Cate Campbell, and A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps by Chris West

Downloaded . . .

    Whisper of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn

Reading next . . .

         

While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell; The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian