Wrap It Up!-Book One

Books For Those That Love The Art Of Storytelling!

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself.

May they provide an escape, a perspective on the unimaginable, a lesson in how to do better, to be better, a door into a world of wonder, a glimpse at an everyday hero’s inspirational tale, a reminder that laughter is indeed the best medicine, that words and stories are sustenance for the soul, and in our darkest moments, a soft place to land.

Find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

OUR MISSING HEARTS – CELESTE NG (OUT NOW)

Bird lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows the rules; don’t ask too many questions, don’t draw any attention, and don’t stray. For years they have lived governed by laws created to preserve “American culture”, meaning Bird had to disavow his dissident mother, a Chinese American poet who abandon the family years ago. A wonderful and deeply moving story about the power, and limitations, of art to create change.

Tags…Coming Of Age, Future Classic, Realistic Dystopia

NO ONE LEFT TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU – SAM LIPSYTE (DEC 6TH)

New York in the early ‘90’s; dive bars, shady music venues, misfits and oddballs and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent is low, luring creative kids from sleepy suburbs across the country. One of these is Jack, a rock musician with big dreams who finds himself searching for his prized stolen guitar. While on the hunt in the seedy underbelly of New York, Jack encounters a colourful cast of characters, including a monstrous hired killer with a devotion to figure skating, a deranged novelist, and a tough cop to fancies himself a style icon. Hilarity and heart on every page this is a badass book!

Tags…Punk Rock, Pop Culture, Retro Vibes

SIGNAL FIRES – DANI SHAPIRO (OUT NOW)

On a summer night in 1985, three teenagers have been drinking. When one of them gets behind the wheel, everything changes in an instant. Each of their lives, along with young Dr. Wilf who stumbles on the scene, is shattered. Years later when brilliant and lonely young Waldo befriends Dr. Wilf, now retired and struggling with a lifetime of secrets, what was buried emerges in ways no one could have foreseen. Riveting, haunting and masterfully written. An instant and timeless classic.

Tags…Family Secrets, Unlikely Friendships, Revelations

And a few more…

Groupies – Sarah Priscus

If I Survive You – Jonathan Escoffery

The Cloisters – Katy Hays