Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time by Philip Clark
What do we know about Dave Brubeck? We’ve all heard his classic jazz anthem Take Five, and might have heard the name Dave Brubeck… but what else is known about this jazz giant? Well, in Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time, we’ll get to find out as the author Philip Clark had an all access pass to Brubeck, spending an entire tour of the United Kingdom with him and his band during the early 2000s. I’m really looking forward to the brain pickings of this iconic musical genius.
For fans of:
- Birth of the Cool: how jazz great Miles David found his sound by Kathleen Cornell Berman
- Good Things Happen Slowly: a life in and out of jazz by Fred Hersch
A Divided Loyalty
by Charles Todd
The latest in
Todd’s popular Inspector Ian Rutledge series. Avebury is a village set inside a
great prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge. Can Rutledge solve a
cold case when the victim is unidentified and the clues are few and far
between? And if he does, is he brave enough to face the wrath of his superiors
for going against their wishes?
For fans of:
- Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries
by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The New Hercule Poirot
mysteries by Sophie Hannah
The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
In 19th century New England, Samuel Hood and his daughter Caroline take up the unlikely task of educating young women in subjects that were at the time considered too difficult for them. As classes begin, a mysterious flock of red birds descends on the town and the girls become ill with a maddening variety of symptoms. When her father brings in a physician to treat the girls using suspect methods, Caroline finds she must do what’s right no matter the cost.
For fans of:
- The Witch Elm by Tana French
- The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
Fans of Pulley’s The Watchmaker of Filigree Street rejoice! Thaniel and Mori are back, Katsu is alive, and the three are in for another adventure. This time in a steampunk-tinged Japan filled with secrets, political intrigue…and ghosts. After four years away, I can’t wait to revisit characters who feel like old friends.
For fans of:
- A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Resisters by Gish Jen
In a near-future America, the country is half underwater, and citizens are either the “Netted” who live on dry land or the “Surplus” living in swamps and on the water. But this isn’t “Waterworld.” Gwen, a young Surplus girl, has a gift for baseball and is tapped for the Olympic team, playing alongside the Netted elite. While many dystopian books center the downfall of society on one cataclysmic event, what is truly terrifying (and perhaps all too real) here is that the breakdown of society comes through countless seemingly inconsequential actions. Chilling.
For fans of:
- On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
- Vox by Christina Dalcher
Sisters by Choice
by Susan Mallery
This fourth
book in the Blackberry Island Series is a heartfelt story of three women with
their own dreams, ambitions, and problems. It's a story of love, family, and
the friendships that see us through. A great read to warm you up on a cold
February night!
For fans of:
- The Summerhouse Novels by Jude Deveraux
- The Wednesday Novels by Meg Waite Clayton
Until the End of Time by Brian Greene
In the past, I’ve really appreciated how Brian Greene has simplified complex astro-physics so that the common person can be intrigued and inspired by this mysterious science, especially in The Elegant Universe, which also became a PBS documentary. What has me excited about his new book Until the End of Time is that Greene is delving inward into human consciousness and what its place is in this vast universe. I highly suspect this one will be made into a PBS special as well, with Greene as the narrator. I can’t wait!
For fans of:
- Gravity's century: from Einstein's eclipse to images of black holes by Ron Cowen
- The quantum moment: how Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg taught us to love uncertainty by Robert P. Crease
The Worst Best Man
by Mia Sosa
Carolina Santos
is a wedding planner hoping to land an opportunity that will take her business
to the next level. Unfortunately, this opportunity comes with one big hitch:
she’ll have to work with the brother of her ex-fiancé. Max Hartley is a
marketing expert set on getting a new big client. But can he handle working
with Carolina when she hates him for talking his brother out of marrying her?
I can’t pass up
a good enemies-to-lovers story, and this one sounds like a lot of fun!
For fans of:
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey
McQuiston
- The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
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