Gwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimes Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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NYT bestseller. @LexWritersRoom chair. Mr. & Mrs. Witch, Not Your Average Hot Guy, Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds. she/her Reps: @kate_mckean, @literaticat
The Intimacy Experiment
Rosie DananGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesTook a lazy-ish afternoon to finish reading @almakatsu's spy thriller Red Widow outside in the sun -- SO SATISFYING! -- and have now ordered curbside and am about to start @rosiedanan's The Intimacy Experiment (out today!). Good books are good.
Paperback, 2021
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesWell, this sounds fabulous via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/books/review/anthony-doerr-cloud-cuckoo-land.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scandalized
Ivy OwensGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimes@emteehall The solo title by one half of Christina Lauren Ivy Owens’ Scandalized is pure serotonin. See also Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard. And Mia Sosa’s books! I know I will immediately think of more.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2022
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sunburn
Laura LippmanGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimes@laurendane Jennifer Hillier’s books are great and I recommend Laura Lippman’s perfect Sunburn all the time.
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Toad
Katherine DunnGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesGift link -- @Liz_Hand on the new Katherine Dunn novel Toad: https://t.co/h1TEU7baO1
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Lovers
Emily HenryGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesRe: @GennHutchison’s point about praise in notes earlier, from Emily Henry’s Book Lovers, an agent and editor’s back and forth — and it’s so true. Never assume we know what’s working! https://t.co/19ZUn3N0mv
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Keep
Jennifer EganGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimes@LadyHawkins The Keep is the most underrated Jennifer Egan! I love that book.
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka AokiGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesRecommendations: I just read and adored Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman (vampire curator, romance, smart AF) and I won’t shut up about Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (violins, deals with Hell, love of many types and donuts). https://twitter.com/jeremycshipp/status/1500559891588521985
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Lamps and Banners
Elizabeth HandGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesSpent this week reading @Liz_Hand’s latest Cass Neary book, The Book of Lamps and Banners, which was just the dark fever dream of a mystery I needed to disappear into. I love this series. (h/t to @lexpublib which is always my sudden mood book enabler!) https://t.co/ucmvXbVRpN
Hardcover, 2020
$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beach Read
Emily HenryGwenda Bond, only sort of here, sometimesWe did @LexWritersRoom book club tonight in which @LisaHaneberg read her FIRST (!!! so exciting) romance novel, Emily Henry's Beach Read (counter programming for the season), and ended with a thirty second dance party. @ChristopherRowe pronounced it "the best book club ever." https://t.co/ccTnm22k5e
Paperback, 2020
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book