1. Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke (Boswell May 21 event)
2. The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
3. Transcription, by Ben Lerner
4. The Faith of Beasts V2, by James SA Corey
5. The Keeper V3, by Tana French
6. The Patchwork Players V24, by Jennifer Chiaverini (Greenfield Library April 20 event)
7. Monster in The Moonlight V4, by Annelise Ryan (Boswell May 8 event - new date)
8. The Dark Time V9, by Nick Petrie
9. Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman
10. Cherry Baby, by Rainbow Rowell
Second week out and second week in our top ten for Ben Lerner's Transcription, which has 29 reviews on BookMarks, the most I've seen in a while, including 20 raves, eight positives, and a mixed, including two New York Times write-ups, which happens less frequently since they consolidated weekday and Sunday reviews. On of them is from Alexandra Jacobs: "...Slim as an early-model iPad, so slim it’s technically a novella - palpates this ever-more-tender boundary between human and machine. As talky and thinky as a memory play, sweeping up Kafka, Covid, glass flowers and much else in its narrow, rushing stream, it’s about how technology can sustain as well as stultify life." Lerner has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for previous titles.
1. Outrageous Startup Growth, by Colin Hodge
2. Burn the Haystack, by Jennie Young
3. Famesick, by Lena Dunham
4. Strangers, by Belle Burden
5. What Do You Do When You're Lonesome, by Jonathan Bernstein
6. London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe
7. The Future Is Peace, by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
8. Another Kind of Freedom, by Pema Chodron
9. Milwaukee Flavor, by Visit Milwaukee, Ann Christenson, Kevin Miyazaki
10. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay, by Jenny Lawson
Conversation partner to Rob Miller (see below) Jonathan Bernstein had a nice sales pop with What Do You Do When You're Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle. No BookMarks score, but Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal are all great. From Bill Baars in Library Journal: "Bernstein's excellent biography of the late Justin Townes Earle (1982-2020) is a raw and honest portrait of the talented and tormented troubadour... Bernstein provides a meticulous, unflinching illumination of the tortured life and lasting legacy of a remarkable singer-songwriter, gone far too early."
1. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
2. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
3. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
4. On the Calculation of Volume V4, by Solvej Balle
5. The Resurrectionist, by A Rae Dunlap
6. Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
7. Emily WIlde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries V1, by Heather Fawcett
8. Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim (Shorewood Library April 23 event)
9. The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
10. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
Kensington did a sprayed edges edition of The Resurrectionist in paperback, following its success in hardcover and the follow-up release of The Dreadfuls. Unlike many of the "deluxe" editions, there doesn't appear to be a regular edition available, so perhaps a future printing will simply forego the spray. From Publishers Weekly: "Dunlap's clever debut explores medical history, queer love, and the cost of progress in 1828 Scotland... Dunlap melds comic, tender, and macabre moments in her well-plotted tale, and makes hay with embellished historical facts. Readers will be entertained."
1. Dead Man Walking graphic edition, by Helen Prejean
2. Bird Friendly Gardening, by Jen McGuinness
3. Dead Man Walking, by Helen Prejean
4. The Hours Are Long, but the Pay Is Low, by Rob Miller (signed copies)
5. The Demon of Unrest, by Erik Larson
6. The River of Fire, by Helen Prejean
7. The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben
8. We Will Be Jaguars, by Nemonte Nenquimo with Mitch Anderson
9. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
10. Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Sister Helen Projean visited Mount Mary University and both the original text and newer graphic edition of Dead Man Walking made our top ten. Should this be combined, the way I would for a regular edition and the movie-tie-in cover? My feeling was that they had to adjust the text for the graphics, and so they are different books, much the way I've been keeping separate the 1818 and 1831 editions of Frankenstein. At one point, what with the films and the its public domain status, I was sorting through five different editions of Frankenstein at one point. But back to Dead Man Walking's graphic edition. Some of the reviewers focused mostly on the text - wasn't this already reviewed? But Publishers Weekly writes: "The ephemeral, sometimes sketchbook-like art includes striking color spots and fanciful touches (birds and other creatures occasionally deliver some of the text) that occasionally distract, but the central narrative remains strongly argued and generously told."
1. A Potion, A Powder, a Little Bit of Magic, by Philip Stead (Elmbrook April 23 event - open to the public)
2. Captain Underpants, the first epic manga, by Dav Pilkey
3. Good Night Escargot, by Dashka Slater
4. Peekaboo Dog, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius
5. While We're Here, by Anne Wynter, illustrations by Micha Archer
6. It's Spring, by Renée Kurilla
7. Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day, by Suzanne Lang
8. Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
9. The Escape Game, by Marissa Meyer
10. When You Dream Big, by Peter H Reynolds
You will see more of Dashka Slater in the coming weeks, as she visited nearby schools for her new book Good Night Escargot, but these sales were out of the bookstore. This is Escargot's fifth outing. From Kirkus: "Methinks the gastropod doth protest too much. Grab your pjs, toothbrush, and sleeping bag, because everyone's favorite snail is inviting you to a soirée pyjama...Magnifique! An ideal choice to share before a child's first sleepover."
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