1. The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
2. The Star from Calcutta, by Sujata Massey (signed copies)
3. Vigil, by George Saunders
4. Kin, by Tayari Jones
5. Lake Effect, by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
6. Lost Lambs, by Madeline Cash
7. The Astral Library, by Kate Quinn
8. Operation Bounce House, by Matt Dinniman
9. Heart the Lover, by Lily King
10. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
It's been out since mid-January, but Lost Lambs, a staff favorite, has its best week to date at Boswell. Madeline Cash's debut novel has lots of reviews too - BookMarks scores ten raves, five positives, and three mixed, including this from Sam Sacks in The Wall Street Journal: "It’s an engaging, slightly cartoonish story that shows off Ms. Cash’s talent for producing rapid-fire dialogue and amiably oddball characters. It helps that the author has clearly enjoyed herself." Looks like Picador is reissuing Cash's debut story collection, originally from Clash Books. That doesn't happen much anymore!
1. Midwest Migrant, by Jonathan Mann Burkham (signed copies)
2. Chasing Lewis's Monkeyflower, by Elizabeth Adelman (Boswell March 13 event)
3. Spongebob Squarepants: The Art of the Undersea World, by Tracey Miller-Zarneke
4. A World Appears, by Michael Pollan
5. The Gales of November, by John U Bacon
6. We the Women, by Norah O'Donnell
7. The Demon of Unrest, by Erik Larson (UWM March 11 event)
8. Strangers, by Belle Burden
9. Young Man in a Hurry, by Gavin Newsom
10. The Bread of Angels, by Patti Smith
I don't think we would have even carried Spongebob Squarepants: The Art of the Undersea World had we not been asked to sell books for Tom Kenny, who hasn't written a book (to my knowlege) but has voiced Spongebob since its inception. We also didn't expect him to sign any books, but he was kind of hyped about seeing Tracey Miller-Zarneke's book for the first time - it only went on sale last week. So he offered his 'Best Fishes' to a few fans.
1. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
2. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman
4. A Woman's Guide to True Crime, by Mary Thorson (Boswell March 20 event)
5. No Matter What, by Cara Bastone
6. Sunburn, by Chloe Michelle Howarth
7. My Friends, by Hisham Matar (Boswell-run book clubs)
8. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
9. The Long Walk, by Stephen King
10. Heated Rivalry, by Rachel Reid
Cara Bastone's No Matter What is being published as a romance, but as Ingrid noted in her rec, it should cross over into the general fiction market, and I think the jacket appears to be reinforcing that pitch. Library Journal's Elizabeth Gabriel (of MPL's East Library) offers: "A stunning book by Bastone, who delivers another slow-burn and emotional romance that doesn't shy away from also exploring life's hardest moments. Recommended for readers who also enjoy Abby Jimenez."
1. Sticky Notes, by Matthew Eicheldinger
2. Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents, by Michael Perry
3. Population 485, by Michael Perry
4. Montaigne in Barn Boots, by Michael Perry
5. The Beginning Comes After the End, by Rebecca Solnit
6. Making a Life, by Kate Ward (Boswell March 23 event)
7. Raising Hare, by Chloe Dalton
8. Enough, by Barbara Bugess
9. This Is an Uprising, by Mark Engler and Paul Engler
10. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue, by Julie Satow
Jenny and McKenna sold books at an educator media and technology conference and one of the keynotes was Michael Perry. One of his more recent books is Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents: How Firefighters and Poets, Truckers and Nurses, Soldiers and Singers, and Other Improbable Individuals Can Show You the Way in Business and Creativity. I like that this is Perry's speaking platform book. Now you can be more than entertained when you bring in Perry for your business conference!
1. Maya's Big Question, by Meena Harris, illustrated by Marissa Valdez
2. A Year Without Home, by VT Bidania
3. Mythspeaker, by Christopher Roubique
4. Holes in My Underwear, by Matthew Eicheldinger
5. Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes V1, by Matthew Eicheldinger
6. Extraordinary Eliana and the Magnificent Hmong New Year, by VT Bidania, illustrations by Suji Park
7. Peekaboo Love, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius
8. Extraordinary Eliana and the Delightful Dance, by VT Bidania, illustrations by Suji Park
9. Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo
10. Spongebob Squarepants: Find a Missing Star, by David Lewman, illustrations by Francesco Francavilla
After a number of picture books and early readers, VT Bidania's first middle grade novel A Year Without Home, published in January. It was a hit at this week's conference. Jenny, a big fan, says it should be required reading at all elementary schools. From Publishers Weekly: "This edifying novel by Bidania, narrated in evocative verse by 11-year-old Gao Cheng, traces the year during which she and her extended family of 20 lived as refugees following the end of the Vietnam War...The protagonist's perceptive voice, at once gentle and firm, makes for a powerful story of personal growth as well as an affecting historical narrative."
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