A snowy white cover for a snowy white morning on a plane. 100 pages in, and really enjoying this so far!

Last night, I finished this book and concluded a fairly Jonathan-tastic week (because I also read Everything is Illuminated for book club). It took me a little while to get into it, but I wound up enjoying it a lot in the end...and there's no doubt that Lethem knows how to write memorable characters.

It's Mothers Day! I'm celebrating the pub date of this wonderful book by rockin' my sweet, sweet tote bag (thanks, Riverhead!) and telling everyone I know that they have to read it.

Love me some Hogarth Shakespeare, and the latest entry in the series - Margaret Atwood's retelling of The Tempest - might just be my favorite of the bunch. Atwood's setup, in which Prospero is a director who stages a production of The Tempest as a means of exacting revenge, allows readers to consider the play on multiple levels, and the result is fantastic in every sense of the word. So great!

This is a crazy-good week for new releases (ahhhh, yet another reason I love fall) and Derek Palacio's debut novel is one of many great ones out this week. If you love a richly-textured family saga, make room for this on your shelf!

Closing out #bannedbooksweek with one of my favorite books of all time, plus a favorite read-aloud from my childhood. Big props to @klwestenberg , who came up with the idea for this photo series! 😄📚

Oh, this was just beautiful. Whether describing the Texas landscape or the workings of the human mind or heart, Paulette Jiles has a masterful way with words, and the story she's told here is one I'll remember for a long time. This book absolutely deserves its spot on the #nbalonglist.

Unsurprisingly, it's been a great few weeks for new YA books! We loved this book and the Female of the Species...and so far, I'm really liking Three Dark Crowns, too 😍

I thought this was pretty terrific...Frangello manages to develop a large cast of characters and write their actions in a way that feels emotionally honest and really original. And she's a local author to boot! 😄 #localfirst

This was one of my favorite books of 2015, and earlier this year, we were lucky enough to host M.O. Walsh for the paperback release (he's just as delightful as the book!). I still recommend it all the time, and I have yet to hear from anyone who didn't like it. Lots of love for this one! #FunFridayPhoto

Here they are. Large and in charge and signed by JSF himself. A little more than halfway through, I have mixed feelings about the book...I'm finding each and every one of these characters detestable, and yet I'm fascinated and feel compelled to keep reading about them!

Here they are. Large and in charge and signed by JSF himself. A little more than halfway through, I have mixed feelings about the book...I'm finding each and every one of these characters detestable, and yet I'm fascinated and feel compelled to keep reading about them!

Here's the story...of a lovely lady...who kissed a stranger at her daughter's christening party and thus helped to form one highly memorable, Brady Bunch-esque blended family. Patchett renders these four parents and six kids with humor and heart, and though she doesn't necessarily give us a complete picture of any one character, she does give us a moving meditation on family history and the importance of our families' stories.

One of my bookseller friends said he loved this book because "it's truly a book for everyone"...and he's absolutely right. This is one of the smartest, richest and funniest books I've read in a long, long time (like, in the past few years). I LOVED it. ❤️??

In this story of a Cameroonian immigrant couple attempting to navigate life in NYC in the years before and during the recession, Imbolo Mbue has lots to say about the the immigrant experience, as well as our definitions of happiness, hardship and success. It's an excellent book...and it's out TODAY!

Here are two books that may have gotten lost in the August shuffle, but which are absolutely worth a read. One is set in dust bowl-era Oklahoma, and the other features a contemporary clan grappling with the requirements of a special-needs kid...but both are smart, compelling family dramas. Much love!

Tonight I got to meet Graham Moore, whose new book is a wonderfully entertaining piece of historical fiction and easily one of my favorite books of the year so far. It comes out in a few weeks...be sure to check it out!

Oh man, this was one awesome trip of a book! It's an intricate, suspenseful piece of sci-fi that makes clear points about how the choices we make (and the choices we don't make) affect our identity and experience of the world. Fast-paced and near impossible to put down!

Part Alaskan road trip story and part character study of a mom at a serious crossroads in her life, this book is most definitely an interesting ride!

I really, really enjoyed this! I thought this book was great as a satire of young DC, but even better as a portrait of a young marriage. Close gets so many things right about career conflicts, ambition, in-law strife, and the little ways we judge the people in our lives. Well done!

Similar covers, very different books. Who wore it better?

Another Fiction Book Club pick complete. I plowed through this in two days and am really looking forward to hearing what everyone else thought!

I picked this up because of the amazing cover...and at about two thirds through, the story within is every bit as colorful. Really enjoying this!

A portrait of a moment inside a not-quite-happy marriage that feels more complete, and more satisfying, than many books twice as long. Great stuff!

I'm delighted to report that Dave Holmes' memoir is every bit as smart and laugh-out-loud funny as his columns for Vulture. If you're between, say, 30 and 45 years old and have even a passing appreciation for pop music, do something nice for yourself and read this!

Whoa...SO dark. So rage-filled. So hard to put down. Loved it!!

Some of my favorite books of the year have been middle-grade tearjerkers! Ms. Bixby's Last Day is the latest; it's the perfect mix of funny and heartfelt. Much love!!

Damn, this woman can WRITE. The Girls is haunting, thoughtful and packed with some of the most gorgeous images and sentences I've read in a long time.

If the mark of a good book is its ability to expand your understanding of the world, its people, and its history...then Homegoing is most definitely a good book.

Holiday weekend reading.

Halfway through this, and it's just as intricate, fantastic and delightfully spooky as I was hoping it would be (...so far!).

"I'm giving you permission to take yourself seriously. To take the Stuff of this world seriously." - p. 95
So far, at least, the Stuff of this book is awesome.