My LINKcat Account“Are these snowflakes which I see before me?”, I asked myself Sunday and Monday. We are halfway through the month of March and the grass is greening, the birds are singing and thinking about nesting, the spring books are arriving in goodly numbers weekly, and now the weather has decided to make a turn back towards colder temperatures and solid precipitation. The NCAA basketball tournaments are about to get underway and the forecast, though chilly, hasn’t mentioned “blizzards” or measurable snowstorms (knock wood). I find these cold, gloomy days perfect for settling in with a good books, and a hot cup of something, with possibly a cat, dog, significant other or perhaps all three snuggling nearby. Below you will find some books which you might just find perfect for curling up with and forgetting what’s happening outside while we all wait for spring to arrive. And, well, actually. Spring did officially arrived this week on March 19th at 10.06 p.m. Since March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, it shouldn’t be long until more spring-like weather arrives. Until then, curl up with one of these dandy new books. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go” by Moth. This collection of true stories about finding beauty in life’s transitions is curated by The Moth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling and features contributions from Elizabeth Gilbert, Lin-Manuel Miranda and many more.
“Secrets of the Octopus” by Sy Montgomery. A new book—written by the author of the international best-seller The Soul of an Octopus and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography—brings readers closer than ever to these elusive creatures.
“The Autoimmune Cure: Healing the Trauma and Other Triggers That Have Turned Your Body Against You” by Sara Szal Gottfried. Reveals how trauma can rewire your body to trigger autoimmune diseases—and provides a comprehensive plan for readers to reset their immune system and finally heal.
“Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power” by Timothy Ryback. Drawing on previously inaccessible archival materials, the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library provides a new perspective and insights into Hitler’s personal and professional lives during the six critical months before he seized power as chancellor of Germany and dismantled democracy.
New Fiction
“Lost Man’s Lane” by Scott Carson. A teenager explores the darkness hidden within his hometown.
“The Morningside” by Tea Obreht. Settling at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in Island City, Silvia, struggling with her new reality, becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse and is determined to unravel the truth about this woman’s life, and her own haunted past, which may cost her everything.
“Studies at the School by the Sea (School by the Sea)” by Jenny Colgan. Even though literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast, but lately she's feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown.
“All Our Yesterdays” by Joel Morris. Set ten years before the events in Shakespeare's classic play, follows the life of Lady Macbeth who was married to the violent, sadistic Mormaer of Moray at age 15 and relied on her wits to survive with her young son.
“Becoming Madam Secretary” by Stephanie Dray. Describes how Frances Perkins met a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the turn of the century New York and despite initially not getting along the pair formed a historic partnership that led them both to the White House.
“Finding Margaret Fuller” by Allison Pataki. Describes how Margaret Fuller became the beating heart of the Transcendentalists, becoming a role model to Louisa May Alcott, an inspiration to Nathaniel Hawthorne and a muse to Henry David Thoreau as he headed into the woods.
“James” by Percival L. Everett. Describes the events of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of the enslaved Jim, who decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island after learning he is to be sold to a man in New Orleans.
“Pelican Girls” by Julie Malye & Marie Sixtine. Captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.
“The Underground Library” by Jennifer Ryan. When the Blitz destroys Bethnal Green Library in London, librarian Juliet Lansdown, along with two other women, relocates the stacks to the local Underground station where the city’s residents shelter nightly, determined to lend out stories that will keep spirits up, but soon tragedy after tragedy threatens to destroy what they’ve built.