April 1, 2021 4:04 am
By Diane Slocum
Black Buck, Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Darren Vender was the valedictorian of his high school class, but he is satisfied with his life living with his mother in Bed-Stuy, hanging out with his girlfriend Soraya, and managing a Starbucks in a high-rise office building
April 1, 2021 4:02 am
By Doris Booth
The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel, Sarah Penner, Park Row Books - Sarah Penner had more than one hundred rejection for her first novel. But she never gave up. Her second work, THE LOST APOTHECARY, has just been published by Park Row Publishing.
April 1, 2021 4:01 am
By Doris Booth
Writing Insights - Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?
April 1, 2021 4:01 am
By Anna Roins
The Cold Millions, Jess Walter, Harper - Reviewers call him “a genius of the modern American moment” and his books “masterpieces.”
March 1, 2021 4:04 am
By Ellen Birkett Morris
Glossary for the End of Days, Ian Stansel, Acre Books - Ian’s Stansel’s Glossary for the End of Days is a collection of short stories that perfectly captures the anxiety of our times and the ways in which we can lose ourselves as we try to make sense of a disordered world.
March 1, 2021 4:02 am
By Doris Booth
The Little French Bridal Shop, Jennifer Dupee, St. Martins Press - "The Little French Bridal Shop is a compelling debut that explores grief, love, and finding yourself."
March 1, 2021 4:01 am
By Diane Slocum
This Time Next Year, Sophie Cousens, G.P. Putnam & Sons - Minnie Cooper grew up absorbing her mother’s message that all her bad luck started when she was born one minute after the first baby of the year who not only got the prize but stole her name which was supposed to have been Quinn.
March 1, 2021 4:01 am
By Anna Roins
Meanwhile in Dopamine City, DBC Pierre, Faber Books - Winner of the Man Booker, the Whitbread First Novel and recently shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize for his latest release, MEANWHILE IN DOPAMINE CITY, a satirical dystopia about a widower struggling to raise two children in an age of digital big tech,
February 1, 2021 4:04 am
By Diane Slocum
The Orchard, David Hopen, Ecco - Ari Eden spent his life in Brooklyn attending a Jewish school that focused on religion until just before his senior year.
February 1, 2021 4:04 am
By Ellen Birkett Morris
All Stirred Up, Brianne Moore, Alcove Press - Winter is a great time to escape into books that feature food, a bit of romance and family drama. Brianne Moore’s All Stirred Up offered a modern take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion that features competing restaurateurs, interfering family and the captivating backdrop of Edinburgh, Scotland.