From Roundabout Books’ newsletter: [T]he 2025 longlist for The Booker Prize was announced, and since it’s one of my favorite literary lists, I thought I’d take this chance to pitch a Booker book for your late summer reading enjoyment. And yes – I said enjoyment. Officially, the Booker prize is awarded to a work of fiction written in English and published in the …
Roundabout Books in Bend, OR suggests 15 perfect books to gift for Father‘s Day. Give the gift of quiet reading time for the great Dad in your life! Here are some of our favorite recommendations for Father‘s Day, Sunday, June 15th. FICTION Beartooth by Callan Wink Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart Never Flinch by Stephen King The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen …
A double face out from Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA: Sit back and let McCann work his magic. The book is rooted in the achingly tender real-life account of Rami and Bassam, Israeli and Palestinian fathers who have lost daughters to senseless violence, but who arrive at a shared position against the occupation …
September Roses by Jeanette Winter Fireboat by Maira Kalman I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer “It had never occurred to me before, but everything in New York is built upon another …
“Colum McCann has a talent for creating rich, real characters, and Zoli is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. Growing up a gypsy during WWII, Zoli is hounded first by fascists and then by communists. She turns to singing to express her grief and that of her people . . . and …
