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Southern Comfort
Browsing the Stacks
I’ve mentioned Alternada by Neal Pollock before (hipster becomes a daddy). It’s on my TBR list and I’m excited to read an excerpt.
I’ve also talked about Liar's Diary, by Patry Francis and admired its faboo cover. It’s out on the stands now. If there’s an excerpt to be had I couldn’t find it.
Featured New Releases
Readers have mixed feelings about Kris Radish's novels, and there’s usually no in between. They either passionately love her work or hate it. She has a new release called Sunday List of Dreams. Read the excerpt and you can decide how you feel. I think she some of the best covers and titles in the biz.
Under the cute-as-button category, imagine that you purchase a B&B in the Ozarks on ebay and instead of getting a bed &breakfast, you own a bait and BBQ. Obviously you’d have to be soft in the head to fall for such ploy, but it’s still a fun premise for Pamela Morsi’s Bitsy's Bait and BBQ (love the cover!). I couldn’t find an excerpt but Romantic Times gives it four stars.
The Daily Buzz’s resident Chick Lit reviewer Kristin Hamel has a new release called Blonde Theory which asks the burning question: Do ditzy blondes get all the guys? Check out the excerpt.
Gotta love a novel that includes this sentence: “Balloon Tying for Christ was the cheapest balloon manual I could find.” Clown Girl, by Monica Drake has an intro written by Chuck Palahniuk. Here’s an excerpt.
Other New Releases
Good Things, by Mia King—Martha Stewart type personality hits rock bottom- reviews are mixed. The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12, by Robin Gold is another Martha Stewart-esque novel.
Little Lady, Big Apple, by Hester Browne—I read the first installment of this NY Times best-selling series on the plane to Paris and much enjoyed it. Not sure if I’ll read the second outing but the reviews are all glowing.
Ask Again Later, by Jill A. Davis- Davis, who used to be a writer for The David Letterman Show is behind the eight-ball when her mom is ill with cancer and she becomes the primary caregiver. Sounds like a downer but reviews say it’s more funny than sad.
Naked weddings, dog acupuncture and a haunted artist colony are just a few of the plot elements in The Queen Gene by Jennifer Coburn (sequel to Tales From the Crib). Reviews are mixed. Here’s an excerpt. (Scroll down.)
Various Musings
Separated at birth? I guess good things come in small, blue packages.
What is with large print editions and their questionable covers? Witness Devil in the Junior League and then the perfectly normal cover. Are they trying to scare far-sighted folks? Very likely.
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