Percolations

IN a couple of months, Autumn and then Winter will be upon us, and we all know what that means: one can never have too many books. I’ve already pre-ordered a few. Shhhh….the spousal unit already thinks I have too many books. His usual mantra, on the subject, these days? ‘Let’s not get carried away.’ What? Yeah, right.

Pre-ordered ~

1105 Yakima Street

Continuing the saga of Cedar Cove

Debbie Macomber
400 pages
Mira
Mass market paperback (August 30, 2011)

Blue Nights

a Memoir on Aging

Joan Didion

208 pages

Knopf

Original Edition (November 1, 2011)

 
  11/22/63
Stephen King
"If you had the chance to change history,
would you? Would the consequence be worth it?"
960 pages
Scribner
Original Edition (November 8, 2011)

Inheritance

It began with Eragon. It ends here.

Christopher Paolini

704 pages (Young Adult)

Knopf Books

Original Edition (November 8, 2011)

On their way ~

The Following Story

"If one is immortal oneself,

the stench emanating from mortals must be intolerable."

Cees Nooteboom

128 pages

Mariner Books

Soft cover reprint (January 22, 1996)

(original First Edition published 1991 Holland)

Stoner

"Mr. Shakespeare speaks to you across

three hundred years Mr. Stoner; do you hear him."

John Williams

288 pages

NYRB Classics

Soft Cover reprint (June 20, 2006)

(original First Edition published 1965)

The Map of Time

classical Victorian literature

Felix J. Palma

624 pages (Historical Fiction)

Atria Books

Hard Cover First Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)

(original First Edition published 2008 Spain)

Flashback

Science Fiction thriller

Dan Simmons

560 pages

Reagan Arthur Books

First Edition (July 1, 2011)