Just Read It: CONTENTS MAY HAVE SHIFTED by Pam Houston

2012 at 5am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Published February 6, 2012 by W.W. Norton My love for Pam Houston runs deep. Really deep. Like, I got so gushy about her on the short story episode of the Bookrageous Podcast that I actually said, “Pam Houston is my weakness.” (In my defense, that’s a reference to her incredible collection Cowboys Are My Weakness, [...]

So, THE SNOW CHILD…

2012 at 5am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Published February 1, 2012 by Reagan Arthur Books Oh, this book. I wanted to love it. I looked forward to it for months. The Willa-Cather-meets-Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez blurb on the front of the galley got me all hot and bothered–I adore Cather’s way of making the landscape so present that it is virtually a character in the [...]

A Conversation About AMERICAN DERVISH by Ayad Akhtar

2012 at 5am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Published January 9, 2012 by Little, Brown American Dervish is about Hayat Shah, a young Muslim boy growing up in the American midwest in the 1980s, trying to make sense of his faith and his identity. Hayat’s parents have raised him in Muslim culture but have not given him any religious training.  When his mother’s [...]

The First Five Books I Want to Talk About in 2012

2012 at 5am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Without further ado, here are the ones I’ve already read and can’t wait to have out in the world so we can talk about them together.      Carry the One by Carol Anshaw (March, Simon and Schuster) This novel is ostensibly about what happens in the decades after a group of friends accidentally kill a [...]

Quickie: DIRTY MINDS by Kayt Sukel

2012 at 5am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Published January 3, 2012 by Free Press You’ve probably heard someone talk about how the brain is the largest sexual organ in the body, and you’ve probably groaned in response (unless of course the person saying it was Dr. Ruth, who is, by the way, awesome on Twitter). Take a roll in the hay with [...]

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