Kelly

Kelly

Trying in vain to keep up with the endless trail of review copies...

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Alif the Unseen (Hardcover)

$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780802120205
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Grove Press, 7/2012

The Instructions (Hardcover)

$29.00
ISBN-13: 9781934781821
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: McSweeney's, 11/2010

The Tiger's Wife (Hardcover)

$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780385343831
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House, 3/2011
Finished: quite enjoyable

The Borrower (Hardcover)

$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780670022816
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: Viking Adult, 6/2011

So far I am LOVING.  It's a must-read for all my librarian and book nerd friends.

UPDATE: Finished, and it was delightful.


Wingshooters (Paperback)

$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781936070718
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Akashic Books, 3/2011
UPDATE: I liked this.  It was good storytelling--some tension, curious characters, well-written.

The Midnight Palace (Hardcover)

$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780316044738
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 5/2011
UPDATE: Loved this.  It's very Shadow of the Wind-y but for the YA crowd.  But really not just for the YA crowd.  It just happens to have 16 year old protagonists.  Grown-ups would also like it.

$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487842
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 8/2011
Beijing during the build-up to the Olympics was INSANE.

The Death Instinct (Hardcover)

$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487828
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 1/2011

LOVING! I'm so tired from staying up late reading.

UPDATE: Turns out he's Amy Chua's husband (see below).  How funny is that?  I loved this book.


$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594202841
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 1/2011

The "Chinese way of parenting" is interesting. I think I'll incorporate parts of it into my own life, but I'm just way too American to go whole hog.

UPDATE: Wow has this ever caused a firestorm.


Room (Hardcover)

$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780316098335
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 9/2010
This was very very good. I just loved Jack.

$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780307269997
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Published: Knopf, 5/2010
I so don't have time to get sucked into this right now. Yep, got sucked in. It was excellent!

$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780738210490
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: Da Capo Press, 1/2006

Our  pediatrician  recommended this.  So far it's pretty interesting.  I'm reading it in pieces instead of all at once.


The Good Son (Hardcover)

$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780805091281
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Henry Holt and Co., 5/2010

I'm not normally big into intrigue, but I got totally sucked into this one.  

Update: I finished it.  Interesting characters with thought-provoking takes on moderate Islam vs extremist Islam. 


$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780812971835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 10/2008

I'm reading this in an eversion on a Sony Reader.

Check our blog as I post about my experiences with the reader. Hint: It may take a while.  I'm not so keen on this new reading device.

Update: 2 months later and I'm still reading it.  That's glacial time for me and it's directly related to the the e reader.  And the blog post is still in draft status.  The whole experience is just Eh.

Update: Finished. I really got into the last few stories, despite having to read it on the godawful electronic gadget.


Freedom (Hardcover)

$28.00
ISBN-13: 9780374158460
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 8/2010

Update: Finished.  At first I found the characters uncomfortably close to home, which was shame-inducing because Franzen detests them.  No sympathy.  But I think he does start to warm up to them as the story progresses and as they become more fully fleshed and less of a type, the "close to home" bit dissipates.  Excellent character development and spot-on insights to character motivation.


$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780385501125
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Published: Doubleday, 6/2010
Update: Finished.  I liked.

$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780805090987
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Square Fish, 10/2010

LOVING this.  Smart, funny YA.  Due to be published this October.

Update: Finished.  I loved it.  Good, clean, engaging YA. Funny.  A good story.


The Last Child (Paperback)

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780312642365
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Published: Minotaur Books, 3/2010

A family is shattered after their daughter (one of a pair of twins) is abducted.  The remaining twin is quite feisty, and endearing.  I have no idea where it's going to end up. 

Update: I finished it.  Crafty mystery.


How to Read the Air (Hardcover)

$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487705
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 10/2010

Wow.  This is really really good.  He writes beautifully.

Update: Finished.  He drew beautiful sentences.


$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487590
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 6/2010

So far, funny.  In a smarty-pants way.

Update: Finished.  Still funny.

 


$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780393062625
Availability: Usually ships from warehouse in 1-5 days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 5/2010

Due to be published this April. 

Update: I just finished it and I loved it.


The Kneebone Boy (Hardcover)

$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780312377724
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Square Fish, 9/2010

Loving this.  Middle reader.  Funny, smart.

Update: Finished.  Loved it.  Smart kids.


The Sojourn (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781934137345
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Published: Bellevue Literary Press, 5/2011
This writing is just...beautiful.

$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780802120106
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Grove Press, 3/2012

1Q84 (Hardcover)

$30.50
ISBN-13: 9780307593313
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 10/2011
Awesome.  1000 pages of Murakamiland.

The Leftovers (Hardcover)

$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780312358341
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 8/2011

Swamplandia! (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307276681
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage, 7/2011

These Dreams of You (Paperback)

$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781609450632
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Europa Editions, 1/2012

Running the Rift (Hardcover)

$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781616200428
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1/2012