Rebecca Foster 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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Book reviews @BookBrowse, @ForewordReviews, @TheTLS, @WasafiriMag and more. Assoc. ed. of @BookmarksMag. Freelance proofreader and book blogger. American in UK.

Games and Rituals: Stories
Katherine Heiny
Thanks to @liv_mar @4thestatebooks @wmcollinsbooks for the fantastic #bookpost - I'm so looking forward to GAMES AND RITUALS by Katherine Heiny (18 April) and RURAL by Rebecca Smith (8 June). https://t.co/CO3oACn1I5
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The War for Gloria
Atticus Lish
This week's 🔥 #bookpost: there are more things by @yazzarf, out now from @FleetReads; A Fortunate Woman by Polly Morland (@picadorbooks, 9 June); The War for Gloria, Atticus Lish's second novel (@serpentstail, 28 May). Thank you, @RhiannonRSmith, @CamillaElworthy, @angananarula! https://t.co/U16YeR8CTc
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
For #NonfictionNovember "Stranger than Fiction" week (which I also interpret to mean "reads like a novel"), I've reviewed The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown: https://t.co/Xhs6C5KdXG
Paperback, 2014
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hero of This Book
Elizabeth McCracken
Normally I wouldn't tag the author in a review. However, this is a special one and, as it's Thanksgiving tomorrow, I'd like @elizmccracken to know how grateful I am for The Hero of This Book (and An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination before it). https://t.co/fEKfQBpYQy
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Long Goodbye
Meghan O'Rourke
@EleanorFranzen One of my specialities 🤓 Seconding Gawande and Kalanithi. Also: Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes; The Iceberg, Marion Coutts; Heaven's Coast, Mark Doty; A Tour of Bones, Denise Inge; The Long Goodbye, Meghan O'Rourke; The Violet Hour, Katie Roiphe.
Paperback, 2012
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Marram: Memories of Sea and Spider Silk
Leonie Charlton
Scottish island reading options (on the Kindle is Marram by Leonie Charlton; the top two books will be rereads for me). We're travelling by train/bus/ferry so have limited packing space. What would you prioritize? https://t.co/IW5XJiqAQ3
Paperback, 2022
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
Many thanks to @margotbookpr @OneworldNews for copies of The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty, out now, and Blurb Your Enthusiasm by Louise Willder, coming on 1 September. #bookpost https://t.co/yGIxox8Q5x
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sorrow and Bliss
Meg Mason
My book club, West Fields Readers, is 1 of 6 reading groups chosen to shadow this year's @womensprize shortlist via The @readingagency. We'll be reading #SorrowAndBliss together and sending in feedback. Thanks so much for this opportunity! #WomensPrize https://t.co/vx1RIwMNMS
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Liar, Dreamer, Thief
Maria Dong
@2023Debuts I'm particularly interested in Maria Dong’s LIAR, DREAMER, THIEF.
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo Jefferson
Thank you to @GrantaBooks @FMcMAssociates for a copy of Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson, currently shortlisted for the @RathbonesFolio; and The Irish Pages Press and @midascampaigns for Phantom Gang by Ciaran O'Rourke, from the @dylanthomprize longlist. #bookpost https://t.co/6yUxNksyLF
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book