The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips

Arthur Phillips is one of my favorite authors and I thoroughly enjoyed the newest novel.

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Arthur Phillips Website

Review on NPR

Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff

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April 2010 Indie Notable Pick

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

I decided to reread this after hearing Sedaris at WAC.

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Video!!

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

The final novel from David Foster Wallace - Just as wonderful as all the other books.

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Reviewed on NPR

The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma

This is a wonderful idea and if I still had children young enough to try this with me, I'd jump into it right away.

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Alice Ozma video

Make a Reading Promise Website

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

Another great book by the incomparable Sarah Vowell. Just watch the video.

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Unfamiliar Fishes video

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The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin

Releases June 21st
This was recommended by my sales rep, but I picked it up reluctantly. I was surprisingly taken with it and finished it off in one reading.

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Publishers Weekly Review

A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black

Releases July 5th
Another great Quirke crime novel from the man who won the Booker Prize using his real name, John Banville

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The Watery Part of the World by Michael Parker

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Foreword Reviews

The Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell

This is from Winter's Bone Daniel Woodrell and contains three excellent stories.

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Excerpt from Under the Bright Lights

I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl: A Memoir by Kelle Groom

Releases June 7th
Kelle writes of her addictions and the son she gave to her aunt and uncle when she was nineteen. Her son died very young from leukemia and Kelle's self-destruction increased rapidly. Eventually Kelle is able to forgive herself, take control of her addictions, and accept her maternal love for this young boy she only knew for a few hours.

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Reading Group Guide

Breaking Up With God by Sarah Sentilles

Releases June 7th
This is a very thoughtful memoir of a woman who has spent her life involved enough in her religion that she attends seminary, but in doing so, she discovers she no longer felt it was right.

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Author's Website

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Releases June 7th 2011
This is a must read if you love a good novel.

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Starred Kirkus Review

Before I Go to Sleep by S J Watson

Releases June 14th 2011

A spooky, creepy psychological thriller. How do you know what's real if you wake up every morning with no recent memories?

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Author Website - includes cover art from other country's editions

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

A new translation by the wonderful Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

Releases July 12th 2011
I really liked this one and it's set in Arkansas!

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Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh by R L LaFevers

I love Theodosia. Nancy Drew skills and archeology - If only this had been available when I was in middle school! This is the 4th book in the series.

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Theodosia Throckmorton's website

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Young Adult novel set in Arkansas - would be enjoyed be not so young adults also
Releases May 3rd 2011

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Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward

This is a fun tag-team crime novel. The authors alternate writing the chapters and don't always seem to be working together.

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Book Video

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Releases May 10th 2011
for Middle Grades

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The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain

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Available as an e-book from Nightbird

On NPR

The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno

This one was recommended by Roger Barrett.

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Something for Nothing by David Anthony

On Sale June 7th

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What's Mine is Yours The Rise of Collaborative Consumption by Rachel Botsman & Roo Rogers

I read this because it was nominated as a choice for Fayetteville's One Book, One Community pick.

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Map of Time by Felix Palma

I couldn't put this one down and finished it in one day. A kind of historical, literary, sci-fi, mystery about HG Wells and time travel with multiple plots that keep you reading. It goes on sale June 28th. Pre-order this one!

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What You See in the Dark by Manuel Muoz

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Book Trailer

Miss Peregrines's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

This is way cool & creepy. The author has built a story around vintage photos of what are probably best described as oddities.

On Sale June 7th 2011 
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Ransom Riggs website

Original Green by Stephen A. Mouzon

I read this to help choose a book for Fayetteville's One Book, One Community read this fall. My architect husband loves it. It's not available online, but we have it in the store.

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