Big Titles; Week of 11/23
When Michael Chrichton died last year, he left two books, Pirate Latitudes, which releases next week and an unfinished thriller.
Of the titles coming out next week, those by Chrichton, Koontz, & Butcher lead in holds. Butcher has the highest holds to copies ratios.
Fiction
11/24
Butcher, Jim, First Lord’s Fury
Chrichton, Michael, Pirate Latitudes
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HarperAudio: 9780061930256; $34.99 HarperLuxe: 9780061929403; pbk; $27.99 |
Audio downloadable from OverDrive
Entertainment Weekly gives Pirate Latitudes a C, saying Crichton should not be remembered for this “hackneyed historical novel filled with bosomy maidens and blustery old navy dialogue.” but, “Crichton’s great talent was writing books that were virtually impossible to put down, even when they were bad. Pirate Latitudes is no exception.” Spielberg bought the film rights back in August (Jurassic Park with pirates?).
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Jin, Ha, A Good Fall
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Blackstone Audio: CD 9781441711458: $29.95 |
Book and audio downloadable from OverDrive
This collection of stories by 1999 National Book Award winner, Ha Jin gets the lead review and 3.5 of a possible 4 stars in People‘s “Books” section this week. The stories feature people who leave China to try for a new life in the U.S. People says Jin “writes with humor about it means to be a bewildered stranger in a strange land.”
Koontz, Dean, Breathless
Roker, Al, The Morning Show Murders
Wambaugh, Joseph, Hollywood Moon
Nonfiction
11/24
Sklenicka, Carol Raymond Carver
Bradley, James The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
Scottoline, Lisa, Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
Childrens
11/24
Hunter, Erin, Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice
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Book downloadable from OverDrive