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Coming in 2008
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So you got a Borders or a Barnes & Noble gift card and you’re headed out to run that baby down to zero before you lose it? Be my guest, but I thought I’d clue you in on some books coming in January, just in case any of these pique your interest. I haven’t read any of these, it’s just a list I pulled together and tried to make somewhat diverse.
“Duma Key” by Stephen King. Didn’t he retire? Seriously? A new King always has the potential to be interesting, but I worry that these books are being written on a word processor in an attic in Maine and there’s no one there!! Anyway, this one is about divorce, and is set in Florida.
“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto” by Michael Pollan Anyone who enjoyed Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” will look forward to his next book, a guide to how to eat right and well in the vast, confusing food culture of false claims and pseudo-science.
“Bleeding Kansas” by Sara Peretsky. She’s mainly known for her V.I. Warshawski private eye novels, but this is a big break. It’s a saga of three families in Kansas, and how they interact and conflict today and going back to the Civil War, with a subtext of the culture wars. Good buzz.
“Creating a World Without Poverty” by Muhammad Yunus. The winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize writes about enlightened models of capitalism helping the poor.
“The Appeal” by John Grisham. He’s back to what he does best: A jury returns a huge defeat to a big chemical company, which appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
“A Practical Guide to Racism” by C.H. Dalton. Dalton is actually a pseudonym for “Daily Show” writer Sam Means, and his practical guide is a fake book from history that is a spoof of racism. And, word has it, it’s very offensive for those who don’t get this kind of mocking humor. May stir things up.
“The Shooters” by W.E.B. Griffin. Delta Force officer Charley Castillo is back.
“People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks. The book in question is the Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless Jewish volume. Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, starts in the present and works her way back through the book’s history. A good early buzz.
“Living Well With Montel” by Montel Williams. They nixed the original title: “My 14 Year Old is Out of Control!” by Montel Williams.
“The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Raising Children for Fun & Profit” by Jill Connor Browne. A little Sweet Potato Queen goes a long way for me, but she has her fans. She’ll be here Jan. 19 to plug the book.
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography” by Andrew Morton. I’ll just read the headlines on TMZ.com instead.
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By Joyce
December 30, 2007 10:51 PM | Link to this
Phil, that was a nice write up that you received in Publisher’s Weekly a couple of weeks ago.
Yet, the AJC is lagging behind what the New Orleans paper plans to do for book coverage.
http://www.nola.com/books/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1198995798155080.xml&coll=1
Please bring back the book section.
By erinanne
December 30, 2007 10:57 PM | Link to this
I’m looking forward to Joshilyn Jackson’s “The Girl Who Stopped Swimming”, coming out in March. Both of her previous books were excellent in my opinion, and were also number one BookSense picks, so I guess I’m not the only one who thinks so. Plus she’s a local author, so it shouldn’t be diffictult to make it to a signing.
By Joyce
December 30, 2007 11:35 PM | Link to this
Books I have already pre-ordered for 2008…
Betty Smith: Life of the Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. by Valerie Raleigh Yow
Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher. by Lenore Hart
Mermaids in the Basement. by Michael Lee West
The Senator’s Wife. by Sue Miller
February Deep Dish. By Mary Kay Andrews
A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia. by Sarah Gordon
March The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. by Joshilyn Jackson
With Walker Percy at the Tupperware Party: in Company with Flannery O’Connor, T.S. Eliot, and Others. by Marion Montgomery
April Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook. by Martha Hall Foose
Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours. by Trisha Yearwood
The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking: Over 600 Essential Recipes Southerners Have Enjoyed for Generations. by Louis and Billie Van D** (Author
July How Dolly Parton Saved My Life: A Novel of the Jelly Jar Sisterhood. by Charlotte Connors
By Lily Toad
January 2, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
Already pre-ordered “People of the Book” from my favorite independent book store. Now I gotta figure out what to do with the two Barnes and Noble gift cards I got.
By FCM
January 4, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this
glad to hear that W.E.B.G. has a new one out but I wish he would right more about Ken and Pick Charlie Castillo is an okay hero. Bleeding Kansas and People of the Book will probably be worth a browse. Anything by David Baldacci on its way?
By Shirley Wolf
January 10, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this
I am looking for a book you reviewed sometime in December about the Civil War and the hardships soldiers endured. It was recommended reading. Can you help me?
By Phil Kloer
January 10, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Shirley: When you say “you reviewed,” you mean it ran in the AJC Sunday Book Pages, or that I reviewed it? It doesnt ring a bell offhand, but it’s hard for me to track everything in the Sunday book section. Let me know and I will try to track it down.