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A Few of Our Newest Acquisitions:
The Shepherd’s Crown, the last of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books The Company She Kept, Archer Mayor (local author)’s latest mystery/thriller Library of Souls, third in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children trilogy by Ransom Riggs Come get ’em while they last! Remember, I … Continue reading
Go Set a Watchman: first chapter
The Guardian newspaper has published the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s much-anticipated sequel to Go Kill a Mockingbird. The full book will be released on July 14th and we anticipate having it in the store soon … Continue reading
A review: the new Margaret Atwood
THE HEART GOES LAST, by Margaret Atwood (pub date Sept 29, 2015) As noted in the flap copy for this title, the basic premise for this latest dystopian novel from Atwood revolves around a society that’s undergone some sort of … Continue reading
The Fire Children by Lauren M. Roy
THE FIRE CHILDREN by Lauren M. Roy (Rebellion, $9.99, pub date June 30, 2015) https://www.netgalley.com/re/1791244?r=f This quest-type YA pulled me in from the start with the unusual setting of a society that must retreat underground to historical tunnels beneath their … Continue reading
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Final Disc-World book announced — pre-order here!
US pub date listed as 9/15/15. Strangely, also listed as a YA book. Whatever. You can pre-order through our store! Send an email to: starcatbooks@starcatbooks.com to pre-order.
The First Year Lupus now available
My books came in! I’d written a book about lupus back in 2003, which is in its 4th printing with Perseus Book Group now, and I thought, “Why not? We have a ‘local author’ section in the store, I’ll order … Continue reading
Superposition: a book review
Another review for you: A book that will soon be in the store (next week!): SUPERPOSITION by Dave Walton (Pyr, trade paperback, $17.00) A cross between a whodunit and some of the best quantum physics SF I’ve ever read, this … Continue reading
The Galaxy Game, by Karen Lord
I just reviewed this on Netgalley, as I read this in ARC (advanced reading copy) form before it was published, but it’s out now, and we have it in the store. I can’t recommend it highly enough: it blew me … Continue reading
Miranda Neville’s new regency romance is on our shelves!
Come in out of the cold and help keep our books warm! We have some author events planned for the end of January, including a signing by our very own local historical regency romance author, Miranda Neville! Her newest book, … Continue reading
And yet more books! Fiction & nonfiction, just in time for the holidays…
Now to the fiction & nonfiction we just received that have me particularly delighted! THE ART OF ASKING by Amanda Palmer. Bestselling author, musician, performance artist—and TED talker. Amanda Palmer asked her base online followers to help fund an independently … Continue reading
