Get ready for warm winter reading...

When Daylight Savings Time Ends,

the Best-Time-of-the-Year-to-Read Begins

We'll lose an hour of afternoon daylight when we turn the clocks back this weekend, but we'll also be heading into the best time of the year to curl up in a cozy chair with a good book. The Book Stall's shelves and tables beckon readers, and our staff have been busy keeping up with them all.

We have ideas for good reads galore, and our November newsletter, on its way to the post office, has many recommendations and reviews. There's an eclectic mix from Stephanie: The Book of Strange New Things (also reviewed by her daughter Katie) by Michel Faber, author of the iconic The Crimson Petal and the White; Hector Tobar's Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free; Atul Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End; and Caitlin Moran's How to Build a Girl. 

Jon singles out Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne and Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution, Peter Ackroyd's continuation of his history of England. 

 

 

Owen reviews Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood(mentioned in last week's e-news) and Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr. 

  

Sarah is trumpeting her enthusiasm for the Iraq war novel Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre, who'll be at the store on Saturday, November 8. Liz picked Us by David Nicholls and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. 
 

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