Mockingjay on Sale Today--Now What Should You Read? We've Got Some Suggestions.

Well, we double checked all our numbers on Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay, the conclusion of the Hunger Games trilogy. We had to back up our publisher order with some copies from a wholesaler, when one of our reorders didn't make it to the publisher in time for the first printing.

It's on sale today!

We have our largest amount of holds on this book since The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Now we have high expectations for Freedom, but our holds on Franzen's novel pale in comparison.

Really, we are excited about Freedom! Here's Conrad's rec on the new book:
No one writes about dysfunctional families and individuals better than Jonathan Franzen. The struggle to achieve personal independence and identity–battling the constraints of family, friends, lovers, society, and the unrealistic expectations (both our own and other people's for us) that map our lives- is explored with hilarious results in this splendid new novel. If you liked The Corrections, you'll love this!

Back to the Hunger Games trilogy and Mockingjay. Another book on sale today is the paperback release of Maze Runner, the first book in the Maze Runner trilogy. A lot of booksellers are highly recommending James Dashner's series to folks who like Suzanne Collins. Book two in that series, The Scorch Trials, goes on sale October 12th, and we're having an event with Dashner at Boswell on Friday, October 15th.

We don't often have booksellers fighting over galleys (well, actually we do) but Dashner was one that was on four Boswellians' must-read lists.

Another idea for fans of young adult dystopia is Michael Grants Gone series. We are actually co-sponsoring an event for Michael Grant at the Whitefish Bay Library on Friday, October 1st, at 6:30. It's for his new middle-grade book, The Magnificent 12: The Call, but I exepect fans of Gone, Hunger, and Lies to show up too.

Listen to the Mockingjay--She Says "That Katniss is Going to Pay for Her Rebellion."

I was in a meeting yesterday at the Milwaukee Public Library yesterday, and folks were discussing what books they were reading in their book clubs. One woman asked me about The Hunger Games, and I was not surprised. It's one of those kids books where a substantial amount of the readership is adult. It's not quite at The Book Thief level, where it seems that all of our purchases are too adults, but maybe more in the Twilight level.

The third book in the series, Mockingjay, comes out August 24th. We have a display up of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, readying ourselves for book #3. And Jason explained to me that I shouldn't let the seemingly quieter sales on book #2 get to me; as is the case for adult fantasy series, a lot of folks want to read all three books at once, and when the series is complete, will rush to buy all of them.

I would not know how this works, except on a sales level, as I am stymied by series.

Boswell folk are particularly giddy about the Mockingjay temporary tattoos. Our models showcase them for your approval.