New Releases Of The Month

Welcome to November everyone!  If you need something new to read over the long Thanksgiving weekend, here are some great choices:

Cobble Hill

By Cecily von Ziegesar

Fiction

Release date 11/10/20

"Welcome to Cobble Hill.

In this eclectic Brooklyn neighborhood, private storms brew amongst four married couples and their children. There’s ex-groupie Mandy, so underwhelmed by motherhood and her current physical state that she fakes a debilitating disease to get the attention of her skateboarding, ex-boyband member husband Stuart. There’s the unconventional new school nurse, Peaches, on whom Stuart has an unrequited crush, and her disappointing husband Greg, who wears noise-cancelling headphones—everywhere.

A few blocks away, Roy, a well-known, newly transplanted British novelist, has lost the thread of his next novel and his marriage to capable, indefatigable Wendy. Around the corner, Tupper, the nervous, introverted industrial designer with a warehouse full of prosthetic limbs struggles to pin down his elusive artist wife Elizabeth. She remains...elusive. Throw in two hormonal teenagers, a 10-year-old pyromaniac, a drug dealer pretending to be a doctor, and a lot of hidden cameras, and you’ve got a combustible mix of egos, desires, and secrets bubbling in brownstone Brooklyn.

Smart, sophisticated, yet surprisingly tender, Cobble Hill is a highly entertaining portrait of contemporary family life and the colorful characters who call Brooklyn home."

Any girl who was a teenager in the early 2010s will recognize this author's name, and we have been waiting since then for another book from the Gossip Girl author!  I am so intensely excited to read this!!!

One by One

By Ruth Ware

Mystery

Release date 11/12/20

"Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?

When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?"

I am very lucky to have won a copy of this from a Goodreads giveaway, so this is definitely on my list this month.

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

By Shaun Bythell

Nonfiction

Release date 11/24/20

"From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. There's the Expert (divided into subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family (ranging from the Exhausted to the Aspirational), Occultists (from Conspiracy Theorist to Craft Woman).

Then there's the Loiterer (including the Erotica Browser and the Self-Published Author), the Bearded Pensioner (including the Lycra Clad), and the The Not-So-Silent Traveler (the Whistler, Sniffer, Hummer, Farter, and Tutter). Two bonus sections include Staff and, finally, Perfect Customer--all add up to one of the funniest books about books you'll ever find.

Shaun Bythell's unique observational eye and dry wit make this perfect for anyone who loves bookshops--including all kinds of the people you meet inside."

I've said it before and I'll say it again:  there is nothing book people like more than a book about books, so I know this book will be on a ton of your lists!

Which books do you plan to read before the end of the year?  Tell me in the comments!