Stephen Barbara 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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The Art of Losing
Lizzy Mason
Later this morning @bustle will be revealing the cover for THE ART OF LOSING, the wonderful debut YA novel by @LizzyMason21 (@soho_teen, Feb. 2019). In preparation, here is Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art," the inspiration for the book's title. https://t.co/mjFW1d96hb
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One Art
Elizabeth Bishop
Later this morning @bustle will be revealing the cover for THE ART OF LOSING, the wonderful debut YA novel by @LizzyMason21 (@soho_teen, Feb. 2019). In preparation, here is Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art," the inspiration for the book's title. https://t.co/mjFW1d96hb
Paperback, 1995
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Estranged: The Changeling King
Ethan M. Aldridge
A #ff to @EthanMAldridge, who has been posting sublime sneak peeks from his forthcoming graphic novel THE CHANGELING KING! https://t.co/sXsnIz2rfQ
Paperback, 2019
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz
It's release day for THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz, a great read for fans of Jane Eyre & historical fiction! http://t.co/aR0Svwfyds
Paperback, 2017
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
Eleanor Herman
June new releases. From left to right, cradle to grave: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, Takedown by Laura Shovan, Bonfire (paperback) by Krysten Ritter, The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman. What a month. https://t.co/PfApHqEXji
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Drawn Together
Minh Lê
June new releases. From left to right, cradle to grave: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, Takedown by Laura Shovan, Bonfire (paperback) by Krysten Ritter, The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman. What a month. https://t.co/PfApHqEXji
Hardcover, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay
June new releases. From left to right, cradle to grave: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, Takedown by Laura Shovan, Bonfire (paperback) by Krysten Ritter, The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman. What a month. https://t.co/PfApHqEXji
Paperback, 2019
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street
Lauren Oliver
Very excited for Lauren Oliver's just-announced next novel for children, THE MAGNIFICENT MONSTERS OF CEDAR STREET, coming February 2020 from @HarperChildrens Words by @OliverBooks, illustrations by @EthanMAldridge & cover by the great Iacopo Bruno. Going to be pure joy! https://t.co/riNeDyowp0
Paperback, 2021
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis
@AnnaCollomore I snap-downloaded like 13 books the other day. SCAR TISSUE by Anthony Kiedis? It is very unlikely I'll ever read that book.
Paperback, 2005
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Estranged
Ethan M. Aldridge
The very first Advance Reader's Copies for #ESTRANGED by bestselling illustrator @EthanMAldridge are in! My first graphic novel and I think it turned out OK. ;-) Congrats to the team, including @ComicsisPeople for his wise counsel https://t.co/Nm472jk6Uh
Paperback, 2018
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book