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September
Book News
• The English movie version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will begin filming soon with a scheduled release date of December 21, 2011.
Books To Movies
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins
Limited Release: September 15
Books To Movies
• Howl (September 24)
Cast:
James Franco
Mary-Louise Parker
Jon Hamm
Jeff Daniels
David Strathairn
Books To Movies
• Let Me In (October 1)
Cast:
Chloe Moretz
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Richard Jenkins
Based on: Swedish horror debut by John Ajvide Lindqvist
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New Releases
Title: Super Sad True Love Story
Author: Gary Shteyngart
A love story in a future New York City gone hilariously wrong. A Satire of our tech-crazed society.
New Releases
Title: One Day
Author: David Nicholls
One Day. Twenty straight years.
New Releases
Title: I’d Know You Anywhere
Author: Laura Lippman
A 38 year old woman is contacted by the man on death row who kidnapped her when she was 15.
New Releases
Title: The Gendarme
Author: Mark Mustian
Old man suffering from dementia starts having vivid dreams about his role in the Armenian genocide of 1915, and of the young Armenian woman he fell in love with and spared
New Releases
Title: The Way of Kings
Author: Brandon Sanderson
The first in a new 10 part fantasy series from the successor to Robert Jordan
New Releases
Title: Freedom
Author: Jonathan Franzen
A literary portrait of a family in turmoil.
New Releases
Title: Our Tragic Universe
Author: Scarlett Thomas
An author with writers block considers immortality.
New Releases
Title: Skippy Dies
Author: Paul Murray
A dark comedy with supernatural themes set in a boarding school. And, yes, Skippy dies.
Hot Off the Press
Title: Russian Winter
Author: Daphne Kalotay
A former Soviet-era ballerina confronts her past.
Hot Off the Press
Title: Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Author: Liz Murray
Hot Off the Press
Title: Ape House
Author: Sara Gruen
Six Bonobos and the humans who study their language.
Hot Off the Press
Title: Dexter is Delicious
Author: Jeff Lindsay
Everyone’s favorite Serial Killer returns
Hot Off the Press
Title: The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women
Author: James Ellroy
A memoir about the search for “atonement in women.”
Upcoming Releases
Title: Room
Author: Emma Donaghue
The story of Jack, a five year old, who has lived his entire life in the same room.
Upcoming Releases
Title: Fall of Giants
Author: Ken Follett
The first novel in the new Century Trilogy by the acclaimed author.
Upcoming Releases
Title: The Network
Author: Jason Elliot
A Spy Novel set just before 9/11
Upcoming Releases
Title: To the End of the Land
Author: David Grossman and Jessica Cohen
A look at family bonds and the cost of war.
Upcoming Releases
Title: The Wilding
Author: Benjamin Percy
A suspense tale set in the wilderness outside of Bend, Oregon.
Upcoming Releases
Title: The Fall
Authors: Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
The highly anticipated sequel to The Strain
Upcoming Releases
Title: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
Author: David Sedaris
A collection of animal themed tales.
Staff Picks
Title: Devils in Exile
Author: Chuck Hogan
An Iraqi war veteran gets involved with the wrong people.
Staff Picks
Title: Winter’s Bone
Author: Daniel Woodrell
The basis for the winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Staff Picks
Title: In Free Fall
Author: Julie Zeh
A crime novel of ideas, intrigue and Quantum Mechanics.
Staff Picks
Title: Ship Breaker
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
A Young Adult novel set in a future where children scavenge for survival.
Staff Picks
Title: Marrowbone Marble Company
Author: Glenn Taylor
A GI finds his niche making marbles and fighting racism.
My Personal Recommendations
Title: A Visit From the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
A series of interlocking narratives surrounding one aging music producer.
My Personal Recommendations
Title: Still Missing
Author: Chevy Stevens
A woman visits her therapist to process the aftermath of her abduction.
My Personal Recommendations
• The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
A behind the scenes look at a failing English-language newspaper.
This Month in James Patterson
Title: Don’t Blink
With: Howard Roughan