Spring is almost here. I can feel it. The days are so much longer, tiny flowers are starting to poke through the ground and the sun is finally up to making more regular appearances. I went for a walk at lunchtime yesterday and it was sunny and warm and so wonderful.
While we all start shedding our winter coats and dreaming about the not-so-distant days of patio lunching and t-shirt weather, can we also take a minute to think about all the great books that are coming out to celebrate the season with us?
I don’t know if you’ve let yourself loose in a bookstore recently (I keep finding myself in them despite trying so hard to stop buying more books!) but they are clearing out a lot of books to make room for the new titles and it’s really becoming a problem. So if you love a good book discount (and who doesn’t?), you need to get in on that.
Aside from the books that are already laid out on tables and set up in window displays, here are some of the ones that I’m most excited about coming out soon.
Buried Angels by Camilla Lackberg. It’s no secret that I love Camilla Lackberg. If I could read Swedish I would have finished reading all her books by now. But I can’t so I must wait for English translations. Her seriously creepy, yet strangely domestic books about all the murders that happen in a small Swedish town are addictive and I can’t get enough. Looks like I won’t have to wait much longer – Buried Angels is set to come out April 15th.
Listen to the Squawking Chicken by Elaine Lui. I’ve already ordered this – as soon as it’s released it will be on it’s way to me. I’ve long hoped that Lainey Gossip would write a book; her blog is full of sharp observations and caustic remarks that always seemed to be begging for a book deal. Her memoir about life with her mother, a huge presence on her blog and in her life, is sure to be crammed full of excellent advice and hilarious anecdotes. I am so looking forward to it’s debut April 8th.
The One and Only by Emily Giffin. It’s been a while since I’ve read any of Giffin’s books. I remember devouring Something Borrowed and Something Blue, and enjoying Baby Proof. There’s something about spring weather that makes me want to read something chick lit-y and I suspect that this new book of Giffin’s will more than fit the bill. I can expect to carry The One and Only home with me on May 27th.
It would appear that Jo Nesbo has really taken off in North America. It seems that every time I turn around, a new Jo Nesbo book has made it to bookshelves. Cockroaches, then The Police and now The Son. Like Lackberg, Jo Nesbo is a master at dark and twisty crime fiction. The difference of course, is that Nesbo’s hero is just as dark and twisty as his cases. It looks like this one doesn’t feature the infamous Harry Hole though which definitely piques my interest. The Son is out on May 13th.
Did you read Room by Emma Donoghue? I did and it stayed with me for weeks. I put off reading it for ages and when I finally gave in, I was completely swept up in it. Emma Donoghue has another book out this spring – Frog Music. This one takes place in 1870s San Francisco and centers around a murder in a saloon. I’m into it. The cover design alone is worth stopping and taking a second look. Frog Music comes out on March 25th.
I can’t wait for these books to come into my life! It’s going to be a pretty alright spring. Any books that you’re waiting to be released?
The Paperback Princess 
All the Spring books are popping up and I can already feel the itch. Frog Music is wayyyy up on my list, too – I’ve already been hearing great things!
Read many good reviews on The Son name Frog Music! I have the same problem with finding myself in a bookstore when I have no intention to be there! Lol!
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hahahaha autocorrect is the bane of our existence isn’t it? It almost never corrects to something I actually want to say.
There’s too much magic in bookstores to be able to avoid them. Especially with so many new titles to lust after!
I’ve already got a copy of The Squawking Chicken. It looks great. Can’t wait to get to it.
Jealous. I can’t wait to hear what you think! Lainey is just the best.
Just been released, but I hardly ever buy books brand new, they are too expensive. I usually wait a bit until they have dropped in price BUT when I read the reviews of The Undertaking by Audrey Magee, I had to order it.
I do try and wait for the same reason. But sometimes you’ve anticipated it too long and you can’t anymore. I will have to look into that title!
I’ve got a lot of catching up to do on books I already own and haven’t read. I couldn’t get through Room the first time I tried it. It made me too sad, yet I made it through Sarah’s Key, Fault in Our Stars and Book Thief, go figure. I haven’t read an Emily Giffin book in a long while. You’re right, spring is a good season for chick lit 🙂
Room IS horribly sad. I think with Sarah’s Key and The Book Thief we’re so removed from what happened and it’s something we’ve accepted so we can get through it (even though, omg Sarah’s Key – awful). But Room is a special kind of cruelty. The absolute worst of humanity and something that seems to keep happening and catching us off guard.
There will never be enough time in this life to get through my entire TBR list!