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New book releases I am looking forward to

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mignonette · 20/09/2013 20:26

Loads of great new releases due soon. These are the ones I'll be buying straight away-

The new Donna Tartt 'The Goldfinch'

Stephen King's 'Doctor Sleep'

Fannie Flagg's 'The All Girls Filling Station's Last Reunion'

Wally Lamb's 'We Are Water'

Nigel Slater's 'Eat, Little Boof of Fast Food'

Bill Brysons's 'One Summer: America 1927'

And apparently Nigella has a new book due late Spring. Hopefully a return to form.

What books will you be looking out for?

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BetsyBidwell · 24/09/2013 21:56

hated 11 thingy

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 21:51

Sarah I thought that about Kyle too. I hope SK lives for a very very long time because the thought of all those books yet to come.....

I have seen a decline in the affected snobbishness regarding his work over the last few years. Critics are nowe starting to acknowledge what a towering figure he is in the mapping of modern Americana and his characterisations are second to none. We know his characters so well by the end of each book.

MRsDavidBowie Yes it is a sequel. Love your name BTW. I am Bowie's next wife should you ever seek a divorce Grin

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MrsDavidBowie · 24/09/2013 21:20

Ah I see it's a sequel to the shining.

MrsDavidBowie · 24/09/2013 21:17

I loved 11/22/63 too. I actually cried.

Is the new book a stand alone or part of a series?

SarahAndFuck · 24/09/2013 21:13

I really liked 11/22/63. I liked the idea of going back but facing so many obstacles and having to start again and again

And I liked the man with the ticket, Kyle, and who and what he might be. I'm hoping something might be made of those men in a future book. I know we didn't see much of them in that book, but I feel there's potential there for them to be something more in another book.

There's so much more to him (SK) than the horror and supernatural stuff that I don't think people realise until they read him. But he influenced me greatly as a teen with his ideas of fairness and justice and morality. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for the themes in his books and the positive effect that they can have.

CooEeeEldridge · 24/09/2013 21:09

I live you mignonette!! Love Donna Tartt, didn't even know she was writing another! Might retread The Secret History before then.

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 21:02

Sarah I pressed my suspended animation button for 11/22/63. I loved that book- the Americana, the attention to detail, his characterisation. And I think he writes about love. The supernatural is there alright, but I find his writing deeply affecting.

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 21:00

Amy Tan has a new novel out called 'The Valley of Amazement' out in November but unsure as of yet if that is USA release.

I'm looking forward to Adriana Trigiani's 'The Supreme Macaroni Company' due out the end of November. I find her books so heartwarming. Just a good story, no demands made of me other than curling up on my chair....

I loved Dave Eggers 'Zeitoun' and his new one 'The Circle' look promising.

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SarahAndFuck · 24/09/2013 20:59

I think I might be doing the same mignonette, I'm so excited about it.

I once cancelled a date for the new Stephen King Grin

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 20:53

Sarah I haven't had time today to get Dr Sleep-I'll be pulling an all nighter when I do get it. Enjoy!

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MrsDavidBowie · 24/09/2013 20:52

I have preordered Wally Lamb, Bill Bryson and Donna Tartt.

Went off Fannie Flagg a few books ago.....I thought I saw a review for Serailler novel which wasn't very good.

SarahAndFuck · 24/09/2013 20:51

Hugh Howey's Dust cannot be published soon enough for me.

And I bought Doctor Sleep today Smile

And although there's no firm date for the third book in the Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller series, I am waiting very impatiently for it.

Same with the third of Justin Cronin's trilogy that started with The Passage and then The Twelve.

BetsyBidwell · 24/09/2013 20:37

on kindle - I read on holiday

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 20:37

Betsy Would that be in Hardback? I've just been sent am email about the Sanghera book. Looks promising.

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BetsyBidwell · 24/09/2013 20:24

i have read some real duds recently

BetsyBidwell · 24/09/2013 20:23

i am sure i have read the serallier no 7 already?

BetsyBidwell · 24/09/2013 20:23

sathnam sanghera's follow up to his AMAZING Boy with the TOp Knot

out on thursday
www.amazon.co.uk/Marriage-Material-Sathnam-Sanghera/dp/0434021903/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380050609&sr=8-1&keywords=sathnam

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mignonette · 24/09/2013 20:22

Helen Fieldings new Bridget Jones 'Mad About the Boy' is due on Oct 10th. I'm not a fan but I know many are so that'll be something to look forward to. The Oct 2013 copy of American Vogue has an excerpt.

Alexander McCall Smith's The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 14' is due Oct 3rd.

Susan Hill's 'A Question of Identity: Simon Serrailler Book 7' is due this Thursday.

The new Joe Nesbo 'Cockroaches' is out 28th Nov.

Hugh Howey's 'Dust' is out Oct 24th

Douglas Copeland's new novel 'Worst. Person. Ever' is published Oct 3rd.

Rachel Khoo has a new French cookbook out 10th Oct and HFW's new fruit book is out on the same day.

I love this time of year for books.

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WowOoo · 24/09/2013 12:00

Adding lots of these to my library request list. Even though they've started charging, it's still a bargain.

Will watch this thread for more. Thanks!

Teapigging · 24/09/2013 11:55

Hilary Mantel's final instalment of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light. Not entirely sure if there's a publication date, though. I know her health is poor, and I think she's the only contemporary novelist whose physical well-being I actively worry about!

Hullygully · 23/09/2013 18:07
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mignonette · 21/09/2013 15:58

Have downloaded 'The Bootleggers Daughter' Scone. Thanks!

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mignonette · 21/09/2013 15:55

Thank you Scone I haven't and am eagerly googling now. That sounds so much up my street. I love a modern Southern Gothic. I envy you at having two Fanny Flaggs to read! You'd like Michael Lee West too if you like FF.

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 21/09/2013 15:53

I just put the new Fannie Flagg on my wishlist and discovered that I have not read her last book. The library has it so I am headed there now.

mignonette Have you read any of Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott mysteries? She is a judge who sleuths in her spare time in a fictional county in North Carolina. The books are peopled with all sorts of quirky Southerners.

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mignonette · 21/09/2013 15:30

Yes yes to Cazalet installment and to Rebus!

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