WHAT'S IN THE SUMMER BOOK BAG
These are a few of the titles I'm looking forward to reading this summer--some of these books have yet to be published. The month in parentheses is when they are due out.
Block, Lawrence. Hit and run (June)
One of my favorite authors. This one is about hit man Keller who is looking to retire, after finishing one last job.
Crosley, Sloane. I was told there’d be cake (April)
A book of essays. Tales of a New Yorker in her mid 20s. Reviews have compared her to David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell.
Schilling, Peter. The end of baseball (April)
A novel set in 1944. What if Bill Veeck (former owner of the Cleveland Indians)—he signed the first American League black player, Larry Doby—purchases a major league team and recruited an entire roster of Negro League stars?
George, Elizabeth. Careless in red (May)
A favorite series of mine. Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley spends 6 weeks alone after the murder of his wife. He then discovers the body of a man who appears to have fallen to his death from a cliff. I especially enjoy the pairing of Lynley and his partner Barbara Havers.
Gillette, Kathy. Firefighterette Gillette (September 2007)
A woman who has been a firefighter for 22 years tells her story. I enjoy biographies of woman in nontraditional careers.
Feldman, Ellen. Scottsboro (April)
A novelization of the infamous Scottsboro case. In 1931, 9 black youths were arrested in Alabama by an irate white mob, accused of raping 2 white girls. They were repeatedly tried and found guilty, although eventually all the men were found innocent and freed—in one case after he had been in prison for 20 years.
Coben, Harlan. Hold tight (April)
A thriller/mystery about parents concerned for their teenage son, after his friend has committed suicide. Plus there is a killer on the loose in the area. Coben is known for his plot twists and turns.
Matloff, Judith. Home girl: building a dream house on a lawless block (June)
A foreign correspondent and her husband buy a fixer-upper brownstone in a rough New York City neighborhood.
Thompson, Christina. Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all: a New Zealand story (July)
An American woman married a Maori man. He was a tradesman from rural poverty; she was a graduate student from the middle class.
Barnard, Robert. Last post (May)
A top British mystery writer’s new novel unravels the secret of a woman’s recently deceased mother.
One of my favorite authors. This one is about hit man Keller who is looking to retire, after finishing one last job.
Crosley, Sloane. I was told there’d be cake (April)
A book of essays. Tales of a New Yorker in her mid 20s. Reviews have compared her to David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell.
Schilling, Peter. The end of baseball (April)
A novel set in 1944. What if Bill Veeck (former owner of the Cleveland Indians)—he signed the first American League black player, Larry Doby—purchases a major league team and recruited an entire roster of Negro League stars?
George, Elizabeth. Careless in red (May)
A favorite series of mine. Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley spends 6 weeks alone after the murder of his wife. He then discovers the body of a man who appears to have fallen to his death from a cliff. I especially enjoy the pairing of Lynley and his partner Barbara Havers.
Gillette, Kathy. Firefighterette Gillette (September 2007)
A woman who has been a firefighter for 22 years tells her story. I enjoy biographies of woman in nontraditional careers.
Feldman, Ellen. Scottsboro (April)
A novelization of the infamous Scottsboro case. In 1931, 9 black youths were arrested in Alabama by an irate white mob, accused of raping 2 white girls. They were repeatedly tried and found guilty, although eventually all the men were found innocent and freed—in one case after he had been in prison for 20 years.
Coben, Harlan. Hold tight (April)
A thriller/mystery about parents concerned for their teenage son, after his friend has committed suicide. Plus there is a killer on the loose in the area. Coben is known for his plot twists and turns.
Matloff, Judith. Home girl: building a dream house on a lawless block (June)
A foreign correspondent and her husband buy a fixer-upper brownstone in a rough New York City neighborhood.
Thompson, Christina. Come on shore and we will kill and eat you all: a New Zealand story (July)
An American woman married a Maori man. He was a tradesman from rural poverty; she was a graduate student from the middle class.
Barnard, Robert. Last post (May)
A top British mystery writer’s new novel unravels the secret of a woman’s recently deceased mother.
1 comment:
Hi Cheapo,
Thanks for putting my book on your summer read list. I look forward to your comments from hell. Firefighterette Gillette won DIY best bio and Midwest Book Review liked it. I hope you like it too. Let me know.
Engineer Kathy Gillette
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