5 Must-read new books in April
In this month's blog we'll throw in everything but the kitchen sink: humor, dystopian fiction, suspense, romance and more. These are reads the critics are raving about. Among these five novels coming to the library in April, there's a little something for everybody.
1. The Blondes by Emily Schultz
"Wow!" tweets Margaret Atwood about Schultz's The Blondes.
"Emily Schultz is my new hero," says Stephen King.
Those are some pretty hefty endorsements! Here's the oddball synopsis: The Blondes is a hilarious and whipsmart novel where an epidemic of a rabies-like disease is carried only by blonde women, all of whom must go to great lengths to conceal their blondness. The Blondes is at once an examination of the complex relationships between women, and a merciless but giddily enjoyable portrait of what happens in a world where beauty is--literally--deadly.
2. Dead Lands by Benjamin Percy
Here's another hearty endorsement from Stephen King for Benjamin Percy's The Dead Lands: "Good God, what a tale. Don't miss it."
In Benjamin Percy's new thriller, a post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know.
3. Children's Crusade by Ann Packer
"Readers will be taken with this vibrant novel." - Publishers Weekly
A sweeping, masterful new novel that explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one California family, over the course of five decades. The Children's Crusade is an extraordinary study in character, a rare and wise examination of the legacy of early life on adult children attempting to create successful families and identities of their own.
4. Beekeper's Daughter by Santa Montefiore
(Unavailable to reserve until 3/25/2015)
"Escapism of the highest order." – Booklist
Romance, pure and simple, is what you'll find in the pages of The Beekeeper's Daughter. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they are longing for they must confront the secrets of the past, and unravel lies told long ago.
5. Pleasantville by Attica Locke
"The twist-filled plot will keep readers eagerly turning the pages." - Publishers Weekly
Jay Porter, the hero of the critically acclaimed bestseller Black Water Rising, becomes embroiled in a toxic case involving politics, corruption and murder in this electrifying and atmospheric tale from Attica Locke.Did you miss a Fiction 5? They made not be brand new, but these past suggestions are good as gold anyhow.