My LINKcat AccountBoy is my face red. Last week I looked at the calendar wrong and thought Thursday of the upcoming week was the 17th. Obviously it wasn't. Obviously no one noticed and let me know I was living with my head in the future. And, obviously, this week's Thursday is actually the 17th - so all that date information I gave you about how many days until this holiday and that holiday is still accurate but now it is also timely. In the meantime, we are still waiting for the season's first frost and first freeze, which if forecasts hold could both be happening this week. There has been frost on the rooftops about three times already, but no official frosts. The average frost for this area is any time within the first 10 days of October, so we've already a week's grace. The new fall books are dropping into our work room nearly as fast as the leaves are falling from the trees. There's lots of time in the mornings and evenings now when it's too dark to do anything outside, which makes it perfect reading weather. What a happy coincidence that good reading weather and lots of new books happen at the same time (I suspect the publishing houses' marketing departments have figured this out.)! Enjoy the new books!
New Non-Fiction
The history of the Renaissance world : from the rediscovery of Aristotle to the conquest of Constantinople / by S. Wise Bauer. The best-selling author of "The Story of the World" puts a spotlight on the Renaissance describing the Crusade, the Inquisition, the emergence of the Ottomans, the rise of the Mongols and the invention of new currencies, weapons and schools of thought.
I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban / by Malala Yousafzai. Describes the life of a young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley who survived an assassination attempt and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
My story / by Elizabeth Smart. Speaking out for the first time, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, who was held captive and repeatedly raped, recounts the constant fear she endured, her courageous determination to maintain hope, her dramatic escape and her transformation from victim to advocate.
Mud season / by Ellen Stimson. Trading in her high heels for muck boots, the author chronicles her transition from city life to rural life in Vermont where she and her family, deciding to operate one of the oldest country stores in America, are faced with opposition and distrust by folks who like things just fine the way they'd always been.
Kate : the future queen / by Katie Nicholl. Delivers the story of Kate Middleton's early life, first romances and love with Prince William.
New Fiction
The Walking Dead : the fall of the Governor. Part one / by Robert Kirkman. A conclusion to the trilogy that began with "Rise of the Governor" and "The Road to Woodbury" follows an epic showdown between evil governor Philip Blake and Rick Grimes.
Gone / by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Detective Bennett comes out of the Witness Protection Program in an effort to stop the ruthless and charismatic killer, Manuel Perrine, who has sworn revenge in the latest installment of the best-selling series following "Tick Tock".
The kill list / by Frederick Forsyth. A counter-terrorist unit hunts down the Preacher, a terrorist who radicalizes young Muslims into carrying out assassinations, in this new novel from the award-winning author of "The Day of the Jackal".
The Mayan secrets / by Clive Cussler & Thomas Perry. While vacationing in Mexico, Sam and Remi Fargo discover a skeleton with an ancient Mayan book, full of secrets and information so powerful, many people who do anything to possess it in this new mystery adventure from the co-authors of "The Tombs".
Jacob's oath : a novel / by Martin Fletcher. As World War II comes to a close, Jacob, consumed with hatred, will not rest until he has killed his brother's murderer, a concentration camp guard called The Rat, which affects his newfound relationship with Sarah, another lonely Holocaust survivor.
The Rosie project : a novel / by Graeme Simsion. A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father.
Longbourn / by Jo Baker. A reimagining of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" from the perspectives of its below-stairs servants captures the romance, intrigue and drama of the Bennet household from the sideline perspective of Sara, an orphaned housemaid who becomes subject to the arrival of the militia and the attentions of an ambitious former slave.