tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871524027401463652024-03-21T06:14:17.871-05:00You’re Reading What!?We are the owners of Too Fond Of Books in Tahlequah, Oklahoma located in Green Country and in the capital of the Cherokee Nation. Sitting at the edge of the Ozarks and home also to Northeastern State University, our goal is to be a community resource for creativity, literacy, and fun.You’re Reading What?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00248421688668567342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387152402740146365.post-9250765477339125052022-01-26T18:10:00.000-06:002022-01-26T18:10:07.487-06:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’re Reading What!? January 26, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dear
Readers-somehow Tuesday got away from us but here are some of the books we have
been reading. This past week was one of reading historical fiction series in anticipation
that the next few weeks will have a lot of non-fiction books in the mix. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Once again,
your writer has been re-acquainting themselves with some series so that I can
get back into the characters in some of these series or learn the characters in
one of these series that is new and hopefully will have a long run. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span> </span>First up is
an upcoming book, second in a new series that is excellent and hopefully, will
have a long run. <i>Lost Graves</i>, written by S.A. Dunphy and published
January 24, 2022 by Bookouture. This is a great series set in Ireland and
featuring criminal behavioralist Jessie Boyle, DS Seamus Keneally, and
genealogist and tech specialist Terri Kehoe. Using Irish myths and legends and
with elements of horror mixed in, the crimes in this and the first book in the
series are believable and full of twists and turns. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><span> </span>Next up is
the 25<sup>th</sup> installment in the Wesley Peterson series, <i>The Stone
Chamber</i> written by Kate Ellis and published by Piatkus on August 5, 2021.
This series follows Wesly Peterson, a detective inspector who trained initially
in archeology. These stories are always interesting as there is generally a
historical scene where there is generally an ancient mystery that parallels the
current crime with similarities between the two. In this installment in the
series, Wesley and the team are left trying to understand several disparate
crimes and their connection to a long-closed mental hospital. These books are
always interesting and a great read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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this week is <i>The Angel in the Glass</i> written by Alys Clare and published
by Severn House on October 1, 2018. This is the second in the series following
the life of Gabriel Taverner, erstwhile ship’s surgeon and now physician in
rural Devon just after the death of Elizabeth I. Ms. Clare is the author of two
additional historical fiction/mystery series including the Hawkenlye and Aelf
Fen series. The crime in this book is linked to events in the past including
the Dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII and a relatively less known
period during the rule of his son Edward VI during which zealots further
agitated for the destruction of stained-glass windows and statues. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabriel and his friends and family are interesting
and sympathetic while having to investigate terrible crimes. There is a third
and fourth book in the series that I am really looking forward to reading. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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just some of the books the crew is reading this week. Please let us know what
you are reading!?</span></p>You’re Reading What?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00248421688668567342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387152402740146365.post-15350579159283383972022-01-18T20:56:00.000-06:002022-01-18T20:56:32.644-06:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’re Reading What!? January 18, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Oklahoma is
in the Mountain and Plains Independent Book Association regional trade group. I
bring this up because for the next two or three months, your fearless
booksellers will be receiving books to read for the Reading The West award that
our group gives each year to books either about the region or written by an
author who lives in one of the states in the region. Your booksellers will be
reading books in the poetry, narrative non-fiction, adult fiction, and young
adult sections. These books are already published so we will be able to have
them on hand or order them for you if any of them strike your fancy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week
brings a historical fiction novel that is set in the United States at the time
of the Great War (World War I), a novel about a girl who can see the souls or
ghosts of people who are stuck and need help moving on, a non-fiction book that
looks at a rarely studied time in Thomas Jefferson’s life, and a book about the
hunt for and discovery of the lost city of Alexandria. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The first
book is <i>Little Souls</i> by Sandra Dallas, published by St. Martin’s Press (MAC
Logo) and due to be released April 26, 2022. The story is set in 1918 Denver,
Colorado. It is about two sisters who are battling on the home front against
the raging Spanish flu and also trying to navigate their burgeoning
relationships with young men. One young man goes to the war, the other is a
doctor who is taking care of flu patients. In the midst of this, their tenant
dies and leaves a young daughter alone or so they think until the girl’s
drunken father shows up. This is a tale of love lost and love gained and of
making something good out of awful situations. It is about the family you are
born into and the family you create. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is an excellent read that leaves some threads undone which makes me wonder if
we see the folks in this story again-one can only hope. This book is </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Ravenous Dead</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> written by Darcy Coates, published by Poisoned Pen Press and
set to be released March 15, 2022. The story revolves around Keira who is newly
hired to help in the small town’s cemetery. The problem is that the cemetery is
filled with the souls of the dead who have been unable to move on either
because they got lost or because they have unfinished business here on Earth. Kiera’s
job is to help these souls move on but maybe, sometimes a soul or ghost just
doesn’t want to leave. Maybe they want to continue to pursue their gruesome activities
that they engaged in before they died. The soul can’t be satisfied and it is ravenous.
Kiera has her own issues but thankfully she has a weird and wonderful crew of
folks who help her. Definitely worth reading!!!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our third
book this week is </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Pursuit of Jefferson</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> by Derek Butler published by
Sourcebooks releasing on March 1, 2022. Butler, a Virginian, who is going
through his own personal crisis, stumbles upon a little-known travel guide
written by Thomas Jefferson for the sons of some of his friends as they embark
on their grand tour of Europe. Butler is taken with the guide since Jefferson
wrote it after leaving the United States following the death of his beloved
wife and the humiliation of his political career as governor of Virginia during
the Revolution. The guide really does read like a modern travel guide including
places to stay and places to avoid, the best places to eat and the best wines
to drink. It is during this time that Jefferson takes in information from his
travels and brings back things that we take for granted today like ice cream
and macaroni and cheese. Butler and his family travel various portions of the
path that Jefferson traveled during his stay in Paris until his return to the
United States as a remade man. Unfortunately, the trip often raises difficult issues
about Jefferson and reminds the reader that everyone has good and bad traits
and no one is really one-dimensional. It is worth a read if only to get a
broader understanding of one of the more influential Founding Fathers.</span></p>
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Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> by Edmund Richardson. The book
is published by St. Martin’s Press and will be released April 5, 2022. It is
the story of a man who faked his own death and walked away from the British
Army in the wilds of Afghanistan. In the course of his travels, he would act as
a spy, a doctor, an Asian scholar, and most importantly in this story the first
Western archeologist to study Afghani sites following in the footsteps of
Alexander the Great. Eventually, Charles Masson or James Lewis as he was known
when he left England, discovered the lost remains of Alexandria Under the
Mountains, the fabled city where East met West. In the process, Masson found
unbelievable beautiful early Buddhist treasures including the Bimaran golden
casket with the earliest known depiction of the Buddha, coins with both Greek
and Roman components, and thousands of pieces of both Indian and Afghan
history. He would interact with kings, work as a mercenary, and be offered his
own kingdom. In the end, it destroyed him.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Well, dear readers
those are just some of the books the crew is reading this week. Please let us
know what you are reading!?</span></p>You’re Reading What?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00248421688668567342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387152402740146365.post-40567044897244039422022-01-11T15:40:00.000-06:002022-01-11T15:40:15.775-06:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You’re Reading What!? January 11, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One of the
things you learn when you open a bookstore is that you really do HAVE to read.
It is no longer just a fun activity but a necessity. Much as I (Val) would like
to continue to expand my reading genres, I have to admit that I have spent a
lot of time in the historical mystery series world and non-fiction world over
the last week with a few more unusual fiction choices throw into the mix. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The first
book is <i>Hero of the Empire</i> by Candace Millard. Anchor published the book
May 30, 2017. Ms. Millard is an excellent writer and makes historical events
interesting. This book deals with the young Winston Churchill and the events
that cemented his fame in the British Empire. Churchill was supremely confident
to a fault that he was destined for great things. He was so convinced, that he
acted recklessly and foolish at times. This book details his exploits in Africa
during the Second Boer War. At twenty-four Churchill went to Africa to cover
the war as a journalist. Just two weeks after arriving he was captured by the
Boers. The book details his escape and his trek alone across hundreds of miles
of enemy territory. Of importance are the lessons that Churchill took from the
war as it would inform his approach to the world wars to come. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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spent the last week re-acquainting myself with an historical mystery series
that I started back in 2017. Then I read the second book in the series and then
lost the thread. The series is written by Andrea Penrose and published by
Kensington Books. The series is set in Regency England during the Napoleonic
Wars and has two excellent protagonists. The Earl of Wrexford is a scientist
and an eccentric member of the London ton (aristocratic classes). Charlotte
Sloan is a widow who works for her living skewering the rich and powerful as a
political cartoonist under the pen name of A.J. Quill. But there is more than
meets the eye to these two. I re-read the series, the most recent book being <i>Murder
at the Royal Botanic Gardens</i>, published September 28, 2021. A sixth book will
be released in September 2022. They are good reads and have interesting
characters. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now for two books that are upcoming and worth looking for
when they are available.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>First is a
book called <i>Welcome to the Grief Club</i> written by Janine Kwoh, published
by Workman Publishing and coming out February 1, 2022. The book was written by
the author in an attempt to explain her own grief journey after losing her
partner in their twenties. Illustrated by the author, the book uses humor to
help people feel like they have permission to grieve in the ways they need to
and in the time that they need. An example includes “supremely unhelpful
things that people say”, giving the grieving person a chance to understand that
there is no one right or wrong way to grieve. It also validates all of the
conflicting feelings that arise with the loss of a loved one. For those who are
grieving, it is well worth a look. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the last book is <i>The Messy Lives of Book People</i> written by Phaedra Patrick,
published by Harlequin Trade Publishing and coming out June 28, 2022. Have you
ever wanted to be someone or do something else than what you are doing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Liv Green works as a cleaner but one of her jobs is for her
personal hero, a reclusive author, Essie Starling, who has written a series
that Liv loves. Liv and Essie develop a tentative friendship and then Essie
suddenly dies. Essie’s last wish: for Liv to complete the final book in the
series that Essie has written. The request leads to secrets upon secrets and a
deeper connection that changes Liv’s life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is the scoop from these fearless readers for this week. Let us know what you
are reading!?<o:p></o:p></span></p>You’re Reading What?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00248421688668567342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387152402740146365.post-79431992708290423512022-01-04T11:08:00.001-06:002022-01-05T09:56:50.896-06:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">You’re Reading What!? January 4, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Welcome to the inaugural post
to the Too Fond Of Books blog. We (Tom and Val-the owners) have always meant to
have a blog but it has taken us a while to get started. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today’s
post is in memory of Val’s mom, Linda Lee Green Reese. Linda was a lover of the
English language in both its spoken and written form. A vociferous reader,
starting at the age of three, Linda read between 10-12 books a week until the
last few years when failing eyesight meant she could only get through 5-6 a
week. Linda’s favorite books last year were the following: The Searcher and Billy
Summers. Linda said she had read all of Stephen King’s non-science fiction
books and as far as she could tell, Billy Summers was the very best. She also
liked the New England writers, John Cheever and John Updike as well as numerous
other writers. She loved British authors and had recently started reading Scandinavian
authors as well. She enjoyed mysteries and thrillers and popular science. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Linda left
us on December 16, 2021, for ports unknown and we miss her dearly but hope she
finds lots of wonderful libraries and bookstores to browse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today Val
wants to highlight two advanced reader copies and one recently published book that
she has had the pleasure to read over the last few weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>First up is<i>
A Coin For the Ferryman</i>. This book will be published February 28, 2022 by
Imbrifex Books. The author is Megan Edwards and she has written other books
including <i>The Copper Black mysteries</i>, <i>Strings: a Love Story</i>, and <i>Roads
From the Ashes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Imagine
that you could bring a famous person back to our time for four days. The catch
is that that you must know the exact circumstances of that person’s death in
the past. You have four days with that person, to question them, observe their
habits, find out everything you can. The second catch, at the end of the four
days, you must send that person back to the exact time of their death and you
can’t tell them about what is getting ready to happen. That is the premise of <i>A
Coin For the Ferryman</i>. As you might expect, the mission is a whole lot
harder than you might imagine and things go awry. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The book is a great read. The person they pick is
interesting and the circumstances of the whole experiment are exciting. As much
as most of us want to meet famous people or travel back or forward in time,
this novel tells us that it is fraught with trouble. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Second up
is <i>The Library. </i>This book was published September 2, 2021, by aria
fiction, an imprint of Head of Zeus. The author is Bella Osborne. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The story
tells of love, loss, redemption, and the value of friendships. A young man at
loose ends and straining not to follow his father into work at the dog food factory,
discovers a friend and compatriot in books in an elderly pensioner. Set in
rural England, it is a story about the love of books, the value of libraries to
communities, and how friendships occur in the most unlikely places and between
the most unlikely people. The book is a sweet and uplifting story and well
worth the read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally, the third book is <i>The
Cartographers</i>. The book will be published March 15, 2022, by William
Morrow, an imprint Of HarperCollins Publishers. The author, Peng Shepherd, is
the author of the award-winning book, <i>The Book of M.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How do we
know what is real and what is not? Can putting a place on a map make it real?
That is the premise of this book about Nell, the daughter of two renowned
cartographers and map conservationists. When there are deaths and a break-in at
the prestigious New York Public Library’s map division, Nell is drawn into a
mystery that only gets deeper and stranger than one can imagine. Why is a gas station
map from the 1930s sought after by some of the world’s richest collectors? What
is so special about it that copies have disappeared from everywhere? A great
novel that mixes the art and history of cartography and maps with magic. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Well, those are some of the books we are reading right now.
If you are interested in the two books that have not yet been published, please
contact Too Fond Of Books and we can do a pre-order for you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We will try and publish a couple of times a week and Tom
and Val will also invite guest bloggers to talk about what they are reading. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>You’re Reading What?!http://www.blogger.com/profile/00248421688668567342noreply@blogger.com0