Carole V. Bell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Carole V. Bell

@ChloeAngyal Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Reel by Kennedy Ryan People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian Rosaline Palmer Takes the scale by Alexis Hall

Carole V. Bell

Excited to bring some contemporary romance coverage to @NPR this week with standalone reviews of two new books: 1) Book Lovers, the latest from Beach Read queen Emily Henry: Big city devotees find romance in a small town in Emily Henry's 'Book Lovers' https://t.co/6wjNg9XBha

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In addition to being a consummate storyteller, Celeste Ng @pronounced_ing has quickly become a leading chronicler of race, politics, and American family. Her gorgeously written and compelling new novel Our Missing Hearts further cements that position. https://t.co/mWjz6JOsl9

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This is the perfect time to read about the author of Kindred and Parable of the Sower. The Spectacular Life of Octavia Butler: The girl who grew up in Pasadena, took the bus, loved her mom, and wrote herself into the world. By ⁦@e_alexjung⁩ https://t.co/hFPC8x9yoh

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RT @nprbooks: The Netflix adaptation of Nella Larsen's PASSING is streaming now -- if you're not familiar with the original 1929 novel, our…

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I love a debut that shouts its arrival and a novel that thrills while making you think. Artful and transporting... This compulsive coming of age novel traces the ups, downs and twists in Smith's journeys, from grief to glam party circuit to gritty backrooms to recovery and beyond.

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Still so chuffed that my favorite mystery of 2024 won the Edgar Award for best mystery novel... it’s an astute send up of class and classism in the UK as well as a cheeky and brilliantly plotted double murder mystery.

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Insightful and zeitgeisty ... an incisive exploration of a cutthroat contemporary culture that’s produced some spectacular scams... A Harvard graduate herself, [Taylor] peers hard at gender politics and class insecurity amid the hothouse culture of elite academia.

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"Normally, I write a book and I’m done; I’m sick of it. But this is the first time that I’ve had a character and a world that I’m not finished with.” -- Colson Whitehead on Carney's return in 2023. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/colson-whitehead-teases-harlem-shuffle-sequel/ #kirkusreviews

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@TheBookMaven Zadie Smith for her novels White Teeth and On Beauty especially and I think also in Swing Time. And then the essays. There’s one about code switching that was literally on my syllabus for years. Speaking in Tongues (NYR, 2008). https://t.co/TuKKwHz9mQ