Michael Magras Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Michael Magras

Shaun Bythell, owner of Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop, is back with more stories of quirky employees and colorful customers in "Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary." I had the fun of writing about it for Shelf Awareness. https://t.co/NoZZ4GjmVD

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Three of the 20th Century's most intriguing women--Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl--are at the center of "Delayed Rays of a Star," Amanda Lee Koe's debut novel. My @bookpage review: https://t.co/GwJgfI0jII

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My weekend reading is "Friends and Strangers," the forthcoming novel by J. Courtney Sullivan. I hope you enjoy some good books this weekend, folks.

Michael Magras

The raw emotions in Small Joys will resonate with anyone who has ever felt as if they don’t belong. Harley may feel like an outsider, but as Elvin James Mensah astutely notes, he’s got a lot of company.

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Five college friends who share a love of Carpenters songs make a unique pact: Any of them can request their funeral at any time so that they'd know what they meant to the others. It all makes sense in Steven Rowley's new novel "The Celebrants." My review: https://t.co/xW1D5ZX6lK

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T.C. Boyle has never been afraid to torment his characters. He does so again in "Blue Skies," a cautionary tale that highlights the perils of climate change. I reviewed the novel for @bookpage. https://t.co/shhwGKg0DC

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"Beautiful World, Where Are You," the highly anticipated new novel by Sally Rooney, is out today. Here's my @bookpage review. https://bit.ly/2WZT9xS

Michael Magras

Could it possibly be another Michael double feature at Shelf Awareness? Why, it could. Here are reviews of Alba de Céspedes's "Forbidden Notebook" (a 1952 novel, published for the 1st time) and Mario Vargas Llosa's essay collection "The Call of the Tribe." https://t.co/yWghcUn7JZ

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If anxiety is a state you want literature to engender in you, or you just like a challenging read, you’ll be happy to know that Kalfus succeeds again, this time with a quietly dystopian novel that presents an unsettling portrait of a humbled America

Michael Magras

Time for another book review. Among the many entries in this week's Shelf Awareness is my review of an early effort by future Booker-prize winner Ben Okri, "Dangerous Love." Lots of good books out this week. https://t.co/OAnHm6tkQK