I think I mentioned I was mentally making a list of books I might buy if I end up with a gift card or two later this week...(wouldn't it be a cruel trick of fate if I ended up without a single gift card for the holidays?), so I thought I might do a little online browsing and see what's new and exciting and have come up with quite a list. I'm only sharing a few highlights here, however, as I feel like I constantly bombard you with lists of books rather than just talk about whatever I happen to be reading at the moment (more of those posts to come soon as I am now officially on break until January 3!). In no particular order here are a few new books I am looking forward to and have gone on my wishlist.
A Lesson in Secrets, Jacqueline Winspear - If you drop by here regularly you will know I am a great fan of Maisie Dobbs and I am always ready for the next book to be released. As of yet no cover art or book description is available, but that's okay as I already know I'll buy the book as soon as I can get my hands on it. It's due out March 22.
Sourcebooks is reissuing a new round of books by Georgette Heyer this Spring and Summer. I'll be curious to see which books come out. Sylvester will be one of them.
I already had Elaine Showalter's Vintage Book of American Women Writers on my list, but the publishing date is finally getting nearer--January 11. Something to look forward to when I'm depressed by the weather and being back at work.
Dead Line, Stella Rimington - This is her fourth Liz Carlyle spy thriller. I've still got the first book on my night stand and am excited to get back to it on my break, but I already know I like the character and will be reading more.
I've read a number of Susan Vreeland's novels, which tend to center on artists, a topic I really love, so I was thrilled to see Clara and Mr. Tiffany will be released in January as well.
More feminine goodness with Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes, edited by Michael Sims. This anthology is due out mid-January. I'm not sure if it is short stories or also excerpts of novels, but I'll definitely be taking a closer look.
I was just thinking earlier that I need to get back to Frank Tallis's Viennese mysteries, and here is yet another installment with Vienna Twilight. Hmm. How many new books can I conceivably start reading over my break (knowing me, quite a few). I wouldn't mind picking up the second book before I fall too far behind.
I know this sounds a little esoteric, but it might be a page turner and the title certainly appeals to me--Medieval Writings on Secular Women, edited by Patricia Skinner.
I've never read any of Martha Grimes's Richard Jury mysteries, but I have read a few of her novels featuring twelve-year-old Emma Graham (and thoroughly enjoyed!). I wouldn't mind rereading them in anticipation of a new book, The Fadeaway Girl.
S.J. Bolton has a new thriller coming out this summer, which I am sure I'll read called Now You See Me. Again, no plot description, but I like her work well enough to know I will give it a try.
Yay, William Nicholson has a new book coming out called I Could Love You. Boo, it isn't due until early summer. Doesn't that feel so far away?!
I already mentioned I'll be reading Linda Grant's forthcoming novel (published by Virago in the UK) We Had It So Good. It isn't out in the US until April.
Two bookish books that are coming out not soon enough are The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs and Second Reading by Jonathan Yardley (both due out in June).
Europa Editions has some new to me authors in their spring lineup; Rondo by Kazimierz and My Berlin Child by Anne Wiazemsky. I have a stack of Europas to get to--I think I've loved every book that I've read that they've published. Must make room for new ones.
Isn't this title great--Rodin's Debutante by Ward Just. I have one of Just's novels in my pile by my bedside. This is another story set in Chicago in the early twentieth century.
I'd better stop before I get too carried away! I have a handy little notebook that I drop in my bookbag to take with me and is filled with little notations and wishlists of books!